Death, Quantum Physics, and Mushrooms (Nikita Petrov & John Horgan)

Smart people talking about politics, policy, culture and other stuff

Paul asserts his right to non-assertion  ... Campus protests and free speech controversies  ... Have pro-Palestine protestors crossed a line? Have their opposition?  ... Will the protests force a reckoning on campus “wokeness”?   ... Remembering philosopher Daniel Dennett  ... Bob vs Dennett on consciousness  ... Does the mind-body problem suggest a cosmic solution?  ... Heading to Overtime ...

Campus Protests, Dennett’s Legacy (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Anatoly’s strange CV  ... How the 20th century set the stage for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine  ... Why did Putin turn against the West?   ... Anatoly: I underestimated Russia’s incompetence  ... Has the Ukraine war really shifted in Russia’s favor?  ... Russia’s “elite human capital” problem  ... Is the “bio-singularity” near?  ... Unipolar vs multipolar AI takeover scenarios  ... Heading to Overtime ...

Putin, AI, Ukraine, Crypto, the Noosphere, Futurism & Other Stuff (Robert Wright & Anatoly Karlin)

Israel Strikes Iran, David Cameron Crumbles (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)

Did Trump blow it on abortion?  ... Does the hush money trial jury have a secret Trump partisan?  ... Is Mike Johnson Choosing Reagan over Trump?  ... Should Sotomayor retire? ...

Just ONE MAGA Juror is All TRUMP Needs (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)

Why Iran’s attack on Israel was an “own goal”  ... Did Iran minimize casualties on purpose?  ... The rising odds of Israel attacking Iran directly  ... America’s contradictory relationship with Israel  ... How conflict with Iran helps Israel  ... What China wants in the Middle East  ... America’s destabilizing role in the region  ... Heading to Overtime  ...

Death, Quantum Physics, and Mushrooms (Nikita Petrov & John Horgan)

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