Episode 149: Death, Immortality, and Porn (Intuition) Pumps
Summary: <p>Is living forever a good thing? Could we maintain our values and personal attachments throughout eternity? Would we be motivated to accomplish anything? Can we make sense of a human life that doesn't have a fixed endpoint? We try to alleviate David's paralyzing fear of death by examining two articles - one on how immortality is worse than we think, and the other providing evidence that dying might be better than we think. Plus,we examine some famous thought experiments - if they were porn. And a special bonus: after the outro music, Eliza Sommers joins her Dad at to give her theory about Twin Peaks: The Return (contains spoilers).</p><p>Special Guest: Eliza Sommers.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards">Support Very Bad Wizards</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Intuition pump - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_pump">Intuition pump - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="Very Bad Wizards Episode 52: Thought Experiments (Huh!) What Are They Good For? (Part 2)" rel="nofollow" href="https://verybadwizards.fireside.fm/52">Very Bad Wizards Episode 52: Thought Experiments (Huh!) What Are They Good For? (Part 2)</a></li> <li><a title="Frankfurt cases - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_cases">Frankfurt cases - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="Gettier problem - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem">Gettier problem - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="Russell's paradox - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox">Russell's paradox - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="Veil of ignorance - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance">Veil of ignorance - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="Buridan's ass - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass">Buridan's ass - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="There’s a big problem with immortality: it goes on and on | Aeon Essays" rel="nofollow" href="https://aeon.co/essays/theres-a-big-problem-with-immortality-it-goes-on-and-on">There’s a big problem with immortality: it goes on and on | Aeon Essays</a></li> <li><a title="Goranson, A., Ritter, R. S., Waytz, A., Norton, M. I., & Gray, K. (2017). Dying Is Unexpectedly Positive. Psychological Science, 28(7), 988-999." rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/goranson%20et%20al%202017_41820c5d-d2cf-4f73-afbf-9981bb148665.pdf">Goranson, A., Ritter, R. S., Waytz, A., Norton, M. I., & Gray, K. (2017). Dying Is Unexpectedly Positive. Psychological Science, 28(7), 988-999.</a></li> <li><a title="Williams, B. (1973). The Makropulos case: reflections on the tedium of immortality (pp. pp-82)." rel="nofollow" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/VeryBadWizards/articles/Williams_The+Makropulos+Case.pdf">Williams, B. (1973). The Makropulos case: reflections on the tedium of immortality (pp. pp-82).</a></li> </ul>
