Podcast description: Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor.
Man even if this is true I don't want to believe just because of how extremely depressing the implications of hard materialist reductionism is so yeah I know what you mean
like they take almost a sadistic glee in reminding people of "uhm acksuhally this is all meaningless"
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I think it's okay to do both. Sometimes the logical/analytic side can be just as playful as the creative, whimsical side. I take a lot of pleasure in just observing an animal's behaviors and trying to rationalize them in my head - almost as much as I do from snuggling them.
To convince those people just punch them in the face until they change their mind.
Disclaimer: I an not a philosophical advisor