WORDHAMMER: Dumb
Jun 07, 2017•19 min
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Episode description
WORDHAMMER episodes of Quill or Be Quilled take us deep into the wilderness of language, into a tavern where words are unmade. In this episode, our host examines the word "dumb" and its deterministic implications, as well as "cretin," "moron," and crucially, "retard." What can "dumb" tell us about free will?
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