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Dark humor and censorship | Connor Kianpour, guest host Stephen Kershnar

Brain in a Vat

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The Impossibility of Objective Standards of Coolness and Sexiness

"I don't think that like in principle it seems completely implausible to say that there might be objective standards of coolness or sexiness," he says. "We're not making any sort of judgment about the value of the person who made the joke, but they wouldn't necessarily be viewed as a better or worse person." He adds: "So I'm not sure the moral concerns really distinguish it to, because this is precisely what we're discussing"

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