The Spurs, the Spurs Coming Back From Three Goals Down to Be Ajax

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Tottenham came back from three goals down to be Ajax. They had to believe that they could do it, even though the odds were incredibly stacked against them. And there are certain things like that where you have to believe it to be true just for it to come true. It's certainly not the case for me believing that the Spurs were going to win though.

David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence? What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about? Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true? Does James successfully demonstrate that faith can be rational?

Plus, a philosopher at Apple who's not allowed to talk to the media - what are they hiding? And why are academics constantly telling students that academia is a nightmare?

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