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Functional Philosophy is the weekly Q&A podcast that helps you develop the philosophical foundations required to achieve certainty, success, and happiness.
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#116: (1) The Limits of Debt (2) Sexual Preference from 2019-07-16T16:00:04
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:48 - "I recently saw a news headline about 'Illegal Gambling' and it made me wonder what the Objectivist posi...
#115: Moral Judgment of the Subconscious from 2019-07-14T16:00:04
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following question:
00:48 - "Should a competent (that is, not mentally retarded or mentally hindered in some significant way) adult b...
#114: Rationality & the Market from 2019-07-12T16:00:24
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following question:
00:48 - "Given that using reason is a choice, which is not guaranteed to be made by everyone, is it not valid to ...
#113: Updates from 2019-07-11T02:31:15
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I cover some recent events and share some updates on everything I'm doing.
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#112: Objectivism & Humor (Part 3) from 2019-06-19T21:50:19
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "What do you think of Rucka's work in parody rap, especially the song 'Am I Gay?'"
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#111: Objectivism & Humor (Part 2) from 2019-06-12T01:42:24
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Ayn Rand wrote, 'To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to laugh at the good, is a hideous vice.' ...
#110: Objectivism & Humor (Part 1) from 2019-06-03T16:00:25
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Can you explain the role of comedy in an objectivist society? Both its purpose and the topics it should...
#109: (1) Hormones for Trans Children (2) The Ethics of Eating Meat from 2019-05-27T19:00:07
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "In recent years, I've heard quite a lot of news about hormonal and surgical treatment given to children...
#108: The Nature of Evil from 2019-05-24T02:34:55
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Is nihilism more immoral than evasion? Is nihilism a form of evasion itself?"
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#107: (1) Private Lawyers (2) Philosophy vs. Psychology (3) Shrugging from 2019-05-16T23:06:38
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "One primary function of the government is to treat all citizens equally under the law. How does an obj...
#106: (1) Theory vs. Application (2) Global Government from 2019-05-09T23:12:15
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "In an ideal objectivist world, how would the government deal with counterfeiting (physical property vio...
#105: (1) Principles in Practical Politics (2) Should You Vote Libertarian? (3) Air Pollution from 2019-04-29T19:00:09
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Would an objectivist support a law that is a movement in the right direction from the current situation...
#104: (1) Freedom & Fallibility (2) Concepts & Communication from 2019-04-22T19:00:04
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "How does an objectivist framework deal with ignorance? What if people don’t know the extent that sugary...
#103: Volunteering for War & Acting on Principle from 2019-04-19T00:56:25
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Is being in the military altruistic? How would an objectivist government simultaneously have national d...
#102: (1) Video Games (2) Contextualizing vs. Rationalizing (3) Evil Geniuses from 2019-04-08T10:00:12
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "My first question is merely, how would you define video games? I understand that they are a form of rec...
#101: (1) Musical Taste (2) Is Equality Good? (3) Why Do Artists Lean Left? from 2019-04-05T20:16:01
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "How much attention should one pay to Rands opinions/thoughts on music? I predominantly listen to hip-ho...
#100: (1) Women in the Workforce (2) TV Shows (3) Ayn Rand & Her Times from 2019-03-25T19:00:09
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
11:13 - "What is your opinion on housewives? Gavin [McInnes] likes to say that 5% of women should be in the work...
#99: (1) Thoughts & Feelings (2) Handling Emotions (3) Free Speech & Cultural Prospects from 2019-03-20T06:25:09
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "'A perfect, clear understanding also means a feeling. It isn’t enough to realize a thing is true. The...
#98: (1) Happiness & Survival (2) Audiobooks vs. Text (3) Altruism & Child Abuse from 2019-03-13T22:57:45
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
01:14 - "I know people who went there entire lives narcissistic, irrational and unhappy. Does this mean happines...
#97: (1) Harassment as Force (2) Who’s Responsible for a Child (3) Evasion & Religion from 2019-03-06T00:56:58
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "In a recent episode of your podcast you indicated that harassing phone calls are physical force because...
#96: (1) Reading Order for Ayn Rand’s Nonfiction (2) Mercenaries (3) Depression from 2019-02-25T16:50:51
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Would you recommend a specific order for reading Ayn Rands' non-fiction?"
10:09 - "Is it ethic...
#95: (1) Guns & Force (2) Implicit Knowledge (3) Second-Handedness from 2019-02-18T11:00:15
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "You have very peculiar definitions of initiatory and retaliatory force. Waving a gun around and pointin...
#94: (1) Platonic Forms (2) “Rent-Seeking” (3) Musician’s Block from 2019-02-11T11:00:25
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Can you logically describe what Plato meant by the world of forms? I understand that he was wrong, but ...
#93: (1) Preferences (2) Indirect Force (3) Moral Luck from 2019-02-05T03:15:48
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "Why do we enjoy arbitrary things? By this for example I mean that I enjoy building and painting plastic...
#92: (1) Spreading Objectivism (2) Universal Suffrage (3) Modest Dress from 2019-01-28T18:55:09
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "I am a 15 year old objectivist who is trying to understand Ayn Rand and her philosophy. However, I live...
#91: (1) Unpunished Crimes (2) Truth Reached Irrationally (3) Viability from 2019-01-21T11:00:26
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "What is the proper way to think about unpunished crimes, particularly heinous crimes? Does a criminal s...
#90: (1) Evolution (2) How to Study Philosophy (3) Greed from 2019-01-14T19:07:36
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "How did consciousness/reason/free will come into the first man? It doesn’t seem like it comes through e...
#89: (1) Business & Sanction (2) Inalienability (3) Hate from 2019-01-07T22:12:38
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "What is your take on the idea that the key to getting along with people (and possibly making good frien...
#88: (1) Demoting Relationships (2) Romantic Standards (3) Pornography from 2019-01-01T17:48:37
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
03:20 - "[My] question is about something Peikoff said in his podcast. He was answering the question (paraphrasi...
#87: (1) Equality of Opportunity (2) Reparations (3) Physics from 2018-12-25T04:21:53
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "You said that you are not an advocate of "equality of opportunity." Do you have a video where you expl...
#86: (1) Art vs. Utilitarian Objects (2) Art & Philosophy (3) Is Art Subjective? from 2018-12-17T22:41:46
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
02:53 - "You said that utilitarian objects are not art. But I have seen many utilitarian objects that are very a...
#85: (1) Ship of Theseus (2) Obscenity Laws (3) Skepticism from Historical Error from 2018-12-11T05:59:31
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - The Ship of Theseus
04:58 - "Laws that censor art because it is deemed 'obscene', what are your...
#84: (1) Happiness (2) My Intellectual Method (3) The Enlightenment vs. France from 2018-12-04T01:01:10
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "I was watching a livestream with Yaron Brook, Onkar Ghate, and Gregory Salmieri about the Jordan Peters...
#83: (1) The Nonexistence of Nothing (2) The Rights of Children (3) The Death Penalty from 2018-11-28T01:04:11
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "In episode 32, talking about how to think about the universe, you suggested the existence of an ether f...
#82: (1) Identity Politics (2) Who Prints Money under Capitalism? (3) Narcissism from 2018-11-20T21:55:36
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "When you made a video describing why people join the alt-right you said that they lacked an identity an...
#81: (1) The “Rape” Scene (2) Skirting Government Fees (3) Libel Laws from 2018-11-13T01:56:44
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:38 - "I wanted to know your take on the "rape" scene in The Fountainhead. My opinion was that Dominique "resi...
#80: (1) What Is Focus? (2) Generalization in Everyday Life (3) Success & Sex from 2018-11-06T06:24:33
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Speaking anecdotally, I have noticed when I am sleep deprived, something occurs to me, or I am unwell I...
#79: (1) Human Interests (2) “An Eye for an Eye” (3) Materialism/Secular Humanism from 2018-10-30T00:35:31
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "What are the origins of human interests? Why do some people desire to be doctors, or physicists, or phi...
#78: (1) Art vs. Escapism (2) What If No One Pays Taxes? (3) Privatizing Education from 2018-10-23T20:55:24
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Is it immoral to create art if people use it to escape reality? For example are those who create video ...
#77: (1) Objectivity & Diversity (2) State-Ownership (3) Political Equality from 2018-10-17T04:18:26
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Is our identity (or should our identity be) mainly shaped by our context, or our values? If it is value...
#76: (1) Altruism vs. Nihilism (2) Redistribution (3) Weapons vs. Destructive Tools from 2018-10-09T22:40:47
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Are altruism and nihilism compatible with each other? [...] Egoists believe that one's own life is the ...
#75: (1) Sports, Collectivism, & Personal Identity (2) Belief, Action, & Moral Judgment from 2018-10-03T00:16:16
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Do you think the obsession with sports teams in America and globally is an expression of collectivism i...
#74: (1) Information & Free Will (2) North Korea (3) Heaven from 2018-09-25T02:00:43
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
00:39 - "Assuming that consciousness and free will are merely the consequence of some arrangement of information...
#73: (1) Distortion of History (2) Non-Contact Sex Offenses (3) Nassim Taleb from 2018-09-18T13:43:17
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "In one of your videos, you lightly touched in Mccarthyism and said how he was a hero. I had always thought o...
#72: (1) The Unmoved Mover. (2) "Death of the Author." (3) Inconsistency. from 2018-09-10T19:17:38
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "Recently listening to Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris have their debate, Ben brings up aristotles immovable mover...
#71: (1) Certainty & the Senses (2) The Secret to Being Creative (3) “Self” vs. “Ego” from 2018-09-03T16:55:28
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. Addendum on certainty.
2. "Can you please address the topic of innovating, from the point of view of...
#70: (1) Self-Contradiction (2) Certainty (3) Free Will & Concept-Formation from 2018-08-28T09:18:35
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "I've heard from yourself and Rand that philosophical systems (at the individual or cultural scale) which con...
#69: (1) How to Tell If You're in Love. (2) "Anarcho-Objectivism." from 2018-08-21T00:04:43
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "How does one rationally ascertain that they love someone, in the context of a romantic relationship?"
#68: The Rationality of Following Your Passion, and Judging Historical Figures from 2018-08-14T13:42:53
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "You talked about following your passion in you videos, isn't that mystical? How does reason factor in? Have...
#67: Integrity in a Hostile World, and Bridging Mind & Body from 2018-08-07T04:31:05
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "I sometimes go to social functions here in L.A. where "small talk" is often pro-socialist claptrap or jokes ...
#66: Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories from 2018-07-31T13:42:18
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "As you know, there is such a swath of distasteful conspiracies out there. whether it be David Icke's nonsens...
#65: Taxation & Anarchism from 2018-07-23T21:02:33
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "I was curious about the idea of taxation in objectivism. I've heard objectivists say countless times that in...
#64: Stoicism, Privacy as a Right, and the Legitimacy of Land Ownership from 2018-07-16T17:01:42
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "What's your take on stoicism?"
2. "What does objectivism say about the right to privacy?"
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#63: The Atlas Society, Ayn Rand's View of "Roots," and Premarital Sex from 2018-07-09T14:21:17
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "I have done a bit of reading on the ARI/Atlas Society divide, but I'm not sure why ARI represents Objectivis...
#62: Duress & Integrity, and the Morality of Being a Firebrand from 2018-07-03T01:03:45
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. "I'm a psychologist working for a state Correctional department, treating criminals to try and reduce their r...
#61: Masturbation, Elon Musk, and Introspection from 2018-06-26T06:49:30
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. What is the proper role of sexual fantasy and masturbation in a rational individual's life? Does self-pleasur...
#60: Why Shouldn't the Government Take Care of the Roads? from 2018-06-19T00:02:41
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. So long as roads are ultimately government property, is it not normal that governments collect taxes to take ...
#59: Addiction from 2018-06-11T20:38:19
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following question:
1. I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on addiction. I had a large part of my life derailed by it. I was in...
#58: Meditation, Social Darwinism, Intellectual Property, and More from 2018-06-04T19:20:07
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer the following questions:
1. If women can choose to have an abortion, should a man be able to choose to not be involved if the woman wants...
#57: Collectivism & Happiness, Kant & Black Culture, and Gun Laws from 2018-05-29T05:40:07
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on whether sacrifice for the group can lead to happiness, what the relation between Kant and American Black culture is, and whether lega...
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#56: The YouTube Channel Dilemma from 2018-05-22T00:01:19
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I lay out and solicit feedback on my plans for the future.
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#55: Just Some Talk about MGTOW and Patreon from 2018-05-21T23:58:30
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I talk about MGTOW reactions to me, and also about some topics surrounding Patreon.
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#54: Dying for Someone, Pleasure Requiring Pain, and the Source Of Nihilism from 2018-05-07T16:06:56
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on whether dying for someone can ever be rational, whether pleasure requires pain, and what the source of nihilism is.
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#53: Abstractions Vs. Concretes, the Possibility Of Rising From Poverty, and More from 2018-04-30T19:25:57
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on the difference between abstractions and concretes, whether it's possible to rise from poverty in today's world, and more.
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#52: Canada vs. America, Automatization, and More from 2018-04-24T19:29:15
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on Canada vs. America, automatization, and more.
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#51: Procreation as Duty, Career Advice, and Einstein vs. Objectivist Metaphysics from 2018-04-16T19:35:30
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on why procreation isn't a moral duty, how Einstein's theory of relativity contradicts Objectivist metaphysics, and what to do if you're...
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#50: Environmentalism, Communism, the Limits of Objectivism, and More from 2018-04-10T16:24:13
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on environmentalism vs. communism, free will, evolutionary psychology, and the boundaries of Objectivism.
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#49: Intellectual Property, Alex Epstein, and More MGTOW from 2018-04-02T19:43:45
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I address the comments I received on my examination of MGTOW, explain the nature of intellectual property, and criticize Alex Epstein, formerly of the Ayn ...
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#48: An Objectivist Perspective on MGTOW from 2018-03-26T22:11:43
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I examine the MGTOW movement.
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#47: Deontology, Career Issues, and Reason vs. Emotion from 2018-03-20T22:00:34
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on the Objectivist view of deontology, the legitimacy of taking money from the government when unemployed, and whether being "too ration...
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#46: Why Aristotle Was Revolutionary, and the Correspondence Theory of Truth from 2018-03-12T21:30:40
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain what made Aristotle revolutionary with a whirlwind tour of his philosophy, and I explain the Objectivist view of the correspondence theory of tru...
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#45: Science, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, Justice, and Eternity vs. Infinity from 2018-03-05T20:41:02
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on my scientific sources, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, the source and beneficiary of justice, and the difference between eternity and...
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#44: Skepticism, the Limits of Contract, and My Evaluation of Yaron Brook from 2018-02-26T17:38:34
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on skepticism's relationship to religion, the limits of contract, and my evaluation of Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute.
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#43: God, Immigration, and the Libertarian Appropriation of Ayn Rand from 2018-02-19T21:31:10
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on immigration and whether Objectivists can believe in God, and I elaborate on the disaster that is the libertarian appropriation of Ayn...
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#42: Instincts, Universal Basic Income, and the Foundation for Economic Education from 2018-02-13T00:43:55
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the myth of "instincts," whether Universal Basic Income is preferable to the current Western welfare states, whether Bill C-16 is anti-free speec...
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#41: Q&A — Gender Fluidity, Cynicism, and Moral Nihilism from 2018-02-05T17:07:56
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on the relationship between gender fluidity and individualism, the practicality of cynicism, and whether rational egoism and moral nihil...
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#40: The Objectivity of Values from 2018-01-30T06:29:55
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how values are neither subjective nor intrinsic, how they neither depend on feelings, as libertarians would have it, nor exist apart from any val...
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#39: Why Socialism Fails from 2018-01-23T07:26:33
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how socialism fails by replacing many reasoning minds with only a few, and how it kills by implementing the morality of self-sacrifice.
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#38: Q&A — Patreon, Peterson, and Preferred Pronouns from 2018-01-15T08:51:33
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer questions on why Patreon wouldn't exist in a free society, what's wrong with Jordan Peterson's pragmatism, and the conceptual status of the transg...
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#37: Abortion Is Pro-Life from 2018-01-09T15:48:20
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I lay out what Ayn Rand believed about abortion, elaborate my own view, and explain what's wrong with the libertarian pro-abortion and the religious anti-a...
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#36: The Status of Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin from 2018-01-02T09:50:07
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the status of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin from a philosophical perspective.
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#35: Marxism, Abstraction, and Alienation from 2017-12-25T08:46:06
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how the Marxist idea that capitalism produces alienation is a result of the anti-conceptual mentality. I then explain how capitalism actually pro...
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#34: Globalism, Nationalism, and Ayn Rand's Theory of Concepts from 2017-12-19T01:25:47
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the relationship between Ayn Rand's theory of concepts and the current clash between globalism and nationalism.
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#33: The False Theory of Self-Ownership from 2017-12-12T00:38:18
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why the theory of self-ownership is wrong, what its consequences are, and what the true foundation of freedom is. The false theory of self-owners...
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#32: How to Think About the Universe from 2017-12-04T06:30:30
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the universe.
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#31: The World Is Probably Doomed. So What? from 2017-11-28T02:40:26
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why life is still worth living even though the world is probably doomed.
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#30: Nazis, Muslims, and Nihilists — The Combatants in the Melee for the World from 2017-11-20T05:42:08
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I identify the likely future of the world by looking at the major factions vying for control of it: the Nazis, Muslims, and nihilists.
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#29: Questions on Induction from 2017-11-13T21:57:59
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I answer a series of questions on induction, the process of reasoning from some to all.
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#28: The Rules Do Not Apply to You from 2017-11-06T17:16:15
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the relationship between statistics and independent judgment.
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#27: Hate Speech Laws — An Attack on Love from 2017-10-30T17:58:11
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how hate speech laws forcibly prevent the cognition underlying negative evaluations, and thereby block negative emotions, and thereby block posit...
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#26: Immigration — The Culture War's Least Important Battleground from 2017-10-23T15:53:46
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why the battle over immigration policy is a meaningless one in the context of the culture war, and why there is no economic or ideological justif...
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#25: The Meaning of the American Civil War — Freedom vs. Anarchy from 2017-10-16T06:28:29
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I untangle the relationship between slavery and anarchy in the context of the motivations of both sides of the American Civil War.
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#24: Integrated Ideas, the Right to Bear Arms, and More Jordan Peterson from 2017-10-09T04:41:20
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss three topics.
First, I discuss the mistake of thinking that every idea can be explained quickly and in isolation.
Second, I exa...
#23: Why People Join the Alt-Right from 2017-10-03T06:12:35
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain what psychological and existential need is being met only by the Alt-Right, and how you can avoid making a deal with that devil.
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#22: What's Wrong with Jordan Peterson from 2017-09-26T06:32:28
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why Jordan Peterson's views on religion, evolution, and epistemology are wrong, and what his deepest psychological motivation is.
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#21: Christianity and the West from 2017-09-19T04:54:22
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the relationship between Christianity and the West. Is Christianity what makes the West a unique and superior culture?
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#20: PewDiePie, Racism, and the Nihilistic Left from 2017-09-12T16:36:55
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I use PewDiePie's recent "racism" as a jumping off point to explain how the nihilistic left created the phenomenon of racist kids on Xbox Live in the first...
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#19: Avoid the Walter White and Gavin McInnes Approaches to Conversation from 2017-09-05T06:19:28
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how to have better conversations by avoiding the mistakes of "Alt-Lite" comedian Gavin McInnes and Breaking Bad's Walter White.
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#18: What's Wrong with Faith If It Leads People to Do Good? from 2017-08-29T01:26:05
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how faith diverts one from the path to certainty, success, and happiness.
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#17: Money in Politics from 2017-08-21T21:09:16
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why money in politics is not the problem, and how treating it as if it were the problem violates free speech and distracts from the real problem:...
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#16: Ben Shapiro and the Secular Case for Human Rights from 2017-08-15T03:09:19
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the secular basis for human rights, which everyone from religionist Ben Shapiro to skeptic Michael Shermer claims doesn't exist.
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#15: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) — What Causes It, and How to Cure It from 2017-08-07T17:32:32
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain the philosophical premises behind obsessive-compulsive disorder, and how to correct them.
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#14: How to Prove That God Does Not Exist from 2017-07-31T22:01:12
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I give the short and easy answer as to why God cannot exist.
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#13: The Anti-Intellectual Diagnosis of the Cause of Modern Strife from 2017-07-25T09:36:45
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the trite, stupid idea that "life nowadays is too easy" and that modern social problems are the result of our high standard of living. This expla...
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#12: How to Avoid Being an Idiot Who Thinks Bankers "Just Move Numbers Around" from 2017-07-18T01:16:43
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why people hate bankers and financiers, and why they're the smartest, most heroic people in society.
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#11: The Meaning of "Social" Justice — Racists for Egalitarianism from 2017-07-10T23:00:08
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the philosophical foundations and implications of social justice.
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#10: An Illustration of the Interconnectedness of Philosophy from 2017-07-03T15:38:14
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the connection between Plato's metaphysics and epistemology from the perspective of the logical requirement of integration.
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#9: Moral Choice Systems in Video Games from 2017-06-26T22:31:10
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why the often maligned binary approach to moral choice systems in video games is necessitated by the nature and purpose of morality.
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#8: Objectivism Is Not Libertarianism from 2017-06-19T12:52:16
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why Objectivism is not a libertarian philosophy, and why it's so often thought of as one.
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#7: How to Understand Free Will from 2017-06-12T23:10:14
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the two most powerful thinking methods there are, and how widespread hostility to these methods has resulted in widespread hostility to the conce...
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#6: Taffer's Delight — A Conversation with BioShock Creator Ken Levine, Part 2 from 2017-06-06T00:17:37
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I continue discussing whatever I feel like with Ken Levine.
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#5: Taffer's Delight — A Conversation with BioShock Creator Ken Levine, Part 1 from 2017-05-31T05:40:20
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss whatever I feel like with Ken Levine.
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#4: Evil Without Mustache-Twirling from 2017-05-31T05:35:48
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain how people can be evil despite the fact that "no one thinks of himself as the villain."
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#3: Power Does Not Corrupt from 2017-05-31T05:33:30
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the nature of power.
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#2: Psycho-Epistemology — Capitalist vs. Socialist from 2017-05-31T05:31:43
In this episode of Functional Philosophy, I discuss the psychological effects of living under different social systems.
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#1: How to Use Philosophy for Personal Gain from 2017-05-31T05:23:36
In this introductory episode of Functional Philosophy, I explain why you need a philosophy and how this podcast will help you get the right one.
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