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May 12, 2020 —
Robert Wright & John Horgan
The Wright Show
- John fails the coronavirus antibody test; Bob consoles him
- Science fiction, free will, and robot sex
- The Devs interpretation of quantum mechanics
- The Wright-Horgan interpretation of Devs, part 1 (spoilers)
- The Wright-Horgan interpretation of Devs, part 2 (lots of spoilers)
- John: we need the concept of free will more than we need God
- Is the many worlds interpretation consoling or terrifying?
May 11, 2020 —
Daniel Kaufman & Jesse Singal
Sophia
- The continuing battle over gender in philosophy
- Harm avoidance vs. competing interests
- Jesse: There's disagreement within the trans community over what it means to be trans
- Dan: "This is madness to everyone other than the people inside the tent"
- The social dynamics of philosophy
- Ordinary language and "they"
- Will the trans movement moderate?
- Dan: Philosophy is in trouble and the pandemic is making it worse
April 29, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Evan Thompson
The Wright Show
- 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
April 24, 2020 —
Epidemiological Modeling, Policy, and Covid-19 (Daniel Kaufman, Eric Winsberg, & John Symons)
Sophia
- 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"
April 20, 2020 —
John Horgan & Errol Morris
Mind-Body Problems
- 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
April 10, 2020 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- 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
April 08, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Scott Barry Kaufman
The Wright Show
- 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
March 31, 2020 —
Daniel Kaufman & Robert B. Talisse
Sophia
- Robert's new book, Overdoing Democracy
- The revealing differences between Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts
- The diminishing importance of place in American culture
- How homogeneity distorts groups
- Partisan identity has become the core of our social selves
- Is this the inevitable product of late capitalism?
- What happens after Trumpism runs its course?
- Robert finds optimism in a Nashville bluegrass club
March 28, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Ruth Whippman
The Wright Show
- Ruth's book, America the Anxious
- Ruth is skeptical that meditation leads to happiness
- Is being in the moment overrated?
- Is there a mindful view of the coronavirus pandemic?
- Radical self-help at the Landmark Forum
- The CEO of Zappos created a happiness city in Las Vegas. It did not go well.
- A plea for tolerance in the battle over attachment parenting
- Why are Mormons so gosh darn happy?
- Happiness in the UK vs. the US
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