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Apr 28, 2020 — Robert Wright & Evan Thompson
Evan’s new book,
Why I Am Not a Buddhist
Evan’s critique of “Buddhist modernism” and “Buddhist exceptionalism”
Which of Buddhism’s major claims are naturalistic?
Is Buddhism fundamentally different than other religions?
Bob defends Buddhist insights into human psychology
Evan’s case against “neural Buddhism”
Does a clearer view of reality make you more equanimous?
All about nirvana
Debating evolutionary psychology
Evan: This book is friendly criticism
Apr 23, 2020 — Epidemiological Modeling, Policy, and Covid-19 (Daniel Kaufman, Eric Winsberg, & John Symons)
How to model an epidemic
The costs and benefits of cost-benefit analysis
Turning coronavirus models into coronavirus policy
Eric: Your intuitions about the virus’s spread are “useless”
The use and abuse of epidemiological models
Pandemic models and failures of political leadership
Our scandalous lack of infection-rate data
Why suppressing the virus “is a marathon, not a sprint”
Apr 20, 2020 — John Horgan & Errol Morris
Can we ever really know the world?
Debating the ideas of Thomas Kuhn, famous philosopher of science
Will we ever see the end of war?
Errol’s book about Kuhn,
The Ashtray: (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)
Errol: Science without truth cannot live
John sticks up for Kuhn
Errol’s vexed personal relationship with Kuhn
Stephen Hawking’s sense of humor
Errol: “We’re a dumbass species”
The glass is half empty and filled with poison
Apr 9, 2020 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Will the pandemic forever change college education?
Laying out the “hard problem” of consciousness
Why panpsychism is not a solution to the problem
The battle between radicals and conservatives in physics
Physicalism vs. idealism
Massimo explains “scientific metaphysics”
Why illusionism is not a solution to the problem
Misrepresentations vs. useful representations
Apr 7, 2020 — Robert Wright & Scott Barry Kaufman
Scott’s new book,
Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization
Debunking myths about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
The origins of humanistic psychology
Optimism for the thinking person
Psychological security in an era of new threats and superficial social connections
Psychological growth: exploration, love, and purpose
Defining “peak experiences”
Scott says Bob is a “transcender.” Bob is skeptical.
Is this a kind of secular spirituality?
Evaluating peak experiences achieved through psychedelics
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