Secular Apocalypse w/ Phil Torres

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Author and philosopher Phil Torres (The End) joins Cara to talk about how eschatologies (end-of-the-world theologies), may be paving the way for a secular apocalypse, and how we can mitigate existential risk by applying scientific rigor to these big-picture philosophical quandaries.

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0:00.0	Hey there everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday, June 13th and I'm
0:20.1	your host Kara Santa Maria.
0:23.1	This week I want to thank those of you
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1:00.3	All right guys I not quite sure how to preface this week's episode obviously
1:07.2	most everybody listing regardless of whether or not you're in the States are aware of the horrific mass
1:16.6	shooting that took place in Orlando over the weekend at a gay night club. It has been sort of claimed at this point by the Islamic State and I
1:29.3	think in many ways this episode is quite
1:34.0	prescient in light of that tragedy.
1:38.0	So I do want to preface letting you guys know that we did record this episode obviously previous to this
1:46.6	happen stance I think it's an important one I think the conversations that we have
1:51.0	are necessary but they may be a little bit difficult.
1:56.2	So if you are still reeling from just this horrible atrocity, you may want to wait just a
2:03.7	a little while to listen in. That said I am very excited to welcome
2:10.0	this week's podcast guest. His name is Phil Torres. I know I have
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