Free Will, Science, And Religion

Felicia Hogan introduces attachment theory to Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Michael Walsh and Jamie Soden. They talk about how their own backgrounds affect their current relationships and how it fits into our understanding that nobody has a free will....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, and Jamie Soden talk about a common problem humans have when it comes to their sense of self and the meaning or value of their lives. Many humans have a bizarre need to view themselves as being somehow special or important when compared to other animals and al....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, and Jamie Soden talk about how to define what a religion is. However, as usual, they got sidetracked over terms like "supernatural" and "control"....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, Mitch J, and George Ortega talk about some ideas that are taboo because of misplaced fears people have about the implications of giving up free will belief, religion, or pain. Some fear that science will strip them of their humanity....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega use different explanations of why our choices cannot truly be caused by us. Different scientific principles(causality, acausality, the unconscious, and the pleasure principle) are in conflict with free will belief....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the difference between a practical type of responsibility which we operate under compared to being fundamentally responsible for our choices. Nobody is the first cause of their decisions but this does not prevent people from "taking responsibility" just to....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about why what we eat and how much we eat is causally determined by genetics and conditioning. If we had a free will, it would make no sense for people to even have preferences in food to begin with....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, David Joseph, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, and Mike Walsh discuss different views on time and their implications for free will, determinism, and even fatalism. During this podcast George and Trick defended the view known as "presentism" and Mike and Mitch defended the view....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about all kinds of bizarre topics that will blow your mind. Free will belief that keeps us from asking bigger questions of the infinite regress of causality that compels us to do what we do....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about why the free will belief is the main force behind the harm caused by many religions. Because of this, many atheists and anti-theists have been attacking religion....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about what changes they expect to see in the future when people finally understand that nobody has a free will. They will not blame anyone for anything in the strong sense of believing that they freely chose to do something wrong....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about what causes us to play video games and the connection between the free will belief and our emotional reaction to winning or losing at games. We don't need to be the author of our own desires to enjoy playing our favorite games!.This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, Michael Walsh, Trick Slattery, and George Ortega talk about the similarities and differences between different topics. Which branch of Science, Religion, or Philosophy does the free will topic fall under? It's hard to come to an exact agreement on what Science, Religion, or Philosoph....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, Mitch J, George Ortega, and David Joseph talk about our inability to maintain positive and happy thoughts. Depression is a fine example of why people aren't able to control their moods and do things they would not if they were depressed....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega explain why we don't have free will/free choice. The Hedonic Imperative, Determinism, Indeterminism, and the messages that influence us subconsciously are great ways of understanding human behavior....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, Thumbnail, VBR MP3

Mitch J, Chandler Klebs, and Jamie Soden talk about many different issues and their connection to the belief in free will. They try to clear up the confusion that results when people believe that people are choosing to be obese, choosing to be lazy, or choosing to be sexually attracted to someone....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, Thumbnail, VBR MP3

George Ortega, Trick Slattery, and Michael Walsh talk a bunch about epiphenomenalism, consciousness, zombies, pizza, and materialism vs dualism. Chandler Klebs and David Joseph were also on the call but for the most part were too confused to add to the conversation other than the time Chandler disag....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, David Joseph, and Michael Walsh talk about how to best define free will. It is often done in relation to “control”, “could have done otherwise”, or “moral responsibility”....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs and George Ortega have a fun talk about whether acausal events are a possibility and what implications it would have if we could know for a fact acausal events were happening. Furthermore, they talk about what it means when people say that something is possible....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, David Joseph, Trick Slattery, Daniel Miessler, and Neal Gafter talk about free will, causality, and acausality. Neal doesn't have that much interest in taking a position on whether or not we have free will but would like to discuss how clear our definitions are....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3