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Back to Search198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism
Episode 198
In this expansive conversation, Michael Shermer speaks with Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leadin…
4 years, 8 months ago
197. Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism
Episode 197
Michael Shermer speaks with entrepreneur, writer, and activist Yaron Brook about Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism; individualism vs. collectivis…
4 years, 9 months ago
196. Annie Murphy Paul — The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Episode 196
In this conversation about her new book, the acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul explodes the myth that the brain is an all-powerful, all-purp…
4 years, 9 months ago
195. Jamy Ian Swiss — The Conjuror's Conundrum
Episode 195
The most fundamental lesson that all magicians learn is that seeing is not believing. In episode 195, Michael speaks with internationally acclaimed s…
4 years, 9 months ago
194. John Mackey (Founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market) on Conscious Capitalism & Conscious Leadership
Episode 194
John Mackey says the treatment for the cancer of crony capitalism is conscious capitalism, grounded "in an ethical system based on value creation for…
4 years, 9 months ago
193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments
Episode 193
Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-…
4 years, 9 months ago
192. Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution
Episode 192
In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of…
4 years, 9 months ago
191. Michael Gordin on the Fringe of Where Science Meets Pseudoscience
Episode 191
Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or un…
4 years, 10 months ago
190. Jonathan Rauch — The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
Episode 190
Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary app…
4 years, 10 months ago
189. Daniel Kahneman — Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Episode 189
Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients. Now imagine that the same doctor making a different decisio…
4 years, 10 months ago