Today we continue our discussion of Judith Butler's book "Gender Trouble" with chapter 2. In this Butler offers a critique of the psychoanalytical and structural conceptions of how gender and sex develop.

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Today we begin our discussion of Judith Butler's book "Gender Trouble" with chapter 1. This details Butler's thesis of gender (socially constructed, not binary, etc.) and how it differs from other feminist and sociological writers of the time (1990).

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Today we discuss David Chalmers' article "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness" with special guest Brother X. This article breaks down his famous "Hard problem of consciousness", which is essentially how to explain the phenomenon of experience. We also of course go on many tangents about why it's even important to discuss consciousness.

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Today we discuss sections of Roger Penrose's book "Shadows of the Mind" with special guest Brother X. We focus on chapters 2.1-6 and 3.23, which detail Godel's Incompleteness Theorem and why Penrose thinks this points to a non-computational theory of consciousness.

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Today we finish our discussion of Ben Burgis' book "Give Them An Argument, Logic For The Left" with chapters 5 and 6. Here he offers some criticism of the left and what he thinks they should be more focused on, laying into pollsters like Nate Silver who may be committing hasty generalizations. Antooshka and Mr. X also get into a lengthy discussion at the end about Reddit and the pros/cons of reading people you don't completely agree with.

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Today we continue our discussion of Ben Burgis' book "Give Them An Argument, Logic For The Left" with chapters 3 and 4. Here he lays into the Libertarians and his critique of the non aggression principle, among many other things.

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Today we begin our discussion of Ben Burgis' book "Give Them An Argument, Logic For The Left" with chapters 1 and 2. These detail some common logical fallacies people on the left, and right, run into when debating political science online, as well as his critiques of Ben Shapiro's argumentative style.

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Today we finish our discussion of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's book "Democracy, the God that failed" with chapter 10. This discusses what Libertarianism and Conservatism mean to Hoppe, and why they are consistent philosophies that prioritize private property ownership.

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