I was very glad to have been invited by Patrick Coffin to speak as part of his Transform U program on the topics of faith, generalism, and stacking skills. We mostly discussed the 5 Key Principles of Generalism, as outlined in How to Be Better at (Almost) Everything. I also share part of my conversion […]
Archives for February 2019
Should You Take Pascal’s Wager?
Pat talks with Dr. Michael Rota, professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, on one of the most controversial but intriguing arguments for the reasonableness of committing to a religious life: Pascal’s Wager. Dr. Rota is the author of the book Taking Pascal’s Wager: Faith, Evidence, and the Abundant Life, where he offers […]
Why Change Is So Hard, and What You Can Do About It
Pat talks about some of the hardest changes he’s had to experience in life, and offers some insights on 1) how to know when change is a good thing, and 2) make the changes you need in spite of social pressure working against you. He also talks about Plato. OR, ==> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD […]
Weekly Round Up: 300 Swings Challenge, Finding True Happiness, and Evolutionism
With all the commotion around 300 Swings, you might have missed some of the other stuff on the blog and/or podcast this week. Here’s a quick roundup. … ON THE PODCAST I just had Dr. Ed Feser on Sunday School to talk about how his work as an academic philosopher first brought him away from […]
Ed Feser on Proofs for the Existence of God
Ed Feser is a philosopher, writer, and atheist-turned-Catholic who’s published some of the best contemporary academic and popular work on the reasonableness of belief in God and arguments for His existence and attributes. His popular titles include 5 Proofs for the Existence of God (which I can’t recommend enough, and have often), The Last Superstition: A […]