Episode 39: Complicated Moist Robots (with Tarik LaCour)
Religion resurfaces on SpaceTimeMind as Pete chats with Tarik LaCour (philosophy PhD student at Texas A&M) about how a Mormon can also be an illusionist about consciousness. The first half of the episode is dedicated to illusionism. In the second half, we talk about Christianity in general and Mormonism in particular, with an eye toward how such religious traditions square with metaphysics and epistemologies that are broadly naturalistic, empiricist, and physicalist.
Video discussion from which this episode’s audio is taken: https://youtu.be/HI7OsUfPzHI
Tarik LaCour on twitter: https://twitter.com/realscientistic
Tarik’s conversation with Emerson Green: https://youtu.be/M3ShG06vJ2A
Additional info and credits:
Intro narration: Rachelle Mandik rachellemandik.com
Movie clip quote from: The Creation of the Humanoids (1962): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_the_Humanoids)
SpaceTimeMind Theme Song, Intro Version: Richard Brown on Drums and Pete Mandik on everything else.
Mid-episode break music: Diesel by Pete Mandik
SpaceTimeMind Theme Song, Outro Version: Pete Mandik