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276. From Atheism to Aliens: A Journey with Richard Dawkins

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The Evolution of Virtue Signaling

I wonder if virtue signaling is part of our evolutionary psychology and maybe magical thinking as well to an extent. Did that help us survive? I suppose you could get status by getting a reputation as a magician, as able to commune with spirits or something. How do you get status then? Because if we all seek it and I don't think you do by virtue, would it be success? Did that drive you over the years? I've heard you mention physics envy. Well, I've never said that I suffer from physics envy myself,. But it's a criticism which I attribute to Peter Medellor. And when he was speaking to you, some of the sentences, I found a

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