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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
May 15, 2018 —
Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
- Are emotions cultural or physiological?
- Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett's argument for emotion-via-culture
- Why social construct theory is all the rage today
- Rami's thoughts on self-help psychology
- Rami: Pets teach us that emotional connection predates language
- What makes emotions adaptive to environment?
- Stephen and Rami review the Jaak Panksepp Memorial Symposium
- What neuroscientists say about the brain's unpredictability
July 13, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Cristina Bicchieri
The Wright Show
- What is a social norm?
- Why do norms like genital mutilation exist?
- Ways to change norms (and ways to fail)
- Change we have seen: smoking, gay marriage, bullying
- Fear disrupts norms and helps people like Trump
- The internet as a tool against "pluralistic ignorance"
- Why the political establishment is in trouble
October 10, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Lauren Oyler
Culturally Determined
- What is it about social media that's so depressing?
- Twitter, the unpopular website that elites love
- Is what happens on social media real or fake?
- Is @laurenoyler the same as Lauren Oyler?
- How everything in life became "toxic"
- Do all online communities eventually become toxic?
- The moral challenge of social media
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
November 09, 2018 —
Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger
Sophia
- What role should guns play in a liberal society?
- What American deference to police says about authority and force
- Why we leave justice in the government's hands
- Defining modern conservatism: Is Matt Lewis a "liberal"?
- Do pro-gun arguments consider the social contract?
- David: Do open-carriers want to live in a Mad Max movie?
- Dan: Grover Norquist's model citizen isn't a citizen at all
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