by Stefani Ruper | Dec 12, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #49x of Naked Humanity. A listener writes in and asks, why are some people so obsessed with reason? He asks the question because “prioritizing reason to know the world” is listed as a mission statement of a church he tried going to. I... 
by Stefani Ruper | Dec 9, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #49 of Naked Humanity. Super-intelligent machines are coming – but what does that mean for us? Will they become like Gods? Maybe. Will we treat them like Gods? Some people are already doing it. In today’s fascinating episode, Dr... 
by Stefani Ruper | Dec 5, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #48 of Naked Humanity. A listener writes in and asks: am I a slut? I use what I know about the histories of religion, philosophy, and culture to explain why the idea of a slut exists at all, and options for handling it. I also argue that... 
by Stefani Ruper | Nov 30, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #48 of Naked Humanity. One of the biggest misconceptions in the world today is that religion is irrational, or disproved by science. Wrong. When you actually study religion and science, like I have, you learn that it’s a much more... 
by Stefani Ruper | Nov 21, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #47x of Naked Humanity. Postmodernism has been rumored to be BOTH the cause of Donald Trump’s popularity as well as the movement that will ultimately be the ruin of him. How could it be both at once? In this episode I respond to a... 
by Stefani Ruper | Nov 18, 2019 | The Meaning of Everything |
Here are the notes for episode #47 of Naked Humanity. What is the meaning of life? You might not know it, but you probably assume a lot of things that affect your feelings about it. For instance, it is a very common bias for people to think that life is meaning for...
