Minds Almost Meeting

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Feb 1, 2022

01:00:48

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Are You Quite Reluctant to Trust Arguments?

05:23

The Word Impress Covers That Exactly, Right?

01:51

The Distal, Aproximat and Distal Explanations

02:28

Introduction

2min

What's the Key Idea of Small Talk?

4min

Conversation and Sex, There's More Exploration

3min

What Is the Point of Synchronization?

3min

Synchronizing a Conversation, Right?

2min

What's Synchronized in a Conversation?

2min

The Elephant and the Brain - The Foregone Conclusion

2min

Synchronization in Conversation

3min

How Are You Feeling?

2min

10.

How Much Would You Like Sex Without Any Four Play?

3min

11.

Sex and Movies and Appetizers

2min

12.

Movies and Movies - What's Et?

2min

13.

The Importance of Synchronization

2min

14.

Are You Quite Reluctant to Trust Arguments?

5min

15.

What Is the Number One Thing That Interests People?

2min

16.

Why Do People Like Stories?

2min

17.

I'm Like You, Right?

2min

18.

Why Do People Like Stories?

2min

19.

The Role of Narratives in Scientific Writing

2min

20.

Is There a Pattern in Movies?

2min

21.

The Distal, Aproximat and Distal Explanations

2min

22.

Sex and Conversation - Is There a Commonality?

4min

23.

The Word Impress Covers That Exactly, Right?

2min

24.

I Want You to Believe That I'm Good?

2min

25.

The Moral Coordination of a Good Argument

2min

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/foreplay

Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.

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