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Psychological change in a single session (with Jessica Schleider)
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Is it possible to change someone's life with a really short psychological intervention? What features do turning …
2 years, 1 month ago
Academic group think, free speech norms, and the psychology of time (with Anne Wilson)
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How does psychological time differ from clock time? How does a person's perception of time relate to their person…
2 years, 1 month ago
How can Stoicism improve your life? (with Bill Irvine)
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Why is Stoicism important and useful today? What are the main ideas of Stoicism? How can you tell if you're "livi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is there a grand unified theory of everyone? (with Michael Muthukrishna)
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What is a "theory of everyone"? Do the social sciences currently have enough firm knowledge to synthesize such a …
2 years, 2 months ago
The alternate histories and possible futures of nuclear weapons (with Carl Robichaud)
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Has the world been "lucky" so far with respect to nuclear weapons? How many people have died from nuclear weapons…
2 years, 2 months ago
How can AIs know what we want if *we* don't even know? (with Geoffrey Irving)
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What does it really mean to align an AI system with human values? What would a powerful AI need to do in order to…
2 years, 2 months ago
Schemas, goals, values, and the pursuit of happiness (with Jeff Perron)
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What does it mean to have conflicts between our schemas and our values? What is schema therapy? How do schema the…
2 years, 3 months ago
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and beyond (with David Burns)
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What was therapy like in the years leading up to the advent of CBT? Has CBT now been over-sold? How does CBT diff…
2 years, 3 months ago
There are shrinks, and then there are SUPER-shrinks (with Daryl Chow)
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What is a "super-shrink"? Which factors in the therapist-client relationship are most predictive of positive clie…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bringing conspiracy theorists back from the brink (with Jesse Richardson)
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Have conspiracy theories been more prevalent, more persuasive, or more convoluted in the last few decades than at…
2 years, 3 months ago