Did Allan Cassin Really Write a Phrase?

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Theano: We need some more whimsy in the fucking scholarly fields, like we need to to not take ourselves as seriously. So much of my consumption nowadayso psychology, i guess less. Is, like people just like getting serious and like being nit picky, and thits all fine, that's how science should proceed. But like, like, i want to know that you could just chill out for aucking minute and not likead it's fun to write those things,. It really is.

David and Tamler return to the TCU (Ted Chiang Universe) to talk about his short story “Hell is the Absence of God." How would we behave if we had unequivocal proof of God, heaven, hell, and angels? Would that answer our questions about meaning and purpose and justice? Or would those same questions reappear in a different guise? Plus, the hard problem of breakfast, Jewish Space Lasers, and more…