Rapture Anxiety: Fearing the End of the World

Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK. He joined Seth Andrews to talk about humanism in his part of the world...and Britain's perceptions of Trump's America. https://humanists.uk/VIDEO of this interviewBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod ...  Show more

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With eyes full of unimaginable end-of-the-world apocalyptic and catastrophic images, many are up at night, unable to sleep or find rest, living in a perpetual state of terror. For some, it’s paralyzing, causing them to give up hope and stop planning for the future, feeling like i ...  Show more

Tales of the enfant terrible have been with us for ages, terrifying us with the notion that strangeness in children portends something darker. But what does science have to say on the matter? Can children be psychopaths? If so, is there any hope for them?

From asteroids, bacteria and comets to growing fears about artificial intelligence and climate change, human history has long been stalked by a terror of the end of days. But what do these fears tell us about the past? And can that past help us prepare for an uncertain future? Do ...  Show more