We asked 11 academic experts to share the book that challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.
- Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Nottingham Trent University
Peter Singer’s slim volume is designed to educate us about how turkeys treated, and it doesn’t make for pleasant reading.
A Google employee’s claims that one of its chatbots is sentient has caused a stir across the world.
As strategies go, whataboutism is more attack than debate. Using it isn’t about reasoned argument but winning a fight, no matter the cost to truth.
This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode published on January 12 2022.
Plus, a philosopher explains the history of the idea that we might all be living in a simulation. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Guy is happy living his life unaware that he is just a character in a grand simulation. Could we all be doing same?
If every action spilts the universe into different versions, what does that mean for free will?
Hemos llegado a depender tanto de los servicios de Google que ya forman parte de nosotros, lo que plantea algunas cuestiones muy preocupantes.
We’re now so reliant on Google’s services they are now a part of us, raising some deeply troubling questions.
Do you want to live forever? If so, you might want to think again.
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