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Shat Crew! I very much enjoyed your discussion of free will and philosophers Louis Althusser’s and Dick Ebert’s views on the topic. That said, I think two other French philosophers who extensively wrote on the concept of free will – Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre – might shed ever more...
Guys- SO great to have you back. I could gush further but I’ll spare us all. Quick point today- how can we still be arguing whether or not the hosts have exhibited at least isolated moments of free will? Didn’t Ford tell Maeve (and us) in no uncertain terms (in...
Hey guys, I had to dig in. Big D, you are speaking my language. I mean, with your theory; sometimes I don’t whose language you’re actually speaking. As soon as Serac said “my kind” red flags went up. If my memory serves I don’t think we’ve heard any human characters...
Hello, My friend asked me to do some research on Rehoboam for him because he wanted to know the backstory of the name/history, and I figured I would forward it to you as well…great show this week. Derek Fuckin’ English Rehoboam in bible lore Not much is known about Rehoboam...
Hey guys! Westworld s3 premiered on the first anniversary of my wife of ten years suddenly passing. She was very much looking forward to that day and was actually the one that turned me on to the Shat Family. Needless to say it was a heavy week but I decided...
Hi Crew, Love the podcast, it’s truly my fave. I have a few thoughts on the last episode, if you’ll indulge me, but I guess that’s what you’re paid the big bucks for… I’m pretty annoyed with the discussion of “free will” as if it’s even worthy of discussion. Just...
Hey, Great podcast this week. I think I may have enjoyed it more than the episode. Your discussion of Free Will and Capitalism reminded me of a great book by Erich Fromm called “The Sane Society”. https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Sane_Society Fromm argued that the individual is really just a creation of Society to...
Hi all! I’ve been listening to you for many years and have always loved your perspective on this show as well as GOT! Today, as I was listening to Ashley respond to Big D’s tinfoil (which I LOVED listening to BTW), something dawned on me that adds to the “evidence”...