21 October 2016
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Eliezer Yudkowsky (Singularity Institute, Less Wrong) and Andrew Gelman (Columbia University, Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State)
- Fun with coin-flipping . 13:43
- Can probabilistic thinking be completely automated? . 4:31
- The limits of probability theory . 11:07
- How Andrew got shot down by Daily Kos . 6:55
- Is the academic world addicted to easy answers? . 11:11
- The difference between Eliezer and Nassim Taleb . 6:20
Percontations | Oct 11, 2009 | Eliezer Yudkowsky & Andrew Gelman
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Lost in thought
Meditation teacher Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, on the pathology of our wandering minds.
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Women as a Marxist class
Daniel Kaufman explains why Joan Didion considered second-wave feminism infantile. Plus: Why are millennials so idealistic?
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Rescued from the dustbin of history
A long-lost, never-before-shown 2006 conversation between Robert Wright and “new atheist” Sam Harris.
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Is power about independence or interdependence?
Theologian John Thatamanil contrasts the views of Trump and Pope Francis. Plus: Trump as an affront to God.
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Runaway debt
Richard Vague, author of The Next Economic Disaster, warns that today’s unprecedented borrowing could spell disaster. Plus: The loopholes Trump loves.
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Will science ever explain consciousness?
Margaret Werthiem, author of Physics on the Fringe, on the questions we should be asking about the mind.
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The right’s delusion about the left’s weakness
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on the conservative belief that all the GOP needed was a candidate strong enough to fight. Plus: Evan McMullin, Trump slayer?
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Parenting artificial intelligence
Kevin Kelly, author of The Inevitable, argues that articulating our ethics is more challenging than embedding them in AI.
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Trump’s military fixation
Political scientist Steven Teles dissects Trump’s vision of a larger yet less engaged military. Plus: Republicans without a party.
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Sin as a stain
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