Friction

A philosophy channel interviewing professional philosophers.

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This is the Twitter account for the Friction YouTube channel, where we host discussions with professional philosophers! Check it out! https://t.co/C1r1uPLrQL

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@darwintojesus Not one of those things is a consequence of atheism.

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@Sean_McDowell What does something being evil have to do with whether theism is true? Do you think that metaethics has anything at all to do with debates concerning theism...?

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@Galatians110Guy @dannyphiltalk "Materialism" does not necessitate that, and atheism does not require materialism. Try again.

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@dannyphiltalk The biggest loser: anyone who had to listen to it

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@AStrasser116 Primarily the success and relative comprehensiveness of our current physics for describing and predicting things in the relevant regime. Sure, maybe there's something special about the matter in our head, or maybe our theories are relevantly incomplete. But I wouldn't bet on it.

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@AleMartnezR1 You've been corrected on this countless times. Please stop saying it.

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Myself, Lance Bush, and @askyourself92 reviewed the recent debate on moral realism between Lance Bush and David Enoch. Premiering now, check it out! https://t.co/Hwg3XUm8JN

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In this in-depth interview, Mark Balaguer shows how presentists can respond to various challenges. Check it out! https://t.co/jW2s46HEON

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@MuseObserving @ophello @HardwireMedia Looks like he crashed out and blocked me. Anyway, there is a huge risk to you and those around you, since there's at least a decent chance that you'll die and they'll lose you if you vote blue. You're just wrong, and I hope that you can realize that.

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@MuseObserving @ophello @HardwireMedia It is contributing to something bad happening. The point is that it's contributing so slightly that abstaining is not worth the huge risk to your life in these cases. And it's not just a huge risk to you, but to people who depend on or care about you who might survive your death.

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@MuseObserving @ophello @HardwireMedia Suppose that, if you didn't vote against Trump, you had to flip a coin to see if you'd be killed. Would you still vote against? If not, then you understand the argument. It's not voter apathy per se, it's realizing the stakes are way too high to warrant your tiny contribution.

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@dannyphiltalk @WriterJohnBuck The alleged problem with the hypostatic union is that the features required to be human are incompatible with the features required to be God, and so one thing cannot simultaneously be both.

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@dannyphiltalk @WriterJohnBuck Spock's parents are human and Vulcan. Perhaps they can have children that are both human and Vulcan, but if so, that's because being human is compatible with being Vulcan. If the features required to be a human were incompatible with those required to be Vulcan, he can't be both.

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@MuseObserving @ophello @HardwireMedia I'm Canadian and, I think, largely amenable to "progressive" policies, although I'd take it case by case. In any case, please consider reading my blog post where I explain my reasoning in more detail: https://t.co/k2Jpmsw13y

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In this post, I provide a careful analysis and argument regarding the red/blue button dilemma. What's the right answer? Check it out!! https://t.co/k2Jpmsw13y

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@ophello @HardwireMedia It is simple statistics, but your reasoning is bad. It's true that of realistic outcomes, blue winning is the best. But my vote almost certainly won't change whether blue wins. That large risk to myself and others isn't worth it when it almost certainly won't make a difference.

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@CapturingChrist Absolutely

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@theramblingfool It is similarly unreasonable to vote blue here, obviously.