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#74 - Disagreeing about Belief, Probability, and Truth (w/ David Deutsch)
What do you do when one of your intellectual idols comes on the podcast? Bombard them with disagreements of course. We were thrilled to have David De…
1 year, 8 months ago
#73 - The Unfairness of Proportional Representation
Want to make everyone under 30 extremely angry? Tell them you don't like proportional representation. Tell them proportional representation sucks, ju…
1 year, 9 months ago
#72 (C&R, Chap. 19: Part II) - On the (alleged) Right of a Nation to Self-Determination
Part two on Chapter 19 of Conjectures and Refutations! Last time we got a little hung up arguing about human behavior and motivations. Putting that d…
1 year, 10 months ago
#71 (C&R, Chap 19: Part I) - The History of Our Time: An Optimist's View
Back to the Conjectures and Refutations series, after a long hiatus! Given all that's happening in the world and the associated rampant pessimism, we…
1 year, 10 months ago
#70 - ... and Bayes Bites Back (w/ Richard Meadows)
Sick of hearing us shouting about Bayesianism? Well today you're in luck, because this time, someone shouts at us about Bayesianism! Richard Meadows,…
1 year, 11 months ago
#69 - Contra Scott Alexander on Probability
After four episodes spent fawning over Scott Alexander's "Non-libertarian FAQ", we turn around and attack the good man instead. In this episode we re…
2 years ago
#68 - Libertarianism IV: Political Issues (w/ Bruce Nielson)
The final part in a series which has polarized the nation. We tackle -- alongside Bruce Nielson as always -- the remaining part of Scott's FAQ: Polit…
2 years ago
#67 - Libertarianism III: Social Issues (w/ Bruce Nielson)
Have you ever wanted to be more rich? Have you considered just working a bit harder? Welcome to part III of our libertarian series, where we discuss …
2 years, 1 month ago
#66 - Sex Research, Addiction, and Financial Domination (w/ Aella)
What do you get when you mix nerds and sex research? A deep dive into the world of fetish statistics, men's calibration about women's sexual preferen…
2 years, 2 months ago
#65 - Libertarianism II: Economic Issues (w/ Bruce Nielson)
Back at it again, as we coerce you into listening to Part 2 of our four part series on Libertarianism, with Mr. Bruce Nielson (@bnielson01). In this …
2 years, 2 months ago