EF28 peeks behind the curtain of Episode EF8 to dissect the following submitted questions: Are there any identity-changing drugs planned? Could a drug really change your identity? The metaphor seems to be that if you have a compass (a plan for your life) then you can navigate the rough emotional waters of life, is what the episode is implying? Who originally posed the Theseus Ship thought experiment? Hasn’t the Theseus paradox been “solved” and/or re-posed as a more important paradox? How does the insanity defense work in the context of Locke’s theory? Characters talk about research that says the more intelligent a being is, the more choices it has, but that also comes with more problems. So does this imply that being intelligent is worse or just hard? If I’m swayed by my emotions, how can I get some control? And more…
What defines our identity? John Locke thought it is our consciousness and the daily actions that shape who we are. Similarly, Erik and Joan Erickson created an entire step-by-step description of the phases each individual goes through. Finally, recent neuroscientific research manages to make a hard connection between various emotions we experience and our brain. Is there anything we can actually do to navigate the rough emotional waters of life any more effectively?

EF27 peeks behind the curtain of Episode EF8 to dissect the following submitted questions: Why this question (who are you)? Are Lisa and Isaac modeled after anyone? Lisa changes an awful lot between this and the next episode… is this level of transformation really possible? Why did you decide to have CBT be a part of the drug test? Is the Mule a reference to Asimov’s Foundation? In a previous question you say she was in the placebo group … so the drug did work, but she didn’t take it? And more…