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Reality Inversion is a psychological concept seen among conspiracists wherein evidence that should show them the truth instead reinforces their fantasies. Stephanie Kemmerer joins me for a discussion about the topic with many relevant examples.
Links
The Collapse of World Trade Center - The Complete Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkBfLBov5Q
Robbie Parker (Sandy Hook parent) press conference (full)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fr1-YejnY4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World
https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/
https://twitter.com/Shayan86
https://twitter.com/jaredlholt
https://twitter.com/PokerPolitics/status/1511535745252708355

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Excerpt: If this world changes it will be because *I* worked to change it. Slowly. Little by little. With words and ideas. Join me.
Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion

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Episode 25 - Are people naturally good?
We would like to think of humans as being at some sort of moral pinnacle. This assumption generally underlies a LOT of conversations that are being had in a LOT of spaces (though almost no one mentions it). We might well ask: is this really true? Are humans naturally "good"?
The area of our brain (frontal lobe) that contributes most to our moral decisions isn't fully developed until late in our development. Sources vary about the exact age at which this development is complete but they pretty much all agree that it is finished at some point between ages 20-25. Greater disagreement is found for how much empathy one should expect to find in a child of various ages. I dare you to google search for "how much empathy does a 6 year old have?"
Children need to be taught to be good. Children can (and have, in the past) develop a very strange set of ideas about what is "right" and what is "wrong". This is part of the problem with developing an objective set of "good" moral values in philosophy.
Thought experiment: if we "reset the world" (performed the inhuman experiment of raising children via robots and having them learn everything again all on their own with no role models to copy), what would the new humans do or not do. Would they talk? Would they create art? Would they still become bullies? Would they be kind? Would they be selfish? Would they cooperate and, if so, under what conditions?
Related question: are dogs useful for determining which humans are "good"? (spoiler alert: they are NOT)
Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_nativism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innatism

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_issue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

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Episode 52 - Fame (Fandom II)
Does fame give society the right to the famous?
Peter Hotez is harassed at his home.
Eminem is followed to the bathroom for an autograph when he's having dinner with his family. From a song, The Way I Am. This particular song seems to really hit the nail on the head for this topic. Eminem basically says "I appreciate the support from the fans but there are times when I don't want to be a celebrity and I don't owe my fans anything other than music."
Artists are often seen as wanting fame or wanting to be famous. This is certainly true for some of them but this isn't easy to be certain of. Commercial art is now part of an industrial promotion machine that they are very likely unable to avoid if they want their music to be heard. And even if they *wanted* to be famous, would that mean that we have the right to bother them during moments when they aren't actively producing their art?
If we say that artists deserve a private life does that make us hypocrites if we want to judge them for immoral things they do in their personal lives? What about politicians and scientists who aren't 100% wholesome? Are there any logical inconsistencies when we look at this?
Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hotez
Eminem - The Way I Am (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmG0ZsUAag
Rush - Limelight (with lyric)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63eixpYRWk
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/q-and-a/a60015/paparazzo-explains-staged-celebrity-photos/