The Direction of Causality?

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I feel like you're just double dipping in a way that pisses me off. Like, I never get to do that. Why you should? Yeah, I don't teach. You always say that you assign things for class, and then we talk about it on the show. That is true. I should just assign like the intro psych textbook chapter on perception. Or William James. And maybe we can do a free will, another free will episode.

David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edition of [dramatic music] GUILTY CONFESSIONS. Note: if this episode strikes you as too puritanical, then please add an orgy.

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