Pinker on why we’re not “post-truth”
Read this. Thanks to Raymond Raad for the link.
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Philosophy
Life advice from Clint Eastwood at 91
From an interview with Clint Eastwood: Interviewer: ‘How old are you, Clint?’ Clint: ‘I turn 91 on Monday.’Interviewer: ‘What are you going to do?’ Clint: ‘I am going to start a new movie.’Interviewer: ‘What keeps you going?’ Clint: ‘I get up every day and don’t let the old man in.”
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The world’s worst chemical disaster: Bhopal
In Bhopal, India, in 1984 chemicals spilled out of an industrial plant, killing and damaging tens of thousands of people. The long-term death toll is about 16,000 people, making it the worst human-caused environmental disaster in history. It’s important to understand why that happened. In the high-tech society we strive to be, it is essential
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Current Events with Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman.
Our commentary on current events. This week’s topics: Inflation at 7% Why and what next? Free speech survey in universities, gender gap results: young women much more likely to want to ban words; a significant minority of young men also agree with bans. Progress: Pig heart transplanted into human. SCOTUS strikes down vaccine mandates. The
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Is ambition good? | Philosophy for Real Life (16 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy
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God is dead, Wolves and Sheep, Masters and Slaves — all three Nietzsche animation videos
In collaboration with Sprouts educational videos, here is our three-part series on Nietzsche’s provocative account of traditional morality and the need to go beyond good and evil. Part 1: God is Dead. (7 minutes) Part 2: Sheep and Wolves. (6 minutes) Part 3: Master and Slaves. (7 minutes)
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Christian Pragmatism, or Pragmatic Christianity? Understanding Jordan Peterson’s religion
Philosophically, Jordan Peterson is a kind of Pragmatist. Religiously, he is a kind of Christian. What does that combination mean? My Open College podcast on “Jordan Peterson’s Religion” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J65eVP6to): Related: My full Open College podcast series.