David and Tamler continue their discussion of Dostoevsky's funny, sad, philosophical novella Notes From Underground. We focus on part 2 this time - three stories from the Underground Man's past - and explore what the stories tell us about his existentialist rants in part 1. Is he consumed with guilt over his treatment of Liza? Is he ashamed of his social awkwardness, low status, and self-destructive behavior? Or is he a narcissistic proto-incel suffering from an especially acute case of spotlight effect? (As usual, the answer is probably some combination of all these and more.) Plus, we select the finalists for our Patreon-listener selected episode. Thanks to everyone for their support! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards" rel= "payment">Support Very Bad Wizards</a> Links: <ul> <li><a href="https://click.fireside.fm/e/NTA3MDY" title= "Notes from Underground - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Notes from Underground - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://click.fireside.fm/e/NTA3MDc" title= "Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky [amazon.com affiliate link]" rel="nofollow">Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky [amazon.com affiliate link]</a></li> </ul>

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.

Episode 282: Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass")

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Very Bad Wizards

David and Tamler continue their discussion of Dostoevsky's funny, sad, philosophical novella _Notes From Underground_. We focus on part 2 this time - three stories from the Underground Man's past - and explore what the stories tell us about his existentia

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