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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Necessity

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8922 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In the first century BC, The Greek philosopher Carneades asked a question: is it moral to kill an innocent person to preserve your own life? Two thousand years later, a court in England settled the matter, once and for all. This is a story about sailors, shipwrecks, murder, cannibalism and, ultimately, who owes what to whom. Visit our Patreon here (https://patreon.com/theconstant).Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant) and entering discount code "theconstant".Music by:Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/)Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/)Kevin MacLeodShort Tailed Snail (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FShortTailedSnails%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3tF5DuJFjOZuwXr3FumCABIajPrSfy_0cAVa6cyA6vXkUEd3Z5Wb9vzqY&h=AT2qyfTbRN6yb5vRrYIpwjPobyH85nUECMHbSYpau-g-RxWfVyihH6QwVNTeU0FZs-E0-Y_-WL6gOJzn0ZB0w2uZri3K4eTcyUVKPeSWa6cb8Dm4gZmi9NyATKFRBKWoQivvWC-EaJPX5npnxoBgv8DK)s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.7

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1:44.1

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1:47.0

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2:07.6

thick enough to sustain one of them, and only one of them.

2:11.6

Harry and Carl each swim as fast as they can towards the slab,

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