Merry Christmas and Bah Humbug! When I left Cambridge a few months ago, I streamed a live video explaining my dissatisfaction with the quality of interviews there. This is my honest analysis of one of those interviews.
Also included: my attempt at rationally explaining the connection between Jesus and the Christian God. Pure heresy, I’m sure.
Drug prohibition causes more harm than good – that’s the argument from libertarians like Dr. Jeff Miron of Harvard. He analyzes the topic from both an economic and practical standpoint.
In this episode, we also discuss the role of government in providing a social safety net. Can private charity do a better job than public charity? Jeff thinks so, and I agree with him.
I cover my new book Square One: The Foundations of Knowledge. Truth is discoverable. It’s about time somebody made the case for it.
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What are numbers? What are concepts? Do they exist, or do we just act like they exist?
I’m joined by Dr. Jody Azzouni of Tufts University. He’s a philosopher who has been arguing for nominalism for years – the idea that numbers and abstract objects don’t exist at all.
His position is a wonderful contrast to the previous interviews I’ve done on this topic, where the guests have been Platonists. My own views sit in-between nominalism and Platonism.
I think abstract objects exist, but they do not exist in a Platonic realm. They exist in our minds. When we stop thinking about them, they stop existing.
For the last decade, I’ve been on the pursuit of truth. Finally, I’ve discovered it.
Square One is about the foundations of all thought. It’s about logic. 
All of my work grows out of the ideas in this book. If you refute them, then you’ve refuted my entire philosophy.
Truth is discoverable. Objective, certain, and absolute truth.
Don’t believe me? Read it first.