Episodes

  • Religious Conversion
    Jul 19 2024

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    Religious conversion amounts to a commitment to a belief system which purports to answer all questions with authority and finality. Whatever the attraction might be, such a commitment constitutes an abdication and betrayal of one's intellectual faculty. Better for all concerned to maintain an open mind, and to keep all commitments tentative and provisional.

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    15 mins
  • Secularism
    Jun 29 2024

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    Earthlings can move in the direction of a better future for all by adopting the notion that secularism should be seen as neutral common ground for all, rather than as just another competing religion.

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    11 mins
  • Thinking at the Margin
    Jun 15 2024

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    The marginal revolution represented a tremendous advance in the science of Economics. It led to the subjective theory of value, the theory that put the final nail in the coffin of the labor theory of value due to its explanatory power.

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    14 mins
  • Blockchain
    Jun 1 2024

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    Blockchain is the technology that makes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies possible. Blockchain technology functions without a central authority, and the implications on account of this are profound.

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    12 mins
  • Biodome
    May 22 2024

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    The Biodome project was an attempt to create a closed self-sustaining ecological system, with the goal of replicating the ecological system that had evolved on Planet Earth. The experiment began to fail quickly and it was terminated after just three years. What are the lessons?

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    10 mins
  • Karl Marx
    May 2 2024

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    A look at the development and influence of Marxism on Planet Earth, from the Vulcan's-eye view.

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    23 mins
  • Slavery Lite
    Apr 24 2024

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    In modern times on Planet Earth, the practice of slavery has come to be regarded as morally abhorrent, and unjust to the victims of slavery; but there is an asterisk.

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    9 mins
  • Another Fine Mess!
    Apr 6 2024

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    Student loan indebtedness has grown into a major problem. The problems that have arisen demonstrate the folly of attempts at intelligent design and social engineering in general. How does all of this look to someone who understands evolutionary thinking?

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    10 mins