Kant Stop Critiquin' (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & David Ottlinger)
A bizarre Washington Post column about critical theory and Immanuel Kant ... Why has Kant become a bogeyman? ... How contingent is the histo...
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20 of 31 episodesThe Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
What part of secular-guru space (if any) does Bob occupy? ... On the origin of Bob’s theses (by means of natural selection) ... The mind-bog...
The Dharma of Bob 7: Cognitive Bias and Conflict (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
Remembering Michael Brooks ... The existential stakes of enlightenment ... Overcoming the affective dimension of cognitive bias ... Bringing...
Saving Anti-Wokeness from Itself (David Ottlinger & Cathy Young)
A plea to the weary to return to the Woke Wars ... Who is James Lindsay? ... Lindsay's book, Cynical Theories ... Lindsay's other critiques...
Contesting Determinism (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman)
Oliver's new book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ... Oliver outlines “compatibilism,” the idea that free will and determi...
The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics (Robert Wright & John Horgan)
John's recent bout of fever-induced hallucinations ... Does math actually help you understand QM? ... What experiments in QM have and have n...
Debating the Sexual Psychology of Men and Women (Robert Wright & Agustín Fuentes)
Disavowing the naturalistic fallacy ... Why “sex” may not mean what you think it means ... Did evolution make women “choosier” about sex par...
Consolations of Physics (John Horgan & Sabine Hossenfelder)
Sabine inspires John's quantum experiment ... Sabine previews her book-in-progress ... Isn't quantum mechanics non-deterministic? ... Is con...
Time Management for Mortals (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman)
Oliver’s new book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ... Why is it so hard to accept the limits of our productivity? ... Prio...
The Dharma of Bob 6: The Explain/Excuse Conflation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
Josh's aversion to the term "guru" ... Explaining the explain/excuse conflation ... The (possible) evolutionary origins of (biased) arguing...
Should Darwin Be Cancelled? (Robert Wright & Agustín Fuentes)
Agustín on what he was and wasn’t saying in his controversial Science piece on Darwin ... What is biological anthropology? ... What social m...
Quantum Mechanics and the Quest for Final Knowledge (John Horgan & Philip Ball)
Will science ever absorb the arts and humanities? ... Why Phil wrote a book about quantum mechanics ... Knowing quantum math doesn’t necessa...
Saving the World One Podcast at a Time (Robert Wright & Rob Wiblin)
Defining effective altruism ... Rob explains the meaning of ‘80,000 Hours’ ... Should young people dedicate their careers to fighting climat...
The Dharma of Bob 5: Mindful Defiance (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
Josh tries to help Bob retool his meditation practice ... Identifying the purpose of your practice ... What to do when your mind wanders ......
Despite Our Best Intentions (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
The value of defying your tribe ... Egocentric bias and attribution error ... The thin line between between courage and acting like an assho...
Circling the Elephant (Robert Wright & John Thatamanil)
John’s new book, Circling the Elephant: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity ... John’s early religious sensibility ... The Advaita...
Science, Fiction, and the Mind-Body Problem (John Horgan & Erik Hoel)
Erik's new novel, The Revelations ... How Erik became a writer and a neuroscientist ... Erik defends integrated information theory ... The a...
The Dharma of Bob 4: Averting the Apocalypse (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
Who you callin' bodhisattva? ... Outlining the Apocalypse Aversion Project ... How meditation can make us better global citizens ... Why we...