Peterson, Murray & Pageau: Transcendent Tableware
Decoding the Gurus
Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this bitesize decoding, a conservative columnist, a religious icon carver, and a tortured ex-psychologist walk into a Daily Wire studio and try to hash out some solution of the meta-meaning-crisis. In an astounding twist it turns out it involves embracing traditional Christianity. Who could have guessed?
Join us on Jordan’s religious powered rocket as we consider the esoteric mystery of tableware, how fiction is probably true, and try to uncover what’s the deal with atheist materialists anyway?
In a nutshell, it's the same old drum that's being beaten: it only seems like science does better than religion at explaining things, because religion trumps science because God does causality in mysterious non-material ways. Maybe ways that have something to do with symbols and meaning or whatever.
Ho hum - this is why it's a mini-decoding and not a full episode. It's more than OK to skip this one if you feel you've already got a handle on Jordan and Pageau's jam. But honestly, it's maybe all worth it to hear Pageau's explain 'vertical causation'. Try to follow the argument there, we dare you.
Along the way Matt and Chris will also teach us valuable lessons like how to deal with road rage bullies or aggressive bull sharks and how if you really want to be a Christian it’s ok to go to mass.
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| 0:00.0 | And the So, Good morning, good evening, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome to Decoding the Guru's, the podcast where we listen to the greatest minds the world has to offer and we try to |
| 0:34.6 | understand what they're talking about. I'm Professor Matt Brown with me, his Associate Professor |
| 0:39.4 | Chris Kavanaugh. I'm a psychologist, he's an anthropologist, and today we are doing an urgent mini decoding. |
| 0:47.4 | Is this right, Chris? |
| 0:48.4 | That's right, a bite-sized treat for all of the listeners and I can see Matt on the video that you're |
| 0:58.9 | in Explorer gear you look like the archetypical Australian crocodile Dundee. |
| 1:05.0 | Your shirt is unbuttoned to your stomach, you have a cork hat in the background, |
| 1:11.0 | and your knife is strapped into your belt. Oh look there the hat is on. |
| 1:17.3 | I've even got a slouch hat. That's right. I am going to be canoeing on the Nusa River as soon as we are done with decoding. |
| 1:24.0 | It's a busy day and it's going to be awesome. Love it. There's mangoes, the sharks, it's great. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, that's the thing, Ma. I thought I warned you about this before that that body of water within it houses all manner of aquatic beasts with sharp teeth a bad attitude and a ponchant for psychology professors. |
| 1:48.6 | What are you doing you're gambling with your life. I'm not worried. |
| 1:54.0 | You know that scene in Crocodile Dundee where there's a big water buffalo, I think it is, |
| 1:57.9 | and he does the thing with his hand and he mesmerizes it and puts it asleep. |
| 2:02.8 | I can do that with bullsharks. |
| 2:04.2 | It's a skill that I've got. |
| 2:05.2 | I've not mentioned it before. |
| 2:06.4 | It's not a problem. |
| 2:07.6 | I find that hard to believe, but you know, it could be that sounds like |
| 2:12.4 | something an Australian would believe. But you know, it could be that sounds like something |
| 2:12.7 | than the Australian would believe. |
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