Ep 398: Dialogue | Anthony Magnabosco | Gabriel | Certainty (Could Convictions Trap People?)

Summary: Gabriel and I explore the difference between "belief" and "conviction" and the potential downside of certainty. Watch video of talk here: https://youtu.be/oFNPqvNLeZY "Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." —Gilbert K. Chesterton Location: San Antonio, Texas Recorded: 22 October 2019 Released: 27 August 2020 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco (follow me) YouTube: https://youtube.com/magnabosco210 (tons of videos) Facebook: https://facebook.com/magnabosco210 (like my page) Website: https://anthonymagnabosco.com (contact me, appearances) SE Resources: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-resources SE Community: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-community SE Discord Server: https://discord.gg/sKap3zM Skip ahead to a desired point in the talk: -- Teaser: 00:02 Cupcakes: 00:16 Explanation: 01:32, 21:02 Puzzle Pieces: 02:49, 14:01, 20:38 Modeling: 03:02, 10:16, 14:12, 22:23 Start: 04:14 Claim (What): 04:49, 06:04, 11:46, 14:26, 15:45, 15:59 Morality: 05:04, 15:10 Decelerating: 05:22, 12:47 Clarifying: 05:26, 07:15, 07:28, 08:11, 09:13, 11:46, 14:23, 14:51, 15:29, 19:15 Repeating: 04:55, 05:34, 06:06, 11:24, 11:54, 15:53 Assessing: 05:45 Justification (Why): 07:45 Wondering: 08:26, 16:53, 21:28 Aporia: 08:33, 09:58, 12:25 Challenging: 09:19, 09:45, 10:50, 12:19, 12:56, 16:08, 17:13 Sentence-Finishing: 12:13 Assisting: 12:54 Questions for Me: 13:19, 16:15, 20:58 Confidence Scale: 13:30, 16:19 Pausing: 15:13 Consenting: 15:26 Sharing/Telling: 16:33, 16:44 Mirroring: 06:16 Defining: 06:24, 06:42, 09:09 Interrupting: 10:31, 13:09 Reassuring: 11:32, 17:44, 21:58 Growth: 11:38, 17:25, 20:18 Quoting: 13:52 Rapport-Building: 18:02 Chi Alpha: 18:40 Closing: 19:45, 22:49 Re-Cap: 19:52 Inviting: 22:15 Commending: 22:43 Bonus: 23:15 End Screen: 23:51 -- Note: Add 35 seconds to these timestamps if listening to the podcast version of this talk. Audio correction provided by Philipp Grzemba. Intro and Outro Music 'Take Me Down To The Fashion Show' by NoMBe, provided by YouTube. Music provided by Jim Rhodes, with Dan Harris on lap steel. Links to References in Video: Watch my talk to the Secular Student Alliance (SSA): https://youtu.be/eeADDe-ggmk Boghossian and Magnabosco on The Thinking Atheist (2015): https://youtu.be/oUlGHPhxcw4 ** Add foreign language captions w/YouTube's community contributions tools ** Mistakes: Please let me know if you spot any. Recorded w/Go-Pro. Edited w/PowerDirector. The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily shared by members of my family and friends.