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Episode 52: Thought Experiments (Huh!) What Are They Good For? (Part 2)
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:16:35
Publish Date: 2014-08-25 10:00:00
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Experience Machines, Chinese Rooms, Original Positions, and Ice Buckets.  ("I don't know what you have in mind for this evening Homer, but count me out!")  Dave and Tamler continue their discussion on thought experiments--how they can be effective, the difference between their use in philosophy and psychology, and how they can spin out of control like deadly viruses and become the disease they were trying to cure. Plus, do our motives matter when it comes to raising money for charity? 

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