MeaningofLife.tv

Ross's new book, To Change the Church ... The strengths and weaknesses of Ross’s intellectual approach to faith ... Father Bill speaks from Ireland about the country’s recent abortion referendum ... Ross challenges liberal Catholics to explain their logic of doctrinal change ... How marriage, divorce, and communion came back into Catholic conversation ... What will people who read Ross’s book in a hundred years think of it? ...

Why a particle isn't what you think it is ... Reasons to doubt the many worlds interpretation ... The theory Einstein developed that he didn't believe ... Would going back in time violate the laws of physics? ... Black holes and the natural selection of universes ... What are the strings in string theory made of? ... Audience Q and A ...

Michael's new book Space Odyssey, about the film 2001 ... The quest to make the "first good science fiction film" ... The remarkable development of the Dawn of Man sequence ... The fiction and fact of HAL 9000 ... The trippy "Stargate" sequence ... Why the movie's premiere was an utter disaster ... Is the film supposed to be boring? ... 2001's legacy ...

What is the Logos? ... The practicality of metaphysics ... Philo of Alexandria's vision of global harmony ... Plotinus and the connection between human and divine ... The Logos and Christianity ... The Logos as an algorithm ... Why do the laws of physics infallibly work? ... Carl Jung and the Logos (and Jordan Peterson's Jungianism) ...

Richard, a.k.a. miceelf88, joins Dan to talk gender politics ... The difference between sex and gender identity ... The ontological (and legal) issues with fluid gender identity ... Dan: Social identities like gender aren’t “self-made” ... What trans identity means for the civil rights coalition ... Jordan Peterson and gender as the essence of self ... Empathy vs. sympathy in coalition building ...

What is “autogynephilia”? ... Are there identifiable "subtypes" of trans women? ... Are trans individuals’ souls “trapped in the wrong body”? ... Why ContraPoints ruffles feathers in the Twittersphere ... New Atheism as an entry point to the alt-right ... Assessing Sam Harris and Ezra Klein’s recent debate on race and IQ ...

Are emotions cultural or physiological? ... Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett’s argument for emotion-via-culture ... Why social construct theory is all the rage today ... Rami’s thoughts on self-help psychology ... Rami: Pets teach us that emotional connection predates language ... What makes emotions adaptive to environment? ... Stephen and Rami review the Jaak Panksepp Memorial Symposium ... What neuroscientists say about the brain’s unpredictability ...

Tamler's new book, Why Honor Matters ... Why human dignity is not enough ... Collective honor vs. individual honor ... The difference between honor and courage ... In defense of fighting in sports ... Tamler explains the idea of restorative justice ... Fighting Ted Cruz by calling him dishonorable ...

Connections between science, religion, and mental health ... How psychologists study and understand suicide ... Putting Darth Vader on the couch ... Diagnosing Michael Scott from The Office... ... ...and the Dude and Walter from The Big Lebowski ...

Steve's new book, Enlightenment Now, and Bob's critique ... Cognitive biases that undergird tribalism ... Bob wants to crowdfund a meditation retreat for Steve, who is uncooperative ... How Al Gore’s climate change activism may have hurt his own cause ... Is it crazy to suspect that there’s a larger purpose unfolding through the workings of nature? ... Has our growing grasp of computation and cognition made consciousness less mysterious or more so? ...