Podcast Episodes

#94 - Is AI Just a Tool? (w/ Scott Aaronson)

The time has come for Vaden to defend his faith in the face of cold, hard scientific rationality. Will AI take over the world, automating away everyt…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

#93 (C&R Chap 10, Part I) - An Introduction to Popper's Theory of Content

Back to basics baby. We're doing a couple introductory episodes on Popper's philosophy of science, following Chapter 10 of Conjectures and Refutation…

8 months, 1 week ago

#92 - Confronting the Paradox of Tolerance: Christianity in the age of Trump (w/ Jonathan Rauch)

We're joined by Jonathan Rauch to discuss what it means to be a radical incrementalist, how to foment revolution on geological timescales, and whethe…

9 months ago

#91 - The Uses and Abuses of Statistics (w/ Ben Recht)

Professor of electrical engineering and computer science Ben Recht joins us to defend Bayesianism, AI doom, and assure us that the statisticians have…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

#90 (Reaction) - Disbelieving AI 2027: Responding to "Why We're Not Ready For Superintelligence"

Always the uncool kids at the table, Ben and Vaden push back against the AGI hype domininating every second episode of every second podcast. We react…

10 months, 1 week ago

#89 (C&R, Chap 6) - Berkeley vs Newton: The Battle Over Gravity

Phlogiston? Elan Vital? Caloric? Mention of any of these at a party, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson will be sure to take you out back and kick you in your e…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

#88 (Bonus) - Homer's Odyssey

This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to listen to Ben, Rich, and Cam loutishly pontificate on one of the oldest poems i…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

#87 - Gullibility, Belief, and Conformity (with Hugo Mercier)

Ben and Vaden test their French skills and have Hugo Mercier on the podcast to discuss who we trust and what we believe. Are humans gullible? Do we f…

1 year ago

#86 (Reaction) - On Confidence and Evidence: Reacting to Brett Hall and Peter Boghossian (Part 2)

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1 year ago

#85 (Reaction) - On Confidence and Evidence: Reacting to Brett Hall and Peter Boghossian (Part 1)

We all knew that Vaden would release his inner Youtube debate bro at some point. Well he finally paid Ben enough to do it, and here we are: our first…

1 year, 1 month ago