Episodes 44
Avg. Duration 1h
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Since Sep 2023
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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About This Podcast

Professor Daniel Gambacorta and Behavior Interventionist Atanah Shannon explore the big questions in science and philosophy. What is consciousness? Do we have free will? Are we living in a simulation??? Find out on the next episode of... The Scientific Worldview.

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Will AI destroy the world?

Apr 14, 2025 1h 21m

This episode features: -Will AI replace all human jobs? -When will we get artificial general intelligence? -When will we get superintelligence? -What is the chance that a billion people die in a…

Why do women make less money than men?

Mar 31, 2025 57m

This episode features: -Is American society sexist? -Do men hate women? -Are men more likely to commit suicide? -Why are most divorces initiated by women? -Are women discriminated against in…

Is freedom of speech dangerous?

Mar 17, 2025 1h 3m

This episode features: -Did mask mandates help prevent the spread of covid? -Why did the US government engage in censorship during the pandemic? -Does violent media cause violence? -What are the…

Is porn bad?

Mar 03, 2025 1h 1m

This episode features: -Does porn cause sexual assault? -Does porn cause people to have more sex? -Will climate change destroy the world? -Is death bad? -Does death give meaning to life? -Does death…

Should prostitution be legal?

Feb 17, 2025 1h 12m

This episode features: -Should polygamy be legal? -Should you be able to sell your organs? -Should euthanasia be legal? -Is it permissible to sell children? -Is surrogacy wrong? -Does surrogacy harm…

Is abortion wrong?

Feb 03, 2025 1h 39m

This episode features: -Is there a "moment" of conception? -Are most abortions due to recklessness? -Is the death penalty wrong? -Should we use corporal punishment? -Is solitary confinement ethical?…

Does suffering make life meaningful?

Jan 20, 2025 56m

This episode features: -Is suffering always bad? -Is suffering necessary for great art? -Is having kids good or bad? -Would the world be better with more people in it? -Would the world be better off…

Can torture be justified?

Jan 06, 2025 49m

This episode features: -Should transgender women compete in women's sports? -Should we have open borders? -Is it wrong to eat your dog? -When is it OK to break a promise? -When is it OK to lie? -Is…

Should criminals suffer?

Dec 23, 2024 52m

This episode features: -Should a doctor kill one patient to save five? -Is nationalism good or bad? -Which is more morally valuable, a pig or 1000 squirrels? -Are fish conscious? -Are trees morally…

Is happiness all that matters?

Dec 09, 2024 48m

This episode features: -Do animals matter? -Would it be bad if humanity went extinct? -Should you kill one person to save five? -Should you kill your friend to save five strangers? -Does the…

Is morality real?

Nov 25, 2024 50m

This episode features: -Is morality objective? -Does morality come from God? -If God tells you to torture babies, should you do it? -Why are women more likely to be vegan? -Why are men more…

Is beauty real?

Nov 11, 2024 1h 4m

This episode features: -Is beauty objective? -What does it mean to have good taste in music? -Are some people better at recognizing beauty? -How do musical preferences change as people age? -Do…

Is math real?

Oct 28, 2024 55m

This episode features: -Is math invented or discovered? -What is truth? -What is reality? -Would intelligent aliens use the same math as us? -Do infants know math? -Do animals know math? -Can you…

Has violence declined?

Oct 14, 2024 50m

This episode features: -Were our ancestors cannibals? -Why did people engage in human sacrifice? -Is slavery still practiced today? -Do we work more than people of the past? -Is the world better than…

What's wrong with capitalism?

Sep 30, 2024 53m

This episode features: -What's wrong with socialism? -Are taxes necessary? -Why are drugs so expensive when they first come out? -Do we need the government to protect the environment? -Why did…

Are CEOs overpaid?

Sep 16, 2024 51m

This episode features: -Are labor unions bad? -How should we respond to AI generated art? -Why do we use high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar? -Why does the price of everything end with 99?…

Why is housing so expensive?

Sep 02, 2024 54m

This episode features: -Is rent control bad? -Should we have a minimum wage? -Why do most economists oppose raising the minimum wage? -Does the minimum wage increase unemployment? -Why are there…

What is money?

Aug 19, 2024 58m

This episode features: -What causes inflation? -Why doesn't the government just print a bunch of money and give it to people? -Why did two British musicians set one million pounds on fire? -What…

Will we run out of jobs?

Aug 05, 2024 50m

This episode features: -Was life better in the 1950s? -Will we run out of natural resources? -Has global inequality been increasing or decreasing? -Are rich people happier? -Why has human life…

Does learning make you smarter?

Jul 22, 2024 1h 11m

This episode features: -Can posing like Wonder Woman improve your public speaking ability? -Can the future affect the past? -Have scientists found evidence for the existence of psychic powers? -Why…

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