320. Massimo Pigliucci — How to Live a Good Life and Create a Just Society
The Michael Shermer Show
Why the Stoics Emphasized Science and Logic
The Stoics emphasized science and logic. So you need to train yourself in what they call natural philosophy. We call it science. And logical thinking by logic, they didn't mean just the formal stuff that you learn in your life. They were essentially that student of psychology before that was a field. It's always bad judgment, bad information, bad thinking about stuff that brings you down. Most bad people don't do that. Except perhaps for some psychopath who, by the way, means a brain that doesn't work correctly and therefore is that lately sick.
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