Fine-tuning and the Problem of Evil | Philip Goff | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #2

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🔍 Overview: This episode delves deeply into the topics of Fine-tuning, the Problem of Evil, and the Nature of Reality with Professor Philip Goff.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: What are the strengths and merits of theism and atheism?
[Highlight 2]: Are we fundamentally simulated or purely physical beings?
[Highlight 3]: Does God make more sense if He has limited power?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Philip Goff and the Nature of Reality
05:14 - Neither Camp (Theism or Atheism)
09:26 - Fine-tuning
17:35 - The Simulation Hypothesis (No SAM)
27:43 - Carbon and Complexity (No SAM)
31:51 - 'Everyone Hates Me...' (No SAM)
36:05 - Theism and Evolutionary History (No SAM)
45:28 - The Problem of Evil
54:52 - The Evil God Hypothesis vs The Limited God Hypothesis
58:53 - Theodicies & Sceptical Theism
1:07:48 - A Limited God
1:15:18 - Closing Remarks

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