Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: uncertainty
28 Jun 2017 Conversations with Tyler Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
“We don’t know, do we? [laughs] Might one argue that the more one thinks and writes about sex, the more you’re led to Rousseauian conclusions that a certain kind of constraint will prove impossible, and then one is pulled away further from Ben Sasse–like conclusions.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- uncertainty
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- 28 Jun 2017
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Turned out sex was really similar in most centuries. [laughter] We don’t know, do we? [laughs] Might one argue that the more one thinks and writes about sex, the more you’re led to Rousseauian conclusions that a certain kind of constraint will prove impossible, and then one is pulled away further from Ben Sasse–like conclusions. That’s a really fair question. I wanted to stay away from sex 100 percent, and then ultimately I couldn’t do it.…
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