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Two aspiring rationalists bring you mind-bending ideas from science, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and medicine. Whether you enjoy wide-ranging discussions or are looking to upgrade your reasoning and critical thinking skills, this podcast will satisfy your intellectual hunger and sharpen your skeptical eye.
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Gianluca and Jared record their first face-to-face episode! They think out loud about how to deduce germ theory as a hunter gatherer, why having interesting conversations is about making people interesting, not meeting interesting people, and finally speculate about why we might have a sense of self and whether it's outlived its usefulness!
Shownotes:
The (minimal) effects of creatine on cognitive performance : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118604 and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-005-0269-z
Tim Ferriss on morning routines : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHAyE0UC5I4
All the evidence for the efficacy and safety of creatine supplementation : https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/
Sam Harris’ guide to meditation : https://samharris.org/how-to-meditate/
Dr. Satchin Panda on Practical Implementation of Time-Restricted Eating (from FoundMyFitness podcast with Dr. Rhonda Patrick) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywhaz5z0qs
Germ Theory (of disease) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease
Lactase Persistence : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence
Sonder, from Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows : https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/23536922667/sonder
Robert Wright’s “Why Buddhism is True” : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32895535-why-buddhism-is-true?from_search=true
Synaesthesia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
The superior verbal memory span of Mandarin speakers due to faster rehearsal : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880866/
Albert Camus : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
“Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality” by Eliezer Yudkowsky : http://www.hpmor.com/
“Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!”, a great biography of the brilliant Richard Feynman : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35167685-surely-you-re-joking-mr-feynman
Jocko Willink (podcast) : http://jockopodcast.com/
Sam Harris (podcast) : https://samharris.org/
Steelmanning (with Sam Harris and Jordan B. Peterson) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-DKbKlfag
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