Episode 59: Tumors All the Way Down (With Sam Harris)
Very Bad Wizards
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The Differences Between Tumors and Schizophrenia
Sam Tamler: I don't think there's any way that these cases are actually going to distinguish between these two views. There is no case in which we can distinguish a purely mad man from the man being controlled by an evil neuroscientist, he says. The moment you have a cure for this now disease of psychopathy then it's appropriate to call it a disease according to Sam Tamler. He also argues that certain sorts of people are more likely to be dissuaded from evil actions by receiving by being the targets of blame than others.
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