Andrew Doyle

You know, there's another weird thing about laughter. I used to do this as a joke with a couple of my friends when we were lifting weights in the gym, because if you make someone laugh when they're in the middle of a bench press, They'll drop the weight on your chest. You'll kill them.

You know, there's another weird thing about laughter. I used to do this as a joke with a couple of my friends when we were lifting weights in the gym, because if you make someone laugh when they're in the middle of a bench press, They'll drop the weight on your chest. You'll kill them.

You know, there's another weird thing about laughter. I used to do this as a joke with a couple of my friends when we were lifting weights in the gym, because if you make someone laugh when they're in the middle of a bench press, They'll drop the weight on your chest. You'll kill them.

Well, you lose all your muscular control when you laugh, which is also extremely interesting because it means that in the moment of laughter, you render yourself defenseless and vulnerable, which is also extremely interesting, right? Especially because it's also intensely pleasurable.

Well, you lose all your muscular control when you laugh, which is also extremely interesting because it means that in the moment of laughter, you render yourself defenseless and vulnerable, which is also extremely interesting, right? Especially because it's also intensely pleasurable.

Well, you lose all your muscular control when you laugh, which is also extremely interesting because it means that in the moment of laughter, you render yourself defenseless and vulnerable, which is also extremely interesting, right? Especially because it's also intensely pleasurable.

It provides an avenue to success for absolutely mediocre people. Right, yeah. right? And then they can say two things. I'm just as funny as Graham Linehan, for example, plus I'm definitely morally superior.

It provides an avenue to success for absolutely mediocre people. Right, yeah. right? And then they can say two things. I'm just as funny as Graham Linehan, for example, plus I'm definitely morally superior.

It provides an avenue to success for absolutely mediocre people. Right, yeah. right? And then they can say two things. I'm just as funny as Graham Linehan, for example, plus I'm definitely morally superior.

I can answer that, I do.

I can answer that, I do.

I can answer that, I do.

I know, I know. It's a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. You never want to underestimate the, what would you say, the attractiveness of unearned moral virtue. Like in the gospel accounts, for example, The people who end up crucifying Christ are the Pharisees, right? It's Pharisees, that's religious hypocrites. Those are the people who are claiming to be good when they're not.

I know, I know. It's a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. You never want to underestimate the, what would you say, the attractiveness of unearned moral virtue. Like in the gospel accounts, for example, The people who end up crucifying Christ are the Pharisees, right? It's Pharisees, that's religious hypocrites. Those are the people who are claiming to be good when they're not.

I know, I know. It's a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. You never want to underestimate the, what would you say, the attractiveness of unearned moral virtue. Like in the gospel accounts, for example, The people who end up crucifying Christ are the Pharisees, right? It's Pharisees, that's religious hypocrites. Those are the people who are claiming to be good when they're not.

It's the scribes, those are the academics, right? Who use truth in the service of their own self-interest, and the lawyers, and they're the ones who use legalism as an alternative to morality. That proclivity has been around forever. The temptation of... See, one of the commandments is do not use the name of God in vain. And everyone thinks that means don't swear. That isn't what it means.

It's the scribes, those are the academics, right? Who use truth in the service of their own self-interest, and the lawyers, and they're the ones who use legalism as an alternative to morality. That proclivity has been around forever. The temptation of... See, one of the commandments is do not use the name of God in vain. And everyone thinks that means don't swear. That isn't what it means.

It's the scribes, those are the academics, right? Who use truth in the service of their own self-interest, and the lawyers, and they're the ones who use legalism as an alternative to morality. That proclivity has been around forever. The temptation of... See, one of the commandments is do not use the name of God in vain. And everyone thinks that means don't swear. That isn't what it means.

It means don't claim to be doing the work of the divine when you're pursuing your own self-interest. And it's really necessary to understand that that's a temptation. You know, so for example, when I said, just get the damn vaccine, Now, was I being good or was I signaling a kind of moral virtue? And I would say, I think I wasn't being good at all in that situation.

It means don't claim to be doing the work of the divine when you're pursuing your own self-interest. And it's really necessary to understand that that's a temptation. You know, so for example, when I said, just get the damn vaccine, Now, was I being good or was I signaling a kind of moral virtue? And I would say, I think I wasn't being good at all in that situation.