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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 Mar 11, 2020
026 | Drink and be Rational
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
[Epistemic status: slightly intoxicated]
Jared and Gianluca exchange rapid-fire questions whilst becoming increasingly inebriated. Think of this episode as the Ferriss/Rose “Random Show,” but with more references to Bayesian inference. It’s pretty likely to entertain you, but hopefully you’ll find it interesting too. Topics include Email response times, VR projects, and the statistical approach to an ethical diet.
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Jared on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jnearestn
Gianluca on Twitter: www.twitter.com/QVagabond
Bit of a Tangent on Twitter (www.twitter.com/podtangent) and Instagram (instagram.com/podtangent/)
Last episode: https://www.podtangent.com/e/025-self-supervised-machine-learning-introduction-intuitions-and-use-cases/
The Game Changers: www.imdb.com/title/tt7455754/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Joe Rogan Experience #1389 - Chris Kresser Debunks "The Gamechangers" Documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4Apc2Xk7Q
Sam Altman on Conversations with Tyler: conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam-altman/
Top 19 Ideas from 2019: www.podtangent.com/e/021-the-top-19-ideas-from-2019/
Jared’s Twitter thread (19 ideas I couldn't stop thinking about in 2019): https://twitter.com/jnearestn/status/1211681767742156803
Donald Knuth on Lex Fridman’s podcast: https://lexfridman.com/donald-knuth/
Glen Weyl on the 80000 Hours podcast: https://soundcloud.com/80000-hours/glen-weyl-radically-reforming-capitalism-and-democracy
Eric and Brett Weinstein talking about DISC and the failings of peer review on The Portal: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/19-bret-weinstein-the-prediction-and-the-disc/id1469999563?i=1000462975502
Gianluca’s paper on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05363
This equation will change how you see the world by Veritasium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJcsL7vyrk
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