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#129: Rancid Frosting on a Rotten Cupcake (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

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Are You a Doctor of Philosophy?

Philosophy has no place rin it is a remnant that, as you point out, resides in all our degrees. We have talked here, it is in our book, about the idea of metaphorical truth. Metaphorical truths are literally true, but they are useful. They are adaptive. You are at advantage if you behave as if they're true and don't want to mistake them for the actual article. Now, this, we apply this to religion, for example. But the problem is that scientists don't get where it fits in their day job,. So scientists will frequently tell you that they have no faith, right? That they are faithless. If that's what

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