Are You Taking a Risk?

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"This world is just like ours, except for the fact that there isn't after life. And so people who are angel chasing are actually taking a risk ie. A lot of them are trying to get healed or get a blessing of some sort," he says. "I think this is true of a lot of ted chang stories... He takes these almost crazy premises, but then plops you inyour i guess this is like what science fiction and fantasy writers do when they're good."

David and Tamler return to the TCU (Ted Chiang Universe) to talk about his short story “Hell is the Absence of God." How would we behave if we had unequivocal proof of God, heaven, hell, and angels? Would that answer our questions about meaning and purpose and justice? Or would those same questions reappear in a different guise? Plus, the hard problem of breakfast, Jewish Space Lasers, and more…