The Perplexed Mr Robot and Elliot

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At the end of episode two, we see a scene where young Elliot is in the big corporate room that we've seen before from E core. And then he gets mad at Mr. Robot for not telling him because they're supposed to be communicating now. "Mr. Robot's eyes where to God, it wasn't me," says actor Sam Esmeo.

We try (with varying success) to wrap our heads around Thomas Nagel’s classic article “What is it Like to be a Bat?" Does science have the tools to give us a theory of consciousness or is that project doomed from the outset? Why do reductionist or functionalist explanations seem so unsatisfying? Is the problem that consciousness is subjective, or is it something about the nature of conscious experience itself? Is this ultimately an epistemological or metaphysical question? What are we talking about? Do we even know anymore?

Plus, the return of Mr. Robot! We talk about the big new mystery at the heart of the new season.

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