Listen "3457 Freedom as Religion - Call In Show - October 14th, 2016"
Episode Synopsis
Question 1: [2:32] - “Have you ever considered that your belief in the free market and the power of the free market to solve all of the world's problems is akin to a religious belief? My time in the alt-right has led me from a general belief in the free market to a more skeptical outlook on free market economics for various reasons, but I am willing to concede that I am not an economic expert and am open to new theories and explanations for how free markets can solve specific societal problems. I'm not sure free markets would be able to solve things like dysgenic birth rates, black crime, diversity and the general feeling of belonging to a cohesive culture.”Question 2: [29:00] - “I’m a medical student concerned about the direction the US society is headed. How do I protect my future, my family's future, and society when I'm not given all the facts? As an intellectual I feel like an outsider. My ancestors were Irish protestants and French huguenots who fought for freedoms, and I feel as though I'm a sheep. How can I be successful in a society that finds morality and truth to be unpopular?”Question 3: [1:28:23] - “I am an education student at a major university in the United States. The main thing I've learned is that being a teacher has little to do with teaching. I am passionate about education, but strongly discouraged by the regulations of the public school system. Between Common Core, standardized testing, and administrative oversight, how am I supposed to help the students critically think and learn without getting fired?”Question 4: [1:56:27] - “I present you with a problem of practical epistemology: For most humans, 90% of what we "know", we only know because someone else tells us. So what do we do when those who are responsible for telling us about the world - journalists, educators, some branches of science - show themselves to be sloppy thinkers or even downright dishonest? What is left at that point besides confirmation bias?”Question 5: [2:17:38] - “I’m a millennial medical professional who runs a Pro-Donald Trump Facebook page aimed at flipping fence sitters, or even non-fans to vote for Trump. When debating friends and strangers, it seems as though people are more interested in acting as though they are champions of the right causes, or as though they are winning the debate as opposed to being open to logic, reason, facts evidence, and even the hard truth. What are some honest, logic based ways that I can lead people into supporting Trump?”Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate
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