Timeless Wisdom: Ultimate Issues Hour - How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis Prager explores the concept of randomness in life with Dr. Leonard Mladenow, a professor at Caltech. They delve into the idea that even with a 50% chance, there's no guarantee of success, and that randomness plays a significant role in our lives. They discuss the law of large numbers, the difference between probability and certainty, and how our understanding of randomness can be influenced by our knowledge and context. This conversation challenges listeners to think critically about the role of chance in shaping our experiences and outcomes.
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| 0:00.0 | We live in a time where the moment you question the narrative you're told to stop thinking and start complying. |
| 0:05.0 | That's why what Angel is doing matters. |
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| 0:12.4 | Angel is willing to explore the issues others avoid. |
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| 0:21.8 | constrained by fear or conformity. Go to angel.com slash Prager, join the Angel Guild, and watch |
| 0:27.9 | these films today. Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. Hear thousands of hours |
| 0:35.3 | of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, and to purchase Dennis Prager's rational Bibles, go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 0:47.3 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. |
| 0:52.3 | There is one question I will tell you now that is not answerable. |
| 0:55.9 | That is simply a matter of faith. |
| 0:58.9 | And I respect both positions equally as it happens. |
| 1:03.4 | And that is, God directs everything or God allows randomness to take place. |
| 1:09.2 | I respect both positions equally. And I am comfortable |
| 1:13.8 | with both and uncomfortable with both. That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. It starts |
| 1:21.9 | right now. To be or not to be. That is the question. |
| 1:29.5 | Where was God? |
| 1:30.5 | Isn't God supposed to be good? |
| 1:32.2 | Isn't He supposed to love us? |
| 1:33.6 | Does God want us to suffer? |
| 1:35.7 | Ten years you're not finished yet? |
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