Scaling Knowledge

On Communities of Knowledge, Virtue Signalling, & Sacred Values vs. Consequences with Steven A. Sloman (Author of 'The Knowledge Illusion')

Mar 27, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Definition of Knowledge

3min

The Bayesian Epistemology

2min

The Evolution of Knowledge

3min

The Different Types of Understanding

2min

The Importance of Causal Explanations

2min

The Role of Memorization in the Age of the Internet

4min

The Fractal System of Science

3min

The Potential for Fundamental Breakthrough in Knowledge

4min

10.

The Cognitive Reflection Test

5min

11.

The Power of Consequences in Decision Making

6min

12.

The Implications of Sacred Values for Decision Making

2min

13.

The Importance of Sacred Values

2min

14.

The Importance of Sacred Values

2min

15.

The Power of Virtue Signaling

2min

16.

The Information Deficit Model and the Education System

5min

17.

The Mismatch Between Voting and Education

4min

18.

The Politics of Knowledge

5min

19.

How to Get People to Think Mechanically

3min

20.

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone

2min

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone: https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Illusion-Never-Think-Alone/dp/0399184368

Stevens Bio: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ssloman

Steven on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YL5RTcUAAAAJ

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