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#317 - What Do We Know About Our Minds?

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Apr 20, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
The Future of Nonfiction Writing
03:38 • 3min
3
The AI Arms Race and Gold Rush
06:22 • 4min
4
The Relevance of Science to Living a Good Life
10:24 • 3min
5
What Do We Know About the Human Mind?
13:31 • 3min
6
The Morality of AI
16:22 • 3min
7
The Importance of Consciousness
19:11 • 2min
8
The Importance of Consciousness
21:26 • 4min
9
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
25:19 • 2min
10
The Importance of Staying Engaged With Twitter
27:38 • 4min
11
The Dynamic of Social Media
32:00 • 2min
12
The Distorsive Sensation of Other People
33:33 • 3min
13
The Importance of Microcommentary in Life
36:29 • 4min
14
The Importance of Truth in Social Media
40:25 • 3min
15
The Problem With Twitter's Business Model
42:58 • 2min
16
The Disadvantages of Twitter
44:53 • 3min
17
The Positives and Negatives of AI
48:12 • 4min
18
The Difference Between a Liar and a Bullshitter
52:01 • 3min
19
The Importance of Rationality in Society
55:20 • 3min
20
The Limits of Science
58:35 • 3min
21
The Limitations of AI
01:01:11 • 2min
22
The Replication Crisis: What We Know About the Human Mind
01:03:04 • 3min
23
The Importance of Neuroscience
01:06:22 • 3min
24
The Turing Test and the Future of Consciousness
01:09:35 • 2min
25
The Future of AI
01:12:02 • 2min
26
The Importance of Consciousness in Psychology
01:13:51 • 2min
27
The Importance of the Primal Scene in Political Psychology
01:15:50 • 3min
28
The Freudian Structure of Confabulation
01:19:16 • 2min
29
The Psychological Mechanisms of Propositional Knowledge
01:21:24 • 2min
30
How to Debunk Lies and Half Truths
01:23:08 • 2min
31
The Legacy of Freud
01:24:56 • 2min
32
The Relationship Between Language and Thought
01:26:32 • 3min
33
The Importance of Language in Learning Words
01:29:27 • 2min
34
The Unreality of Language in Primates
01:31:35 • 2min
35
The Importance of Mental Health
01:33:48 • 2min
36
The Morals of Talk Therapy
01:35:38 • 3min
37
The Relationship Between Happiness and Age
01:38:56 • 3min
38
The Paradox of Elderly Status
01:41:43 • 2min
39
The Importance of Behavioral Genetics in Parenting
01:43:40 • 2min
40
The Genetic Propensity to Panic Attacks
01:45:46 • 2min
41
The Effects of Birth Order on Personality
01:47:28 • 2min
42
The Importance of Happiness
01:49:35 • 2min
43
The Recency Effect and the Primacy Effect
01:51:50 • 3min
44
How to Maximize Your Experienced Self
01:54:20 • 3min
45
The Perverse Choices of the Human Mind
01:56:56 • 2min