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Letters for Gary EP7 Will Superman Be in the Next Bible?

57m | Oct 29, 2026

Are comic books the Bible of the future? Edna and Reggie follow the theory wherever it goes: whether charity is ever selfless, how narratives get attached to real events, why science needed a story to sell the moon landing, whether rationality is making us worse off, and why having kids might be the most delusional act of hope there is.


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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:41 The Theory: Comic Books as a Modern Bible

06:00 Is Charity Ever Truly Selfless?

09:22 The Problem With Organized Religion's "First-Degree" Believers

10:35 Could You Build a Second Bible on Purpose?

13:47 How Narratives Get Attached to Real Events

26:29 Why Individuals Have to Accept Incomplete Narratives

30:05 Legacy, Cathedrals & "The Right Kind of Crazy"

36:53 Selling the Moon Landing: Science Needs a Story

41:23 Why We Don't Build Like We Used To

43:58 Is Rationality Making Us Worse Off?

47:20 Can We Escape the Cycle of Delusion and Disillusionment?

50:23 Why Fiction Sold as Fiction Is the Honest Version

54:00 Having Kids as an Act of Delusional Hope

55:43 Post-War Baby Booms & Self-Fulfilling Hope

56:49 Closing Thoughts


#Philosophy #Religion #ComicBooks #Superheroes #Mythology #DeepConversations #ThoughtProvoking #podcast

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