October 28, 2026

Zombies, Trolleys, and Galileo's Balls

Very Bad Wizards · Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro · 79 min

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A philosopher and a psychologist argue, joyfully, about zombies, trolley problems and what thought experiments really test.

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Which of your moral intuitions would you defend under pressure?

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Pose one trolley problem at dinner and just listen.

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