The Infinite Regress

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In the last 100 years, you have darwinism, relativity and quantum physics. Cognitive scientists are telling us that we have no free will. All of these things tell us the world that we think we see is not what it is. And so i think, to a great extent, it's a reaction to a moment of intellectual crisis. We can imagine worlds where we don't exist, or maybe we y think we exist. Where does everything begin, and where does it all come from?

All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with authenticity and our desire to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

Thanks to Nick Hakim for the use of his song "The Light".

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