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Stefan Molyneux

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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I analyze the debate between Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky on human nature, expressing frustrations about their unclear definitions. I discuss Foucault's controversial life and its irony alongside his philosophical influence, while connecting his ideas on power to contemporary ethical dilemmas and societal scrutiny.

Engaging with callers, we explore the effects of upbringing on self-worth and the importance of confronting our pasts. I emphasize self-assertiveness and the need to reflect critically on the narratives that shape our lives, encouraging listeners to align their choices with personal values and societal realities.

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0:00.0	My God, could it be possible we're going to start on time?
0:02.6	No, no, no.
0:03.9	Feels wrong.
0:05.4	It feels wrong.
0:06.7	Must have weird tech, two minutes late stuff.
0:09.9	Actually, telegram did crash right before I started it, so maybe that was it.
0:15.2	But it looks like that's all in the rear view.
0:17.7	Hey, everybody.
0:19.2	Stephen Molyneux 26th of February 2025. Hope you're doing well. And what's new?
0:24.0	How are things? What's on your mind? How can philosophy help you today? I just wanted to,
0:31.1	yeah, if you want to raise your hand, you can ask questions, criticisms, comments, whatever you like.
0:36.4	I've actually been, this is a debate I knew
0:40.9	about for a long time, but I had never really dug into it. And I've been listening to the debate
0:46.7	between, oh, Michelle Foucault and Noam Chomsky, this is in 1971, about whether there's such a thing as human nature, and, man, it's frustrating and kind of annoying to listen to these debates because people generally don't start with the definition of terms, and there just seems to be a certain amount of polysyllabic windbaggery on both sides,
1:15.3	but I've actually got the transcript as well.
1:19.6	So I may do a review by reading the transcript rather than listening,
1:23.6	because otherwise there's sort of a lot of pauses and back and forth.
1:25.9	Plus, I don't get to do my outrageous French accent if I end up listening.
1:34.1	Because Foucault's English wasn't great, so he did it in French.
1:38.2	But yeah, it's just interesting.
1:39.7	It's a sort of famous debate.
1:42.3	I remember Noam Chomsky saying that he almost never met someone as amoral as
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