Episodes
Published 04/21/21
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and wsdtime try to list some different reasons people may not blame people for things even though they don't understand that free will doesn't exist.. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 05/22/17
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsdtime, and Juris discuss how we can have more productive discussions if we can manage to reduce our negative emotional reactions to things people do. Chandler and George do this by reminding themselves that however harmful/unethical/undesirable/immoral the actions of.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 05/15/17
Chandler Klebs, Poffo Ortiz, wsdtime, and Jessica Gillette talk about how we are all products of our environment and therefore can't help but have the beliefs and thinking that we do about every topic including morality, religion and politics.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 12/19/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, and wsd all started talking about the concept of how to stop people from doing harm without blaming them. A lot of it focused on Donald Trump and different theories of why people voted for him.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 11/21/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, and Poffo Ortiz talk about how we experience our decisions. We start from the premise that we know we don't have a free will but dig deeper into exactly how our decisions are made subconsciously and how we experience them consciously.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 10/25/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Quayd, Poffo Ortiz, and Peter Moriarty try to clear up some of the confusion some people experience upon being told that they don't have free will. It doesn't mean that people can't change.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 10/17/16
Chandler Klebs, Jamie Soden, George Ortega, wsd, and Trick Slattery talk about some things wrong with the libertarian political philosophy but also how free will belief plays into it. Also, Jamie Soden wrote a short book about the nonsense of Free Will belief and Christianity.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 10/04/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsd, Logan Meyer, and Jessica Gillette struggle to define words such as choice, randomness, and intelligence. There are different meanings that different groups have in mind when they use the same word.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 09/27/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsd, Jamie Soden, Logan Meyer, and Trick Slattery talk about different economic theories and their possible connection with people's belief in free will. Also there was a big talk about people's incentive to work and the benefits of a Universal Basic Income.. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 09/12/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Poffo, wsd, Jamie Soden, Logan Meyer, Trick Slattery, Michael Walsh and Quayd intended to talk about the connection free will belief has to our beliefs. Understanding that we don't have a free will and are not to blame allows us to improve ethically as well as think mo.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 09/06/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Quayd started this episode as a way to restart refutations of free will like the cohosts have done in earlier episodes. However, it became clear that part of the problem is that the public may not understand what free will has traditionally mean since the term was .... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3
Published 08/22/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Quayd, and Monique Lukens talk about the idea of a free choice related to recent events in politics. While this show mostly focuses on the fact that we don't have a free will and are not responsible for any choice, it's also important to see how these c.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 08/01/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Quayd, wsdtime, Jamie Soden, and David Joseph discuss both the views of libertarians(those who say we have free will and determinism is false) and compatibilists(who say that we have some sort of free will that is compatible with determinism).... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 07/25/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, wsdtime and Quayd join in a conversation about why people believe in choice even though the term is vacuous when fully analyzed. For many people, free will is completely tied to the belief that we control our thoughts before we thi.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 07/12/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Jamie Soden, and Trick Slattery talk about the laws of nature controlling everything that happens. For humans to claim that they have a free will is to imply that their decisions are completely immune to all the laws of physics, chemistry, and all other things that are.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 07/04/16
Chandler Klebs and Quayd talk about Nationalism/Patriotism and how it tends to divide humanity into separate groups which compete with each other rather than work together for all citizens of earth. This is another part of making the connection that nobody chooses their country of birth and can take.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 07/03/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Jamie Soden, and Logan Meyer talk about some of the most confusing topics of self, consciousness, intelligence, and what things we can or cannot know. How can we know whether we are living in a matrix or the dream of a giant whale? Some things are beyond our ability to.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/28/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Jamie Soden, and Logan Meyer talk about how belief in free will is most likely one of the reasons that people claim that climate change is not happening. They may feel guilty if they feel like they are being accused of destroying the planet.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/28/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Quayd, and David Joseph review some recent topics including the idea behind a resource based economy, George's pantheism/accutheism, and other mysteries of the Universe. The episode is rather long, so for those who are limited in time, here is a brief description of wh.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/21/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, Trick Slattery, David Joseph, wsdtime, and Jamie Soden talk once again about George's presentation that God is equal to the Universe. This turns to another heated confusion over what words such as consciousness, control, and intelligence mean.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/14/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsdtime, David Joseph and Jamie Soden talk about The Venus Project, which centered around the idea of distributing resources to those who need it without a monetary system.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/09/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, wsdtime, Michael Laster and Jamie Soden  talk about the common claim that there can't be any morality if humans don't have a free will. Morality can still exist without moral responsibility, but it may not always be clear depending on what you were tau.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/08/16
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, wsdtime, Michael Laster and Jamie Soden talk about strategies for getting people to see how politics can changed for the better by giving up the free will belief.... This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3
Published 06/07/16