Episode 53: Solo — On Morality and Rationality
What does it mean to be a good person? To act ethically and morally in the world? In the old […]
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Humanity
Episode 49: Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good
It’s easy to be cynical about humanity’s present state and future prospects. But we have made it this far, and
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Episode 47: Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General
Most people in the modern world — and the vast majority of Mindscape listeners, I would imagine — agree that
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Episode 44: Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity
When we talk about the mind, we are constantly talking about consciousness and cognition. Antonio Damasio wants us to talk
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Episode 39: Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination
Consciousness has many aspects, from experience to wakefulness to self-awareness. One aspect is imagination: our minds can conjure up multiple
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Episode 38: Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning
Let’s say, for sake of argument, that you don’t believe in God or the supernatural. Is there still a place
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Episode 10: Megan Rosenbloom on the Death Positive Movement
We’re all going to die. But while we are alive, it’s up to us how we understand and deal with
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Episode 8: Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes
Our understanding of heredity and genetics is improving at blinding speed. It was only in the year 2000 that scientists
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Episode 4: Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community
According to atheism, God does not exist. But religions have traditionally done much more than simply proclaim God’s existence: they
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Episode 3: Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice
The human mind loves nothing more than to build mental boxes — categories — and put things into them, then
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