304: Is Reasonable Doubt Reasonable?

04/23/20 • 29 min

What is reasonable doubt? Can it be defined? Who does it really help?

Covered topics: Caylee Anthony, Reasonable Doubt, Standard of Proof, William Blackstone, Victor V. Nebraska, Rene Descartes, Cartesian Doubt

Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCk

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPck

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html

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What is reasonable doubt? Can it be defined? Who does it really help?

Covered topics: Caylee Anthony, Reasonable Doubt, Standard of Proof, William Blackstone, Victor V. Nebraska, Rene Descartes, Cartesian Doubt

Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCk

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPck

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html

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303: Is It Still Possible to Disappear Without A Trace And Start A New Life?

Not all those who wander are lost. Most of us fantasize about started a new life somewhere. Few of us succeed.

Covered Topics: Maura Murray, John List, Patrick McDermott, John J. Nazarian, Evan Ratliff, Alan Watts, Ken Lay, Plato, David Hume

Further Reading:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqDnLNRuSc&t=312s

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-mn-3671-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/list-john-emil.htm

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2009445_2009447_2009502,00.html

https://medium.com/@ephromjosine/after-the-death-of-jeffery-epstein-its-time-we-revisit-ken-lay-69ea22f41545

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/07/07/225351/-Ken-Lay-escapes-life-conviction-by-faking-his-death

https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff-vanish2/

https://www.wired.com/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/

https://www.alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/08/24/alan-watts-this-is-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ufX3VaTJc

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305: How to Interview a Victim After They’re Dead

When I was a reporter, I got the chance to talk to a man after he died. If you're close enough to someone, perhaps you're carrying a little piece of them inside you. Jump in and let's get weird.

Covered Topics: Joe Kupchik, Optography, Wilhelm Kuhne, Erhard Reif, Elva Heaster, Douglas Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, Bach, Recursion, Edgar Allan Poe, Maura Murray

Further Reading:

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-joseph-kupchik-19-cleveland-12-feb-2006.113513/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30608/elva-zona-heaster-ghost-who-helped-solve-her-own-murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReX7qKU2yc

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201912/how-our-loved-ones-live-after-death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-s

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