TRC #718: Philosophical Zombies + Vampires and Tuberculosis

The Reality Check by Pat Roach

Oct 21, 202527:38Religion & Spirituality

With Halloween coming up we bring you some spooky segments on zombies and vampires! Darren looks at the thought experiment about philosophical zombies also known as p-zombies. Does this idea make that much sense? Then Ad...

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