Episode 57: Free Willie

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2014

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

David and Tamler talk about a new study that links your belief in free will to the fullness of your bladder. How do our bodily states influence our metaphysical commitments? What's the best way to measure beliefs about free will? Can you get your prostate checked without having someone stick something in your private areas? Plus, an exclusive look at the shocking truth about social psychology experiments.

Links

The Philosophical Implications of the Urge to Urinate by Dan Ladkin, Scientific American
Ent, M. R., & Baumeister, R. F. (2014). Embodied free will beliefs: Some effects of physical states on metaphysical opinions. Consciousness and Cognition, 27, 147-154.
Free Will and Determinism Scale (Rakos, Laurene, Skala, & Slane, 2008, Behavior and Social Issues).

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and a psychologist, Dave Pizarro,
0:06.5	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:10.0	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm out of loud to say, and knowing
0:14.7	my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.4	What do you know about social psychology?
0:20.1	It's the study of how our behavior is influenced by the world around us.
0:23.1	Not influenced, manipulated.
0:25.4	I believe this murder and rest in is part of an underground social psychology experiment.
0:31.5	Strap on your tinfoil hat, Lizzie.
0:55.4	Hey, good man.
0:56.7	Good man.
0:57.9	They think things are false and we're no more brains than you have.
1:03.9	Later on, attention.
1:05.9	Come on, man.
1:07.9	You're a very bad man.
1:15.9	You're a very bad man.
1:17.9	Very, very good man.
1:19.2	Just a very bad wizard.
1:21.3	Welcome to very bad wizards.
1:22.5	My name is David Pizarro.
1:23.6	I'm from Cornell University.
1:25.6	Tamler.
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