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It’s time for a SHOWDOWN! Katy and Chris engage in a five-minute debate (& then some) over whether human beings are truly rational—are all economic decisions made in self-interest? Or are we creatures

Georgia and Ohio have restrictive abortion laws, HB-481 and others, known as heartbeat laws. Alabama is set to ban abortion outright. Meanwhile, Virginia has legalized late-term abortion all the way up

With all the focus on career and workforce, a particular kind of labour often falls through the cracks—this is the labour of childcare. Today, many children are raised in daycares, or by a single parent.

We all know that women are underrepresented in STEM and other high-pay, high-prestige positions. Is this the result of gender discrimination, a natural result of biological differences between men and

The discussion gets heated, as The Multiversity Project debates whether there’s any basis for believing that the mind has a quantum component to it. Could neurotransmitters be in superposition? Can quantum

How should quantum physics make us feel? This strange new science carries counterintuitive implications for philosophy, how we should understand reality, and how we should live our lives. The group discusses

In episode VII of the Multiversity, we dive into the strangeness, counterintuitive, and challenging world of quantum physics. Guest star Jonathan Long guides us through three seminal physics experiments:

Can being in a cult change your personality? According to one study, long-term cult members experience dramatic changes in personality, even gravitating towards a particular Myers-Briggs personality type.

In 1978, Jim Jones convinced over 900 of his Jonestown followers to drink poison kool aid, resulting in the largest single loss of American civilian life until 9/11. The tragic incident left the world

What is a cult? Are 'cults' always bad for people? How can people be so profoundly manipulated that they would do anything, even commit suicide, in the name of an organization? In Episode VI of The

Great artists like Andy Kaufman often view life as a game, and the people around them as mere characters. Does this perspective lead to great creativity—or to psychopathy? In this clip, the team compares

In a conversation which builds on the Žižek-Peterson debate, the team builds on Žižek’s point that Zen Buddhists supported Japanese Imperialism, and discuss how Eastern philosophy might lead people astray.

Today we’re looking at entropy, psychedelics and more to figure out whether time is subjective or objective. We’ll be examining such questions as: Is entropy responsible for the “arrow of time"? Can

What do Steve Jobs, Andy Kaufman and Napoleon have in common? Depending on your perspective, they were either great men or assholes. Do people who achieve greatness live by a different moral standard than

In today’s lesson, the team examines a new theory of the origin of life, in which entropy plays a vital role. Mainstream science says that chance plays a large role in the story of how life emerged on

On Episode V, David Robison joins The Multiversity for a very special episode where we discuss some radical ideas at the fringes of science and philosophy. Many people find the theories put out by academic

During the Žižek-Peterson debate, they discuss Rule 6 of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: Set your house in order before you criticize the world. Žižek challenges Peterson as to whether this rule would

Žižek often discusses the commodification of culture under capitalism (as did Karl Marx). What do we make of this idea? Does capitalism really cheapen mass culture? Or, rather, does capitalism allow us

Raw reactions to the Žižek-Peterson debate! The team talks about what happened in the landmark “Wrestling Match That Turned Into A Hug.” Did Žižek forfeit the debate from the beginning? Was Peterson hopelessly

The Multiversity goes in with a scalpel to tease out what Slavoj Žižek’s main message might be, drawing on his recent debate with Jordan Peterson. Is he justified in believing capitalism will fail? And