Critical Thinking Project - University of Queensland

EP1 - Was the moon landing faked?

Luke and Liam look at the evidence against the moon landing occurring, question whether we even had the technology to do so, and question whether President Nixon would’ve lied about it to look strong for the Russians.

EP2 – Have aliens been with us for centuries?

Luke and Liam wonder whether Roswell and Area 51 were cover ups, if all sea life and crabs are in fact aliens, and whether biblical encounters with angels were actually close encounters of the third kind.

EP3 - Humans should be bred in birthing pods

Luke argues that we should take the human element out of pregnancy and breed babies in specially made robot wombs, solving any number of social, health and gender issues.

EP4 - No one should be able to own capital goods

Liam takes a stand against capitalism in this episode, arguing that no one should be able to own the means of production, and that we should eat the rich.

EP5 - Is monogamy still relevant today?

Liam argues that it’s still best in contemporary societies to have one partner. Luke argues that polyamory is the way of the future. Both agree that the Brady Bunch and the 6 people from FRIENDS were polyamorous relationships.

EP6 – Is it okay to laugh at racist jokes?

Luke and Liam are joined with UQ’s Professor Deborah Brown as they discuss the philosophy of humour. Is it alright to laugh at cringeworthy anti-feminist humour? What makes a joke humorous in the first place? Should anyone find Borat funny? And is the toilet the location of all our best work as a culture?

Descartes Before the Horse - Critical Thinking Podcast