With this episode, let's delve into the fascinating concept of intuition and its inner workings. Discover how intuition taps into the unconscious mind, helping us understand ourselves and the world beyond immediate sensory experiences.

In this episode of The Human Condition podcast, I delve into the complex and thought-provoking topic of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the future of AI with two doctoral candidates. In this 90-minute episode, we explore the intersection of philosophy and technology and discuss topics ranging from the definition of Intelligence, paralle…

We all love stories. Whether they're told through books, YouTube, or by our grandparents. Humans have been storytellers for thousands of years. We are all familiar with legends and fairytales from all over the world like Aladdin, Cinderella, Chinese Dragons, The Trojan War, and mythologies such as Greek, Celtic, and Indian. What makes these stories…

The James Webb Telescope was recently launched into orbit. How are humans able to do this? One reason is that we have mapped our sky to an extraordinarily precise degree. Maps have made this possible. Not just the skies, but we have maps for countries, oceans, military battlefields, trade routes, and everything that's geographically important to hu…

We all have a value system wherein we hold one value in higher regard than the others, or in the highest regard. This is different for everyone. Some might value religion more than anything, for some, it is family, or respect, or money, or honor. I sit down for a discussion with two of my friends, one a semiotician and another a philosopher. Listen…

Do you want to win an argument? Do you want to make a strong case for your view? Do you simply want to have more truthful and truth-seeking arguments? This episode might help you. Sometimes during an argument, we know something that is said is wrong but we can't put a finger on what it is. In this episode, I talk about some common fallacies that oc…

Effective Altruism is a project that encourages people to be altruistic in the most effective way possible to reduce the suffering in the world. One could do this by donating time, effort, or money to charities that do the most good to the most number of people. Effective Altruists believe we have a moral obligation to relieve the suffering of many…

Time is a fundamental concept which concerns our existence. In this episode, I talk about the views of time as held by Newton and Einstein. I also give an introduction to some theories in the Philosophy of Time and the problems they face.

In this episode, Karan Gera and I talk about the story of Jazz. Its history, origins rooted in the blues of the black man, the different styles in Jazz, and about the many wonderful musicians it produced throughout the beautiful journey of its evolution. The story of Jazz is indeed one that Jazz enthusiasts would thoroughly enjoy but also is a grea…

A lot of what happened in 2020 surfaced the human condition of Kafkaesque. People feeling alienated, uncertain, lost, and overpowered by the absurdity of this year. This episode looks at some of Franz Kafka's works such as The Trial and The Metamorphosis and discusses the nature of Kafkaesque.

We may think some people are lucky (like Frane Selak), some are unlucky, and that the majority of us lead normal lives without luck playing a serious role. But we may be wrong. The different types of luck may play a significant role in all of our lives and this gives rise to the moral problem of luck. Is there a solution to this problem? What does …

This episode takes a look at a brief history, psychology, and sociology of sport

In this episode, we discuss humor, why we laugh, what makes us laugh, some theories of humor, and the morality of humor