Mile High Sanity Project
Welcome to The Project. As co-host Nick says , you’re in it. The Mile High Sanity Project is a collaborative effort to explore modern issues through a secular lens and shine a light on beliefs that both puzzle and annoy us. When you’re in The ...
Welcome to The Project. As co-host Nick says , you’re in it. The Mile High Sanity Project is a collaborative effort to explore modern issues through a secular lens and shine a light on beliefs that both puzzle and annoy us. When you’re in The Project no topic is taboo and there are no subscriptions to formality. We value truth over etiquette and reason over manners - this is a place we are free to question any and all ideas. It is our hope that our listeners will be both entertained and informed. Follow us in our quest to seek out and destroy bad arguments. We welcome and appreciate your feedback regarding the content that we provide. Think Responsibly.
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Episode 13: Complementary & Alternative Medicine Part 2
Back for round two, it’s Complimentary and Alternative Medicine… Two! ...
Back for round two, it’s Complimentary and Alternative Medicine… Two! Once again we take aim at some not as real methods of healing. Back pain? We’ve got you covered with a look at chiropractic treatment. Feeling a sense of pins and needles?
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Episode 12: Special Guest James Randi
Yhoa-ho-oh it's magic, you know! The Project recently attended the ...
Yhoa-ho-oh it's magic, you know! The Project recently attended the Denver Pseudoscience Fair on Auraria Campus, an event judged by none other then the Amazing James Randi himself. Afterword he gave a lecture, Q&A style. Skeptical? That's okay,
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Episode 11: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Part 1
In this episode we tackle alternative…different…almost-but not-quite-real medicine. Is it ...
In this episode we tackle alternative…different…almost-but not-quite-real medicine. Is it possible to even define alternative and complementary medicine? What is it and how does it work? Better yet … does it work at all? Is Quinine an herb or a chemical?
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Episode 10: AIDS Denialism
What is the cost of willful ignorance? And what are ...
What is the cost of willful ignorance? And what are the ramifications of doing nothing about it? In this episode Chalmer leads us on a journey to South Africa, and reveals just how devastating a perfect storm of scientific ignorance and AIDS Denialism ...
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Episode 9: Virtue Ethics
The Golden Mean lies between in this episode of Norm’s ...
The Golden Mean lies between in this episode of Norm’s Conceptual Corner. What is a virtue? What is a vice? Can you ever have too much integrity? What happens when you fail to heed warnings from smart guys like Aristotle?
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Episode 8: Natural Law
This week your hosts examine the old modern theory of ...
This week your hosts examine the old modern theory of Natural Law. What is a natural object? Why are there trees? Is God lonely? The purpose of man is questioned. Dishwasher robots are granted free will, and Aristotle is rolling in his grave in this ed...
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Episode 7: Divine Command Theory
Your hosts bring in reinforcements to tackle a divine view ...
Your hosts bring in reinforcements to tackle a divine view on morality. God said it, people believe it, and we’re questioning it. Does this week’s moral theory stand a prayer’s chance? What’s wrong with saying God is good?
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Episode 6: Chemtrails and Environmentalism
In our first episode we discussed geoengineering as a solution ...
In our first episode we discussed geoengineering as a solution to our growing environmental woes. But some believe large scale geoengineering is already underway, possibly for better but almost certainly for worse. No one quite knows the culprit,
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Episode 5: Cultural Relativism
Here we examine the merits (or lack thereof) of cultural ...
Here we examine the merits (or lack thereof) of cultural relativism. Is everything relative? Does post modernism work? Do Eskimo’s hate babies? You say to-ma-toe, we say to-mat-NO. Sharpen your critical thinking skills and prepare for some super-a...
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Episode 4: Theorizing About Ethics
In which your lovers of wisdom prepare to set sail ...
In which your lovers of wisdom prepare to set sail on the sea of ethics, on a quest to find a plausible moral theory. But first… what is ethics? And how does one think about it? What exactly do philosophers do? Follow along with Norm,
