Episode
Episode 125: Our Lovecraftian Universe?
- Podcast
- The Theory of Anything
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- Dec 16, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 8813
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Summary
This week we welcome back Micah Redding of the Christian Transhumanist podcast. We had a joyful conversation touching on religion, science fiction, and teleology. We look at the ways science fiction and fantasy triggers our moral intuitions regarding what kind of universe we live in with respect to meaning. Do we live in an inherently meaningful universe (teleology); a meaning neutral universe in line with existentialism, materialism, or naturalism; or an actively-malevolent Lovecraftian universe? Support us on Patreon