Episode 164: Choosing to Believe

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence? What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about? Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true? Does James successfully demonstrate that faith can be rational?

Plus, a philosopher at Apple who's not allowed to talk to the media - what are they hiding? And why are academics constantly telling students that academia is a nightmare?

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and a psychologist, Dave Pizarro,
0:05.9	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:09.4	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm out of allow to say,
0:13.6	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:16.9	I say fucking shit only for one reason.
0:20.4	People do. If you've never vucked shit.
0:23.6	You've never shit, fuck.
0:29.5	The lady on his phone said,
0:39.2	I need your attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:47.8	Who are you?
0:49.9	Who are you?
0:51.5	I'm very bad man.
0:52.8	I'm a very good man.
0:54.8	Good man.
0:55.9	Good man.
0:59.6	They think he's lost and with no more brains than you have.
1:03.2	Lady I'm a tension.
1:04.9	Tonight man.
1:09.2	Anybody can have a brain.
1:13.3	You're a very bad man.
1:15.7	I'm a very good man.
1:17.3	Just a very bad wizard.
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