Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Introduction: [0:00] – San Bernardino Shooting and Terrorist Attack Update

Question 1: [25:30] - I'm from California - in an area that doesn't see much crime - but after the shooting in San Bernardino, I feel that terrorism is getting too close to home. Are my worries about terrorism founded in today's realities - or am I just freaking out? Am I right to try and protect myself?

Question 2: [1:25:00] - I am a clinical scientist who works in a government funded hospital laboratory. Having worked here for sometime, I have concluded that the current model for funding and completing research only breeds fraud and is a waste of resources. This is not incredibly surprising considering this is generally the case for government funded "anything" but what I have found depressing is the degree to which my colleagues, whom I consider intelligent individuals, vehemently reject this conclusion irrespective of the fact that the evidence is near incontrovertible. What bothers me more is the disconnect between public perception of scientists (ie: Objectivists in search of the truth to promote societal good) and the personalities I am surrounded by on a daily basis who are willing to make monumental logical leaps, cut corners, and distort reality just so long as they can be published. I enjoy my profession (in the technical sense), but watching dishonest people lauded as saviors, and showered with government grants has sapped my motivation. What is Stefan's view of government research? Is it worth being a part of a system that is laden with so much fraud? Does it make me immoral for taking money through taxation from the unassuming public to pay for my salary? Does the current system simply need to be abolished?

Question 1: [1:19] - I am in my second year of teaching in the UK and notice that you have been very critical of teachers in several shows, calling them lazy among other things and trashing state education in general. I personally think that (in the UK at least) teachers work grueling hours for little pay (hence teacher shortages) and that state education is a cornerstone of our economy and our society - though I accept that there are many issues with the system. I'd like to defend this point. My question is: "How would our economy and society fare without state education and shouldn't we show gratitude towards those who work hard to educate our children in difficult circumstances?"

Question 2: [1:12:40] - How do you effectively balance work and social life? What are the symptoms of devoting too much time to work?

Question 3: [1:29:29] - College and social media has become rife with propaganda that seeks to rally an uneducated youth to dismantle society as we know it. It seems that the vast majority of people my age are so incredibly indoctrinated that they simply will not listen to reason. They resist reason as if it is counter to their very survival. Is it too late to reason with these people? If it is not too late, how do we break through to these people? If it is too late, how do we get the world back?

Sources
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7322
http://www.nber.org/papers/w17159

The San Bernardino County Public Health Department held their annual holiday gathering at the Inland Regional Center on Wednesday. The party ended with 14 people shot dead and 21 injured in the latest terrorist attack – this time on American soil.

California health inspector Syed Rizwan Farook and his Saudi Arabian wife Tashfeen Malik were involved in the shooting/terrorist attack and were later killed during a shootout with Police. As police continued to look for a third suspect, thousands of rounds of ammunition, 12 pipe bombs and hundreds of tools that "could be used to construct IEDs or pipe bombs” were found in the couples’ home.

As President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the mainstream media cling to their false narrative of “workplace violence,” it was confirmed that Farook had contact a suspected terrorist under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

What is truth about the San Bernardino California Shooting and Terrorist Attack?

Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/san-bernardino-attack

As the Paris Climate Summit occurs on a world stage, 150 world leaders have gathered to ramp up the hysteria around climate change. Prince Charles warned that "we are becoming the architects of our own destruction" demanding immediate action - in the form of increased government power - to halt global warming. Stefan Molyneux and Alex Epstein (author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels) discuss the propaganda around global warming and aim to separate the facts from fiction.

Alex Epstein is the President and Founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and an expert on energy and industrial policy. Center for Industrial Progress is a for-profit think-tank seeking to bring about a new industrial revolution. For more from Alex and CIP, please check out: industrialprogress.com and alexepstein.com

To purchase The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and get source notes, go to: moralcaseforfossilfuels.com or http://www.fdrurl.com/alex-epstein

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Question 1: [1:31] - Aristotle poses "A is A". Aristotle tries to create rules to which this world conforms, but neglects to question 'what is this world?' Do our descriptions form what we perceive? Do you think that finding some answers to these questions can make our lives better? Is there any practical impact of such examinations on our day to day life?

Question 2: [43:20] - I am a college student majoring Exercise Physiology with a focus in Biomedical Sciences. I am awaiting admissions decisions to medical schools and want to use my possible future career to spread peaceful parenting from a unique perspective. What are some potential ramifications of taking a specialty like pathology and applying it to philosophy?

Question 3: [1:17:15] - Despite being a hardcore anarcho-capitalist and following the non-aggression principle towards my children, I have a disturbing feeling that I'm raising children who are going to be communists. I’m scared as hell, please help!

Question 4: [2:14:40] - I've recently finished reading the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Duma. The book left me pondering the overlap and or comparability of revenge with virtue. Can one seek to punish evil or seek revenge against someone who has done evil to them without seeking to advance virtue and still be good? Is the act of revenge or seeking retribution good, bad or simply an aesthetic preference? What of those who are harmed along the way? Is it permissible for people to be collateral damage in the promotion of virtue but not revenge?

[0:00] - A Personal Message From Stefan Molyneux

[6:01] - Call In Show Introduction

Question 1: [7:32] - In your libertarian view, are you satisfied that even with removal of state control, billions of other people will still suffer at the hands of the market system - a system which is itself an indirect form of control, and which, in an unprecedented age of technology, is already technologically redundant?

Question 2: [1:24:35] - I have lived with and worked with various agencies and groups helping refugees here in the United States for multiple years. Is it refugee preferences or politics that is guiding placement? What would you say is the best way for people to help refugees? Should individuals and families sponsor refugees to come here?

Question 3: [2:28:54] - How come every time people start building societies from scratch, the big and successful ones always end up with a government that holds monopoly on violence? In other words, what if the only way we can organize large groups of people (in a stable way) is to install a central government with all the taxes, laws and police?

Did government deregulation cause the financial crisis? Did the partial repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act lead to America's banking crisis - and to massive government bailouts? Stefan Molyneux speaks with Peter Schiff about the persistent myth of financial deregulation and the true cause of the economic crisis!

Peter Schiff is an economist, financial broker/dealer, author, frequent guest on national news, the host of the Peter Schiff Show Podcast, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and the Chairmain of Schiff Gold.

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Euro Pacific Capital: http://www.europac.com

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Who is responsible for the current economic situation in the United States of America? Was the housing crash and banking sector meltdown the result of deregulation and the dangers of free market capitalism? Is government regulation and interference in the market to blame for all these problems?

Stefan Molyneux and Dr. Paul Craig Roberts debate these issues and more in a discussion about Dr. Roberts’ recent book “The Failure of Free Market Capitalism.”

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Regan and is a former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Roberts is the author of "The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism" which you can order at: http://www.fdrurl.com/FailureCapitalism

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Throughout Western Civilization, Truth is the new hate speech. As terrorist events leave blood on the streets, American college students flee micro-aggressions - demanding safe spaces and hug-rooms to make it through their daily existence. Stefan Molyneux and Bill Whittle look at the recent Paris Terrorist Attack, the backlash against Islam in Western Countries, the current political climate, the Syrian Refugee Crisis, the denial of reality at the University of Missouri, the devastating impact of the welfare state, the revolting scourge of liberalism, the rise of Donald Trump and much much more!

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In the aftermath of the Paris Terrorist Attack, Stefan Molyneux explores the latest news related to terrorism and threats of violence in the world.

Including: United States President Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, threats by ISIS, controversy over Syrian refugees, French President François Hollande, the amazing reaction in Turkey, attacks thwarted in Germany, mass surveillance, encryption, threats of attack in Brussels and much more.

Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/this-week-in-terrorism

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