Since the last episode, intrigued students have peeked through the window and joined the ragtag group. I talk with Yule Kwon, Annie Mohr, Lilly Killinger, and Cole Piraino about gas chambers, peppers, and the geometry of pain.

Episode in a 🌰:
From Ursula K. Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas to Viktor Frankl’s “heart as a gas-chamber” metaphor, we look at how to quantify pain. Highlights include Chinese babies raised on chili-laced milk, fearless meerkats, and late night doubts about true altruism.

TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:33] Omelas and the “standard” of suffering
[00:03:28] Peppers in baby bottles: pain thresholds in cultures
[00:07:06] Drowning in one foot vs. ten. Is pain relative?
[00:09:10] Frankl’s gas-chamber analogy VS pain as duration
[00:20:19] Is love just evolution? Altruism and free will

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Hope you enjoyed the ep!