Latest Rationalism Podcast Episodes
Ep. 88 - Watch Out for Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles
Patterson in Pursuit - April 29, 2018 14:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsI am joined again by Ryan Charles to discuss the current state of the Bitcoin Cash network. After the failure of the Segwit2x proposal to scale Bitcoin, a significant percentage of early adopters have moved onto the Bitcoin Cash network, and progress is happening fast. In fact, as of this inte...
How Progressives Can Fix the Economy
Patterson in Pursuit - April 26, 2018 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsThis is a narrated article from the 2016 campaign season. I was inspired by the rhetoric of Bernie Sanders to create some satire... Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
Ep. 87 - Race and Colorblindness: Part II | T.K. Coleman
Patterson in Pursuit - April 22, 2018 10:30 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 105 ratingsImagine it's the late evening in Atlanta, and a small white woman is walking to her car in a parking lot. A black man she didn't see before walks up behind her. She gets nervous and feels like she might be in danger. She holds onto her purse a little more tightly. Is this a clear case of racis...
Gay Marriage and the Absurdity of Courts
Patterson in Pursuit - April 19, 2018 10:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsThis is a narration of an article I wrote when the US Supreme Court made their famous ruling on gay marriage. When you step back and view the big picture, the whole situation is bizarre. Humans, themselves, are bizarre, as are their political structures. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Sub...
Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman
Patterson in Pursuit - April 16, 2018 02:56 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsTK Coleman joins me for another excellent conversation about race. This week, we focus on the concept of "colorblindness." Is it possible to be colorblind, or is that naive? Can we recognize differences among groups, while still judging every individual according to their own character? Is w...
The Profundity of Poker
Patterson in Pursuit - April 08, 2018 10:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsPoker can teach us something profound about philosophy. Specifically, it can teach us about the relationship between theory and data, knowledge and experience, and the ancient debate between rationalists and empiricists. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.subs...
Ep. 85 - College Isn't for Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan
Patterson in Pursuit - April 02, 2018 21:37 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsThis week I’m joined by Dr. Bryan Caplan to discuss his new book, “The Case Against Education.” We cover the signaling model of education, whether college is always a good idea, and we got into an interesting conversation about doing interdisciplinary work - something very relevant to my own pro...
Ep. 84 - When Logic Met Math | Dr. Graham Priest
Patterson in Pursuit - March 25, 2018 10:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsThis is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Graham Priest. We talk about the history of logic and the great revisions that took place around the turn of the 20th century. When logic met math, both disciplines changed, for better or worse. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at steve...
Ep. 83 - Logic, Contradictions, and the Liar Paradox | Dr. Graham Priest
Patterson in Pursuit - March 18, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsMy conversation with Dr. Graham Priest, who is best known for his defense of dialetheism - the idea that some contradictions are true. We talk about logic, metaphysics, the relationship between the two, and focus on the liar's paradox in particular. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substa...
Ep. 82 - Do Entities Exist? | Breakdown of Chalmers Interview
Patterson in Pursuit - March 11, 2018 21:25 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsThis is my breakdown of David Chalmers' interview on the Closer to Truth Series - about metaphysics and ontology. Are there entities in the world, or is there just stuff? Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0QPWQR5f9Q Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.s...
Ep. 81 - The Ethics of Eating Meat | Dr. Mike Huemer
Patterson in Pursuit - March 04, 2018 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsIf animals can suffer, does that make it immoral to eat meat? I'm joined again by Dr. Mike Huemer to help me answer this question. He has recently released a series of four dialogues on the topic, which address many of the issues we talk about in this episode. Also covered: free will, empath...
#198 The end
Podcast – The League of Nerds - February 25, 2018 14:25 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsGoodbye everyone. Download Podcast Watch Episode on YouTube
Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell
Patterson in Pursuit - February 25, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsDoes objective truth exist? Thaddeus Russell joins me for part two of our discussion about postmodernism. In this episode, we focus on the philosophy of truth. Can we know anything about the world? Can we know anything about our minds? Are the laws of logic objective or just a convention of la...
#197 Fun with Mormonism
Podcast – The League of Nerds - February 18, 2018 16:31 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe dynamic due of James and Rebecca Waa, I mean Natalie Newell are back. This time we are talking with Bryce Blankenagel of the Naked Mormonism podcast.… Read more "#197 Fun with Mormonism"
Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell
Patterson in Pursuit - February 18, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 105 ratingsI am joined by Dr. Thaddeus Russell to talk about postmodernism. With the popularity of people like Jordan Peterson, who vocally criticize postmodernism, Thaddeus thinks most of the criticism is misplaced. We also have a great conversation about love, religion, and people's motivation for thei...
F**K you Buck Mulligan – The Science Wars, King Crocoduck- #013
Podcast – The League of Nerds - February 11, 2018 15:07 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat is Science? A culmination of the best ways we have so far developed to understand the nature of our universe? Or perhaps is it another imperialist… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – The Science Wars, King Crocoduck- #013"
Ep. 78 - The Case for Idealism | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Patterson in Pursuit - February 11, 2018 11:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 105 ratingsSeason 2 is here! The show starts up again with a fantastic interview with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup about idealism. I've spent a lot of time arguing against physicalism and for a kind of "reluctant dualist" worldview, but I've not explained my position on idealism. So, I brought Dr. Kastrup on th...
#196 – Tyranny
Podcast – The League of Nerds - February 04, 2018 13:47 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsBuck read a book, he thought you might like it too! The book is ‘On Tyranny: twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder. The book… Read more "#196 – Tyranny"
#195 Holocaust Denialism
Podcast – The League of Nerds - January 28, 2018 14:58 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsYesterday was International Holocaust remembrance day, on the 27th of January 1945 Auschwitz was liberated. Roughly 6 million Jews, 250k mentally disabled, 200k Romani, and close to… Read more "#195 Holocaust Denialism"
#194 – Conspiracy Conspiracy
Podcast – The League of Nerds - January 21, 2018 16:05 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis film was dull and the person who made it is too. Basically calling things conspiracies is a conspiracy to discredit people who believe them. Download Podcast Watch… Read more "#194 – Conspiracy Conspiracy"
F**K you Buck Mulligan – Fake Fighting: Martial Arts Woo – #012
Podcast – The League of Nerds - January 14, 2018 15:30 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis week Buck breaks out his nunchucks focuses his Qi and transcends to clear his mind of all distractions. With the adequate number of montages Buck is… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Fake Fighting: Martial Arts Woo – #012"
#193 – Let’s Engage some Millennials!
Podcast – The League of Nerds - January 07, 2018 16:00 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsVance is back… this time he talks to the nerds about his time at Monsanto. The nerds were the first podcast to interview Vance and his position… Read more "#193 – Let’s Engage some Millennials!"
#192 – Get Your Life Back Now
Podcast – The League of Nerds - December 31, 2017 16:39 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe alt-nerds are joined by Dr Chad Hayes (http://www.chadhayesmd.com) to talk about the joint project to send him to the woo conference ‘Get your life back now’.… Read more "#192 – Get Your Life Back Now"
#191 – Battle of Ideas
Podcast – The League of Nerds - December 24, 2017 15:30 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn late October Myles was invited to Battle of ideas down in London. He went to see Vance Crowe, the man from Monsanto. Vance was shocked about… Read more "#191 – Battle of Ideas"
F**K you Buck Mulligan – Mythicist Milwaukee – #011
Podcast – The League of Nerds - December 17, 2017 13:09 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis week Buck talks to the guys from Mythicist Milwaukee about a topic that stopped being relevant 2 months ago. A few months ago the guys and… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Mythicist Milwaukee – #011"
#190 – I was a 9/11 Truther
Podcast – The League of Nerds - December 10, 2017 16:21 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsBuck is really milking in the lime light, he tells us, in depth, about he old beliefs on 9/11. Like many truthers Buck had seen and read… Read more "#190 – I was a 9/11 Truther"
#189 – Extremism
Podcast – The League of Nerds - December 03, 2017 19:28 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe nerds this week have Chris Shelton on once again. Chris has a lot of experience with scientology which some might consider an extremist ideology. What is… Read more "#189 – Extremism"
#188 – Plant Whispering and Random DNA with Prof Kevin Folta
Podcast – The League of Nerds - November 26, 2017 11:30 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIt finally happened! We spoke with Kevin Folta about his research. Professor Folta (if you want to be formal) works on plants and how they work out… Read more "#188 – Plant Whispering and Random DNA with Prof Kevin Folta"
F**K you Buck Mulligan – Talking to 9/11 Truther – #010
Podcast – The League of Nerds - November 19, 2017 11:30 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe self proclaimed best British author (seriously) Thomas Baden-Riess joins Buck to talk about why he believes that 9/11 was an inside job. Download Podcast Watch Episode on… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Talking to 9/11 Truther – #010"
#187 – The Waco Siege
Podcast – The League of Nerds - November 12, 2017 13:48 ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe Waco siege was a siege of a compound belonging to the group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and US military. The… Read more "#187 – The Waco Siege"