The Dark Flip Brains - Is That Really What You Think?

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Listen to episode 173 that we had two weeks ago and read the story because now we're going to spoil something. Once they're activated, splits the universe and allows you to contact your split self in that universe. This has become kind of a commodity and people are using it for all sorts of things sometimes to interrogate their choices if they had made different ones.

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

Plus, do you have low likability in the workplace? It could be because you’re too moral and therefore not that funny. But don’t worry, we have a solution that’ll help you increase your humor production and likability with no reduction in morality. All you have to do is listen!