Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science
Part 2: The Big & The Small
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S1 • E2 Jan 6, 2023 56m“The Big & The Small” dramatizes the fact that humans are almost exactly the same distance—in terms of powers of ten—between an atom and a star. But where do we fit in the moral universe? Alan speaks with an advanced android and then a rabbi, a bio-ethicist, and the Dalai Lama about whether such a being could achieve consciousness and whether we could unplug her without asking permission.