The Joe Walker Podcast

The Evolution Of Bret Weinstein

Apr 2, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Day of Absence on a College Campus
02:54 • 4min
3
Is Religion an Adaption?
06:40 • 3min
4
The Evolution of Brat
09:12 • 5min
5
I Don't Know What I Got From My Grandpa Harry
14:42 • 4min
6
What Kind of Mental Models Would You Start Teaching Your Child?
18:30 • 5min
7
The Evolution of Natural Selection
23:36 • 4min
8
Evolution
27:53 • 5min
9
The Evolution of Brett and the Four Characteristics of Natural Selection
33:01 • 3min
10
What Is Natural Selection?
36:15 • 3min
11
What Are the Units of Selection?
39:37 • 2min
12
The Selfish Gene and Altruism
41:46 • 5min
13
Is There a Spider-Tailed Viper?
47:12 • 3min
14
The Spider Mimic on the Tail of the Snake
50:05 • 3min
15
Gene-Centered Mechanisms for Explaning Altruistic Behavior in Humans
53:20 • 4min
16
Altruism Isn't Selfishness It's a Genetic Selfishness
57:18 • 2min
17
I Would Likely Lay Down My Life for Two Brothers or Eight Cousins
59:37 • 2min
18
How Did You Meet Bob Trivers?
01:01:22 • 4min
19
The Theory of Reciprocal Altruism
01:05:32 • 2min
20
My Other Great Mentor Apart From Bob Trivers Was Dick Alexander
01:07:16 • 5min
21
Getting Along Well With Dick as a Graduate Mentor
01:11:48 • 2min
22
Graduate School Resentment
01:13:43 • 2min
23
What I Learned From Dick's Senescence Project
01:15:44 • 5min
24
The Evolution of Brett
01:20:40 • 6min
25
Are There Any Evolutionary Concepts That Have Improved Your Relationship?
01:26:30 • 5min
26
The Evolution of Religion
01:31:36 • 3min
27
Is Religion a Meme?
01:34:12 • 4min
28
Evolution and Evolutionary Biology - Is There a Spandrel?
01:38:33 • 4min
29
The Evergreen State College Protests
01:42:06 • 3min
30
College Students Against the Day of Absence
01:45:26 • 5min
31
The Evolution of Religion and the Group Selection Controversy
01:50:39 • 6min
32
I Don't Know What Harry Meant to Me, but I Do Know What He Meant to Me
01:56:34 • 4min
33
What Kind of Mental Models Would You Start Teaching?
02:00:22 • 5min
34
The Evolution of Natural Selection
02:05:29 • 4min
35
Evolution
02:09:46 • 5min
36
The Evolution of Brett and the Four Characteristics of Natural Selection
02:14:53 • 5min
37
Is Iterated Cumulative Motion Toward a Goal?
02:19:42 • 2min
38
What Are the Units of Selection?
02:21:30 • 2min
39
The Gene-Centered View of Evolution
02:23:39 • 5min
40
What Is Natural Selection?
02:29:05 • 2min
41
How Good Is a Mimic on the Tail of a Snake?
02:30:50 • 4min
42
Gene-Centered Mechanisms for Explaining Altruistic Behavior in Humans
02:35:13 • 4min
43
Altruism Isn't Selfishness It's a Genetic Selfishness
02:39:11 • 2min
44
I Would Likely Lay Down My Life for Two Brothers or Eight Cousins
02:41:28 • 2min
45
How Did You Meet Bob Trivitz?
02:43:15 • 4min
46
The Theory of Reciprocal Altruism
02:47:25 • 2min
47
The Other Great Mentor Apart From Bob Trivers
02:49:08 • 2min
48
The Insect Division at the University of Michigan
02:51:09 • 4min
49
Graduate School Resentment
02:55:33 • 4min
50
Mentoring - Is There Too Much Pettiness in Mentoring?
03:00:01 • 3min
51
The End of Your College Education
03:02:32 • 6min
52
Is There Any Evolutionary Concept That Has Improved Your Relationship Concepts?
03:08:23 • 5min
53
Is There a Religion in the Evolutionary Toolkit?
03:13:28 • 3min
54
Religion and Memes and Extended Phenotypes
03:16:05 • 3min
55
Dorkin's the Selfish Gene
03:19:27 • 1min
56
Evolution and Evolutionism - Is There a Spandrel?
03:20:45 • 5min
57
Is Religion a Product of Evolution?
03:25:32 • 4min
58
Group Selection Is a Thorny Issue
03:29:12 • 5min
59
Altruistic Groups Beats Selfish Individuals
03:34:32 • 3min
60
Is Religion an Adaption?
03:37:14 • 2min
61
Is Religion a Poor Fit for the 21st Century?
03:38:47 • 2min
62
The Most Difficult Project Humanity Has Ever Faced
03:40:57 • 2min
63
What's Your Purpose Going Forward?
03:42:54 • 2min