We Mortal Coils

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang breaks into... religion! (again).Is the US government becoming a theocracy? Where was our culture a decade ago and what has happened to it over the last few years?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets back into ethics! Will science study ethics? Is there a biological basis for morality?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets violent. When is violence acceptable, or necessary for a society or an individual to survive?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang explores... TORTURE. When is torture ethically/morally acceptable? What is the difference between direct and indirect violence?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into... Hubris! What is it, and how do we encounter it on an individual and societal level?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils the gang gets into... intelligence! Is intelligence crucial or important for engaging with reality? What exactly is intelligence?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into Obsolescence! Is there value in old things? From where do we derive value?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils the gang gets into welfare states! What is the future of work, of our civilization, and of the future of mankind?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into *indoctrination*. What exactly does it mean to be indoctrinated? What lies underneath the intent? Can someone give you true facts, and yet it is still indoctrination?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into education! What is the purpose of receiving an education in our present school system, why be educated and to where does it lead you?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into "the sublime." Is there a stable definition? How can a secular modernist encounter religiosity in the modern age?

On this episode the gang gets into space travel. What could the future look like in terms of space colonization, what do we do after we begin the final frontier?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into the merits of celebrating holidays which one no longer believes in. Can you still "believe" in Christmas, while living outside of the christian philosophy?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into the end times and nuclear destruction. How do we encounter the knowledge of our own destruction? Are we doomed to be destroyed?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into transhumanism. Are we meant to one day transcend our mortal flesh for the artificial, will we one day become post-human?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, Brey and Sbeve get into the results of the 2024 election. How did this happen? How do we put the pieces together?

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into monogamous vs polygamous relationships. Why does human civilization seem to favor monogamous relationships, is polygamy immoral?

Episode #38 - On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into American cultural issues. What is the worst plague to our society, how do we solve it? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

Episode #37 - On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang digs into David Chalmer's "Consciousness and its Place in Nature": Are you a Type-B Materialist, an Epiphenomenalism, or a protopanpsychist? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang breaks into the debate between Harris and Trump. Who won? What direction is this country going in? Also, as a second topic, does the way we win matter? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang returns to artificial constructs! Can you live a meaningful, useful life while living within a virtual world? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, Michael joins us once again to discuss... reason! Using the 2003 article by Wolfgang Welsh, 'Rationality and Reason Today', we explore the potential loosening position of reason in the world and potential solutions to this problem. Has anyone heard of 'transverse reason'? 'Rationality and Reason Today', by Wolfgang Welsh : Want to join th...

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang discusses our current age: Here, in the information age, do we know too much about each other? Does that make us incapable of idolization? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets into bad knowledge. Is there a time when there is too much philosophy? Is there a time when truth, or valid information, is to the detriment of the knower? Want to join the Community? Join our Discord !

On this episode of We Mortal Coils, the gang gets back into ethics and morality: Where do those without a God derive their ethical system? Is it based purely on the times or is it from something more solid? Could it be said that Theists derive their ethics from the same essential place? #wemortalcoils