How Does It Feel Like the Tamler Has More Followers Than You on Twitter?

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Someone put a Wikipedia page up for Apple University that Dave Tamler feels left out of. He says he almost tweeted it back out and copied you, but thinks he's a good follow because he doesn't tweet too often. "What are they afraid of? That's what I don't get," the philosopher asks.

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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