Is beauty real?

The Scientific Worldview

This episode features:

-Is beauty objective?

-What does it mean to have good taste in music?

-Are some people better at recognizing beauty?

-How do musical preferences change as people age?

-Do people tend to like the music that came out when they were young?

-Can you predict somebody's musical taste based on their personality?

-Is music today better than the music of the past?

-Why are people drawn to magical explanations?

-Is morality objective?

-Would aliens agree with us on moral questions?

-Has there been moral progress?

-Why do the young and the old disagree on moral issues?

-Why has the world gotten more liberal over time?