Minds Almost Meeting

God (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Jun 14, 2023

55:27

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Idea That Every Fact Must Be Know by Someone

2min

How to Approach God

2min

The Importance of God

2min

The Space of Possible Gods

3min

Aristotle's God

2min

The Two Kinds of Gods That Exist

3min

The Power of God

3min

The Importance of Knowledge

2min

10.

How Much Does a God Matter?

2min

11.

The Importance of Gods in the Universe

2min

12.

The Role of the Goddess in the Universe

2min

13.

The Importance of God's Dreams

3min

14.

The Implications of Smooth Versus Other Criteria

2min

15.

How to Torture a Person

2min

16.

The Importance of Sharing Values

2min

17.

The Importance of Trust in UFO's

2min

18.

The Importance of Kindness

2min

19.

The Problem With the Traditional Problem of Evil

2min

20.

The Importance of Human Rights

2min

21.

The Negative Theology of Human Beings

3min

22.

The Problem With Setting Up a God

4min

23.

The Problem With God

2min

24.

The Causal Processes of Origin

2min

25.

The Importance of Sharing Normative Reality

2min

26.

The Importance of Acceptance in Times of Change

2min

View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/god

Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.

Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsalmostmeeting.com⁠⁠⁠

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