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#40 - The Myth of The Framework: On the possibility of fruitful discussion
Is there any possibility of fruitful dialogue with your mildly crazy, significantly intoxicated uncle at Thanksgiving dinner? We turn to Karl Popper'…
3 years, 9 months ago
#39 - The Enigma of Reason
The most reasonable and well-reasoned discussion of reason you can be reasonably expected to hear. Today we talk about the book The Enigma of Reason …
3 years, 10 months ago
#38 (C&R Series, Ch. 2) - Wittgenstein vs Popper
We cover the spicy showdown between the two of the world's most headstrong philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. In a dingy Cambridge c…
4 years ago
#37 - Montessori Education w/ Matt Bateman
We're joined today by Matt Bateman, one of the founders of Higher Ground Education, to discuss the Montessori method of education and how it compares…
4 years, 1 month ago
#36 - Analyzing Effective Altruism as a Social Movement
In what is hopefully the last installment of Vaden and Ben debate Effective Altruism, we ask if EA lies on the cultishness (yes, that's a word) spect…
4 years, 2 months ago
#35 - Climate Change III: Fossil Fuels
Come experience the thrill of the shill as we discuss the somewhat-controversial natural resource called "fossil fuels". In this episode, we drill d…
4 years, 3 months ago
#34 - Climate Change II: Growth, Degrowth, Reactions, Responses
In this episode Ben convinces Vaden to become a degrowther. We plan how to live out the rest of our lives on an organic tomato farm in Canada in Dece…
4 years, 4 months ago
#33 (C&R Series, Ch. 3) - Instrumentalism and Essentialism
Galileo vs the church - whose side are you on? Today we discuss Chapter 3 of Conjectures and Refutations, Three Views Concerning Human Knowledge. Thi…
4 years, 5 months ago
#32 - Climate Change I: Initial Thought-Crimes
After the immensely positive response to our previous episode on the Weinstein brothers - thanks @robertwiblin! - we thought we would keep giving th…
4 years, 5 months ago
#31 - The Fall of the Weinstein Republic
Today we take your twitter questions before doing a deep dive into the Weinstein fiasco (Bret and Eric, not Harvey.) If you haven't heard of the Wein…
4 years, 6 months ago