Terrifying Questions

Written by: Eric Kaplan & Taylor Carman
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  • Summary

  • Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a distinguished but humble authority on matters of existence and existentialism, host a philosophy podcast that addresses the most unsettling questions concerning human life and the nature of things and finds a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and far-ranging intellectual philosophical investigation. Along the way they grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.
    Eric Kaplan & Taylor Carman
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Philosophy Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Episode 45: Will Intelligent Machines Destroy Us?

    Episode 45: Will Intelligent Machines Destroy Us?
    Feb 3 2025

    Are computers becoming so supersmart that they might supersede all human intelligence and eat us for lunch? Or is the very idea of “machine intelligence” a sad blend of conceptual confusion, willful ignorance, magical thinking, and financial opportunism? If you’re not sure (and if you can’t get an LLM to give you a straight answer), have a listen and get back in touch with your humanity.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 44: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 1)

    Episode 44: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 1)
    Jan 27 2025

    Are ordinary experience and everyday life hopelessly benighted and delusional, a realm of shadows, full of spectacle and drama but signifying nothing? This week Eric and Taylor descend into the most famous four pages in the history of Western philosophy: Plato’s allegory of the cave. Tune in and overcome your fear of truth, wisdom, and the beautiful.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else?

    Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else?
    Mar 8 2024

    Eric and his temporary co-host, Tao Ruspoli (filmmaker, co-founder of the Bombay Beach Biennale) delve deep into what it is to teach and to learn... and they ask, "Can you learn anything really important from somebody else?"

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    1 hr and 1 min

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