Free Will, Science, And Religion

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Michael Walsh talk about the connection of free will belief to religion. Since free will and human responsibility are essential to some religions, it would seem that it's difficult for someone to see free will as an illusion and still hold on to their belief in a g....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

In this podcast, George Ortega, Chandler Klebs, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, David Joseph, and Jamie Soden discuss some implications of humans not having a free will, particularly with relation to concepts like order, disorder, consciousness, and intelligence....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

Some people believe that sometimes we have a little bit of free will that allows us to make choices independent of anything outside of our control. This begs the question of why we can't control when we are in control or not....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

Everyday experiences show us that we are not able to do what we intend. We feel that it's wrong to do things but we find that we still do them. We may not have the time, talents, or money to fulfil our desires....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, George, and Jamie talk about how we have blamed ourselves in the past for things we did wrong but now understand that nothing was truly our choice. When we believed in free will we ignored the differences between people in abilities....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

Can anything happen with no cause at all? The cohosts seem to disagree on whether this is a logical possibility. This also brings up the topic of the beginning of the universe. One problem is that different people mean different things by the word "universe"....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

Seven of the cohosts talk about why it's the biggest thing ever to know why free will is an illusion and their motives behind being part of the podcast and educating people on this topic and why it matters to everyone....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

The cohosts on the Free Will, Science, and Religion podcast understand that nobody is to blame for anything because they are not the true first cause of their thoughts, desires, and actions. However sometimes they still feel the emotional need to seek revenge against those who have hurt them....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

Do you have to be super intelligent to understand why free will is an illusion? Could there be emotional biases that prevent people from getting what it's all about? Mitch J, George Ortega, and Chandler Klebs explore these questions....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 talks with Mitch J and George Ortega about the distinction between Asexuality and Celibacy. The AVEN home page says "Unlike celibacy, which is a choice, asexuality is a sexual orientation."....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

Our actions are either causal or acausal. George attributes things to the universe as a way of saying that they are caused. If an event was uncaused, it would not be caused by anything that exists. We then move onto a talk about the meaning of randomness and the confusion created by multiple definit....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

This episode is a response to emails Chandler received during the week and forwarded to the group of cohosts. Chandler, Mitch J, David Joseph, Felicia Hogan and George Ortega try to give their best answers to this question related to suicide and free will belief....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 talk about the lack of ability to control eating as one powerful example of why they don't have a free will. We would like to hear overweight free will believers explain to us why their free will which they claim they have is not any help in their weight loss goals..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

Since what we do is not up to us, George Ortega and Chandler Klebs explore the idea of what is really going on in the universe and why they believe everything is caused instead of random as some people believe....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

George Ortega explains that the understanding that we don't have a free will raises a question. If we are not responsible for what we do, who is? This may be a very important question. Mitch J replies with a simple explanation that no one is responsible for anything....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

When Jamie expresses his opinions on certain emotional topics, people misunderstand him and falsely accuse him of defending crime. This comes from misunderstanding of what he is actually saying. However the larger point is that he cannot blame them for their reactions to him anymore than they could ....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 is not satisfied with the term atheist because it describes a lack of belief but doesn't explain what he is really about. He and George talk about the pros and cons of using both positive and negative words to describe what we are for, what we are against, and the reasons behind them....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 and George try to continue the conversation they were having in episode 87 about the intelligence and consciousness of the universe. We define what we think consciousness and intelligence actually are....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, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, and Jamie Soden talk about a variety of topics. Humans are killing humans and other animals in a variety of ways. Generally the cohosts want to eliminate the causes of these behaviors and find solutions rather than giving the death penalty to criminals..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

George Ortega is pantheist and believes the universe has some kind of consciousness and intelligence. Chandler Klebs and Michael Laster consider his arguments and come to the conclusion that it's possible for someone to believe this while still identifying as atheist because they do not believe in t....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