Episode 23: Transhumanist Hot Tub (w Ken Williford)

Published: Feb. 15, 2015, 1:02 p.m.

Richard Brown takes a one-episode hiatus while Pete Mandik heads down to Texas to talk to philosopher Ken Williford. Pete and Ken discuss whether (1) it\u2019s desirable for humans to transform themselves into something alien, (2) whether we or our brains are already alien to us, and (3) whether an \u201cacquaintance relation\u201d view of consciousness is consistent with physicalism.