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When babies are born, are they born with a moral sense?  Or do we need society and parental nurturing to develop morally sensible individuals?

Joining me today for a conversation on the origin of morality, Stanley Samuel. In an earlier episode, Stanley and I discussed the objective and subjective nature of morality. Today we are addressing the question of who is the author of moral sense among sentient beings, specifically humans. 

Is morality merely a self-preserving tendency for humans? Don’t we all like nice behavior because it guarantees us pleasure and less suffering? Or is there a more deeper source for our moral compass?

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Immigration is an area filled with several myths and our intention is to separate fact from fiction in this conversation.

Examples of these myths include,

“Immigrants are a major source of crime.”

“Immigrants increase economic inequality.”

“It’s easy to immigrate to America and we’re the most open country in the world.”

These talking points have long plagued the conversation surrounding immigration. 

We will also take a look at the 'model minority' myth and how it masks its overt racism as an uplifting of Asian Americans at the expense of other racial and ethnic groups such as black and Hispanic Americans.

Today we would like to discuss the validity of these claims and implore our listeners to further this conversation on their own with questions such as “should immigration be a human right?” 

Episode hosts: Jessica Manjasseril & Bino Manjasseril

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Should humanity plan to colonize Mars?

Exploration beyond planet earth inspires many, provides more in-depth observational research than unmanned rovers and economic expansion into Mar's resources.
Settlement in Mars could decrease the very likelihood of human extinction.

However, is permanent settlement in Mars merely a science fiction?

In this episode we are getting into the weeds of various challenges for humans to live in Mars.

Episode hosts: Roy Vrindavanam & Bino Manjasseril

For further reference:

• The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
• The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

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Why we must explore space and beyond? Should humanity plan to colonize Mars, The Red Planet? Is permanent settlement outside planet earth merely a science fiction?

A fascinating conversation about space exploration, global travel from any point on Earth to another in an hour or less; orbital hotels; moon bases with incredible space observatories; human settlements on Mars, the asteroids, and the moons of the outer planets; and then, breaking all limits, pushing onward to the stars.

Episode hosts: Roy Vrindavanam & Bino Manjasseril

For further reference:

• The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
• The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

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Today's episode is a short conversation with my son, Jonathan on the subject of IMF.

We all have heard enough conspiracies about global financial organizations like International Monetary Fund (aka IMF) and World Bank.

Do they exist to turn the world into a giant marketplace by growing the global economy indefinitely?

They claim, they promote international financial stability, facilitates international trade, promotes employment and sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global poverty.

How true are these claims?

Let's take a look at how these institutions operate and some benefits and pitfalls of their existence.

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Do you easily get offended if your faith is challenged? Are you open to grapple with the dichotomy of faith and reason?

Joining me today, Sunil Devasia to have a sincere and audacious conversation on this.

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Curious about the prospect of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine?

Have you ever felt the doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken and the doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients?

In this conversation, Roy & Bino is making an attempt to explore Deep Medicine and how it can make healthcare human again.

Our attempt is to look at the pros and cons of using  such advanced technologies in Healthcare. And the big question is do the benefits outweigh the cost?

Episode hosts: Roy Vrindavanam & Bino Manjasseril

For further reference:
Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

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In this episode Dileep Vasudevan is presenting an important subject, addressing the hidden traits of various cognitive and social biases in all of us in different levels. In this monologue Dileep is doing a deep dive into the psychological and evolutionary reasons for both conscious and unconscious biases we all experience in our daily lives.
He is not only addressing the issues here, but offering helpful insights for consciously overcoming the hidden biases in us.

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What we call moral truths today, are they objective or subjective?

In other words, are moral truths objectively true and thus true independently of what our society says?

Stanley Samuel, who is also a moral realist, someone who believes there are fundamental moral principles that are objectively true regardless of the context in which they are used, joining Bino Manjasseril for an open conversation on this.

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From stories of Santa clause to the conspiracy theories about 9/11, have you ever wondered why we believe in fictional stories?
Is there a science behind it?
Is it the result of cognitive biases we developed from our past?
Here in this episode of Day 2 Project, we are making an attempt to explore these questions.
Hope you find this as fascinating as we do.
Thank you for tuning in.

Episode hosts: Roy Vrindavanam & Bino Manjasseril

References:
Confirmation bias
Proportionality bias

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