ToKCast Ep 32 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 3. Some readings and remarks
Sep 30, 2020
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Importance of Uncertainty Analysis in Predictions
02:46 • 3min
The Mechanisms of Happiness in Psychology
05:32 • 2min
The Importance of Pre-Poling
08:02 • 2min
The Importance of Honesty in Polling
10:27 • 3min
The Relationship Between Subjectivity and Objectivity
13:16 • 3min
The Effects of Antidepressants on Happiness
15:53 • 3min
The Heritability of Happiness
18:52 • 2min
The Principle of Optimism
20:59 • 3min
The Role of Genetic Predisposition in Happiness
23:46 • 4min
The Genetic Component of Happiness
27:16 • 2min
The Effect of Knowledge on Happiness
29:14 • 3min
The Importance of Knowledge Creation
31:46 • 3min
The Nature of Mind
34:22 • 3min
The Ethics of Eating Meat
37:15 • 4min
The Importance of Consciousness in Pain
40:46 • 2min
The Importance of Error Analysis in the Process of Science
42:38 • 3min
The Importance of Explanatory Theories
45:55 • 2min
The Importance of Accuracy Estimates in Physics
47:38 • 4min
The Importance of Being Careful in Your Study About the Sources of Error
51:38 • 3min
The Problem With General Relativity
54:59 • 4min
The Dyson Sphere Is an Alien Structure Built by Aliens of the Far Distant Future
59:02 • 4min
The Importance of Explanation in Psychology
01:02:43 • 3min
The Importance of Explanationless Science
01:05:26 • 5min
The Limits of Progress
01:10:33 • 2min