Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher my dad and psychologist Dave Pizarro Having an informal discussion about issues and science and ethics. Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say or some very inappropriate jokes. Very good man, just a very bad wizard Welcome to very bad wizards.
Special guest Laurie Santos (Psychology, Yale) joins us to talk about what animal cognition can tell us about human nature. Why are other primates better at resisting the misleading influence of others than humans? Is conformity a byproduct of our sophisticated cultural learning capacities? Are we more like Chimpanzees or Bonobos? Why does Dave spend so much time writing Smurf fan fiction? [Smurf you, Tamler. -dap]. Also, Dave and Tamler talk about a scathing review of Malcolm Gladwell's new book, and Eliza Sommers poses the question of the day. This was a fun one.
Links
- Comparative Cognition Laboratory [yale.edu]
- Laurie Santos and Jesse Bering on The Mind Report [bloggingheads.tv]
- Buy Jesse Bering's latest book "Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us" [amazon.com affiliate link]
- Philospher's Pipe (a directory of podcasts related to philosophy) [philosopherspipe.com]
- Smurfette [wikipedia.org]
- Horner, V., & Whiten, A. (2005). Causal knowledge and imitation/emulation switching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens). Animal cognition, 8(3), 164-181.
- Kovács, Ã. M., Téglás, E., & Endress, A. D. (2010). The social sense: Susceptibility to others’ beliefs in human infants and adults. Science, 330(6012), 1830-1834.
- True Bonobo Love [youtube.com]
- Bonobos vs. Chimps [youtube.com]
- What does the fox say? [youtube.com]
- "The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell." by Christopher Chabris [Slate.com].
- "Christopher Chabris Should Calm Down" by Malcolm Gladwell [Slate.com]
Special Guest: Laurie Santos.
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