2min chapter

COMPLEXITY cover image

Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West on Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

COMPLEXITY

CHAPTER

I'm Bullshitting. Damn It.

Jevin: I think that we'd have to look and see whether at any time in our history as a discipline, we have been prone to producing a lot of bullshit. It may be one of these things where people just have a, you know, it's your further removed from immediate ability to test hypotheses because of the inherent complexities that you're looking at. And it may be more difficult to apply the mental schema that we have to understand notions of cause and effect. So this is why I love SFI. It's like every time I come out, conversations like this.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode