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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Will Wilkinson (Model Citizen)
- How one of Will’s tweets went awry . 1:39
- Who are the Rationalists? . 13:13
- Explaining the Slate Star Codex/New York Times controversy . 20:43
- Journalism’s epistemological challenges . 27:38
- Open debate and its discontents . 37:36
- Will: SSC has been exploited by people with dangerous ideas . 50:50
- The (over)reaction to the Times’ SSC piece . 59:54
- Why homogenous groups overestimate their objectivity . 1:18:23
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Posted:Feb 16, 2021
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