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February 13, 2016 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Sophia
- What constitutes an explanation in the natural sciences?
- Looking for a categorical difference between natural and social sciences
- Biological and social explanations of human behavior
- The difference between the narratives of social and physical sciences
- Does social science explain events or their interpretations?
- Must a science have "laws"? Are there social scientific laws?
September 01, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt
The Wright Show
- Why Alex shifted from international relations to quantum physics
- Alex: "We are walking wave functions"
- Do the origins of consciousness and free will lie in the wave collapse?
- Quantum decision theory and human irrationality
- The advantage of viewing humanity as quantum rather than classical
- How a nation-state is like a quantum state
- Alex: Language is best understood quantumly
- The possibility of collective consciousness
July 04, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Lee McIntyre
The Wright Show
- Lee's new book The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
- Why scientific theories are never "proved"
- Karl Popper's principle of falsification explained
- Why the philosophy of science hasn't been useful to scientists
- Why philosophers of science need a new way to talk about evidence
- Can philosophy of science help refute science deniers?
- Flat Earthers, science denial, and the scientific attitude
- Cognitive bias, ideology, and the social sciences
- Lee: There is no consensus about the epistemological status of science
- The hubris of "naive realism"
April 26, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- How the new media landscape exacerbates tribalism
- Can science and reason help combat tribalism?
- Why tribal behavior comes naturally to humans
- Want to succeed on social media? Try ridicule and moral condemnation!
- Why virtual reality may not help you understand the plight of others
- Trump's masterful exploitation of empathy
- If a magic therapy "cured" Harvey Weinstein, would punishment still be necessary?
- Why social science is, and will stay, liberal
September 24, 2017 —
Nikita Petrov & Tony Ortega
- Former Scientology executive Marty Rathbun's private conflict with the Church
- New breakthroughs in media coverage of Scientology
- How the Church swiftly conquered US law and the IRS
- What makes Scientology different from other religions?
- How L. Ron Hubbard invented a reality for his followers
- Why Scientology isn't concerned with the apocalypse
- The Church's beef with professional psychology
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