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Episode 49: Are We Insects or Angels or Both?

Episode 49: Are We Insects or Angels or Both?

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Are we puny and wretched or divine and transcendent? Or are we both? According to the great French mathematician, inventor, and religious thinker Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), yes. This week Eric and Taylor contemplate Pascal's proto-existentialist account of the human condition and its possible relevance to Taoism, evolution, AI, language, and (maybe) the religious practices of elephants.

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