Cara Santa Maria

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5,033 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 19 Sep

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #827 - May 15 2021 podcast

And I think that to have a goal to be devoid of feeling and to only think is actually not a healthy goal, right? voice-verified

Your feelings are part of your thoughts. voice-verified

Yeah, I think your emotions are fundamental to your thought processes. voice-verified

And Steve, I wonder if you have anything to contribute in terms of the fact that your somatic experience is all a part of that. voice-verified

So something happening in your brain, you've got neurons firing, you've got certain neurotransmitters that are present. voice-verified

These have bodily implications as well. voice-verified

Your palms are sweaty, your heart's beating, whatever is going on. voice-verified

These are all parts of what it means to exist in the world and what it means to be a thinking human being. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

It's not just like your brain and your thoughts are this like separate entity and everything else is just getting in the way of your good, clean thoughts. voice-verified

And on the flip side of that, don't think that to be a good skeptic, every single moment of your life has to be a critical. voice-verified

I think that's the problem is that sometimes we swing the pendulum so far as skeptics and we realize that we did evolve shortcuts and heuristics that are highly beneficial, but they sometimes lead us astray. voice-verified

And so we need to know when they're leading us astray. voice-verified

But we heavily rely on these shortcuts and heuristics. voice-verified

They're what make us functional in the world. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

And sometimes I think it actually shows a lack of empathy. voice-verified

I mean, there was a great meme and I read it once on air, but it was ages ago. voice-verified

So I'm going to completely butcher it trying to remember it about the fact that like, if you're in an argument with somebody in which they have a personal investment, and you're the one who's sitting there and you're being calm, it doesn't mean you're a more rational thinker. voice-verified

Maybe it means that you don't have as much at stake. voice-verified

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