I Think It's the Odysy

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"I just don't want ching to have a story that has an agenda of any kind," he says. "It's like an avenger's movie, you know, like they fight in the middle of new york city and they destroy." He adds: "This really is some i hope that some day when this is out of copyright ... people can build on his worlds"

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…