Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.
Grappling with difficult moral questions is a part of human life, but in the age of Wikipedia and ChatGPT, are we now outsourcing our morality? Are people becoming less moral over time?
Expect to learn why Peter Hitchens really does not like Alex, whether ChatGPT can be convinced of the existence of God, what the nonidentity problem is, if Nihilism will make a comeback, the impact of the debate around free will, how much we can trust the historical accuracy of the bible and much more…
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00:00 Intro
00:18 The Peter Hitchens Incident
08:11 Alex’s Experience Debating Ben Shapiro
17:00 Has Philosophy Revealed Anything Impactful Recently?
29:40 What Everyone Needs to Know About Ethics
38:07 Making Nihilism Great Again
47:38 Why People Hate Talking About Free Will
54:34 The Sexy Paradox
1:07:49 The FineTuned Universe Argument
1:12:36 Was Jesus’ Resurrection Historically Accurate?
1:20:07 Why Philosophers Go Mad
1:26:50 Is Society Experiencing Mass Cope?
1:38:01 What’s Next for Alex?
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