In a discussion on atheism & philosophy of religion, professor Graham Oppy discusses MML driven theory choice, what makes people believe stuff, moral progress, how religion may adapt to the evolving technological landscape (especially AI), value drift, Overton windows, what makes one an atheist or agnostic, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Philosophy of Religion
3:48 Minimum Message Length (MML) driven theory choice applied to atheism & religion
6:58 Are theists convinced by MML?
8:25 Gravitation to arguments
10:19 Behaviour of theory choice
11:18 Moral progress - how?
12:38 Factory farming
13:44 AI, bias & theory choice
15:32 Religion in a future of transformative AI
18:31 Philosophical hurdles for religion in the future
21:41 Religious evolution in response to technological change
24:04 Religion, politics, AI & value drift
29:09 Overton window dynamics
30:29 Defining atheism
34:19 Agnosticism
36:11 Certainty requirements for agnosticism
38:29 Beliefs revealed through behaviour or stated beliefs?
42:20 Do atheists believe in one less god?
44:01 Biggest mistakes theists make
44:58 Most effective argument for existence of god
46:35 Pascal's mugging / Pascals wager
51:50 Overrated/underrated arguments for god
55:15 Calls to action

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