The Dissenter

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Paul Zak is an American neuroeconomist, who is known as a proponent of the field. His current work applies neuroscience to build high performance organizations and to understand and guide consumer decisions. Dr. Zak is the founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He has degrees in mathematics and economics from San Diego State University, a Ph.D. in economics from University of Pennsylvania, and post-doctoral training in neuroimaging from Harvard. He’s also the author of books like The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity, and Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies. In this episode, we talk about neuroeconomics, and the role that oxytocin plays in attachment, and in promoting trust among people that are part of the same organization or society. We go through how oxytocin evolved, and the kinds of prosocial behavior that it mediates. We also refer to other hormones, like testosterone and cortisol, and how they interact with oxytocin and might change its behavioral effects. And, finally, we talk about how we can foster trust in companies and other sorts of human organizations, reduce stress, increase productivity, and empower employees. Time Links: 00:55 What is neuroeconomics? 02:34 The sorts of things Dr. Zak studies             05:32 Oxytocin         10:57 How oxytocin influences behavior     16:40 The evolution of oxytocin  20:39 How other hormones (testosterone, cortisol) interact with oxytocin    25:40 Sex differences in levels of oxytocin and other hormones, and behavioral traits     32:21 Promoting trust among people in the same organization  38:36 Money doesn’t work well as an incentive 41:42 Reducing stress in work environments 45:32 Self-empowerment  47:35 Follow Dr. Zak’s work! -- Follow Dr. Richerson’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y8ctlfue Personal website: https://www.pauljzak.com/ Ofactor: https://ofactor.com/ Books: https://tinyurl.com/ydygmv95 -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA AND ADRIANO ANDRADE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Mr. Kevin Lomangino is the managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He is also an independent health care journalist who was previously editor-in-chief of Clinical Nutrition Insight, a monthly evidence-based newsletter for physicians and dietitians. He has written for numerous professional and consumer health publications including Consumer Reports on Health. He was formerly senior editor at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a medical publishing company, where he developed new print and online publications for health care professionals and managed a portfolio of medical publications and newsletters.  Here, we talk about HealthNewsReview, whose mission is to “improve the public dialogue about health care by helping consumers critically analyze claims about health care interventions and by promoting the principles of shared decision-making reinforced by accurate, balanced and complete information about the tradeoffs involved in health care decisions. HealthNewsReview.org evaluates health care journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations and other messages that may influence consumers and provides criteria that consumers can use to evaluate these messages themselves”. We talk more specifically about the 10 review criteria they apply to the health news they review; the ones that are neglected the most; the reasons why this happens; and solutions to it. -- O Sr. Kevin Lomangino é o editor executivo da HealthNewsReview.org. É também um jornalista independente de cuidados de saúde que anteriormente era editor-chefe da Clinical Nutrition Insight, um boletim mensal baseado em evidência para médicos e nutricionistas. Escreveu para várias publicações profissionais e de saúde do consumidor, incluindo Consumer Reports on Health. Ele foi anteriormente editor sénior da Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, uma empresa de publicações médicas, onde desenvolveu novas publicações impressas e on-line para profissionais de saúde e geriu um portfólio de publicações médicas e boletins informativos. Aqui, falamos sobre a HealthNewsReview, cuja missão é "melhorar o diálogo público sobre cuidados de saúde, ajudando os consumidores a analisar criticamente as reivindicações sobre intervenções de cuidados de saúde e promover os princípios de tomada de decisão, reforçada por informações precisas, equilibradas e completas sobre os tradeoffs envolvidos em decisões de cuidados de saúde. A HealthNewsReview.org avalia o jornalismo de cuidados de saúde, publicidade, marketing, relações públicas e outras mensagens que podem influenciar os consumidores, e fornece critérios que os consumidores podem usar para avaliar essas mesmas mensagens”. Conversamos mais especificamente sobre os 10 critérios de revisão que aplicam às notícias de saúde que reveem; aqueles que são mais negligenciados; as razões pelas quais isso acontece; e soluções para estes problemas. Kevin Lomangino Twitter: @KLomangino HealthNewsReview website: https://www.healthnewsreview.org/ HealthNewsReview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthNewsReview.org  HealthNewsReview Twitter: @HealthNewsRevu  -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic. He’s also the author of 19 books, including Why People Believe Weird Things; The Science of Good and Evil; Why Darwin Matters; The Believing Brain; and, more recently, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia. Here, we talk about his latest book, Heavens on Earth; the afterlife, immortality and utopia; terror management theory; social experiments on political utopias; scientific utopias; the concept of protopia; progress; morality; skepticism; pseudoscience and how to combat it.  -- O Dr. Michael Shermer é um divulgador de ciência americano, historiador de ciência, fundador da The Skeptics Society, e editor-chefe da sua revista, Skeptic. É também o autor de 19 livros, incluindo Why People Believe Weird Things; The Science of Good and Evil; Why Darwin Matters; The Believing Brain; e, mais recentemente, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia. Aqui, falamos sobre o seu último livro, Heavens on Earth; a vida depois da morte, imortalidade e utopia; a “terror management theory”; experiências sociais com utopias políticas; utopias científicas; o conceito de protopia; progresso; moralidade; ceticismo; pseudociência e como combate-la. -- Skeptic website: https://www.skeptic.com/ Heavens on Earth European version: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavens-Earth-Scientific-Afterlife-Immortality/dp/1472140613 Heavens on Earth original version: https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Earth-Scientific-Afterlife-Immortality/dp/1627798579 Support Skeptic on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/skeptic More books by Dr. Shermer and others at Skeptic: https://shop.skeptic.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SS&Category_Code=B Dr. Shermer’s Twitter handle: @michaelshermer -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Peter Richerson, a biologist, discusses culture, gene-culture coevolution, and cognitive bases. They explore cultural evolution, evoked culture, sociobiologists, memetics, and group selection at cultural and genetic levels. Richerson defines culture, its relationship with biology, and the evolutionary process. They touch on the cognitive aspects of culture, cultural learning as an adaptive trait in humans, and cultural content's influence on behavior and fitness. Richerson also discusses culture as an extended phenotype and shares academic resources.

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT -- João Júlio Cerqueira is the author of SCIMED, a blog and a Facebook page, where he shares updated, correct and evidence-based information about several scientific subjects, essentially focused on health issues. Here we talk about his project; alternative medicine; nutrition and alternative diets; the green movements; propaganda documentaries; pseudoscience; and postmodernism. -- João Júlio Cerqueira é o autor do blogue e página do Facebook SCIMED, onde ele partilha informação atual, correta e baseada em evidência robusta sobre diversos temas científicos, focados essencialmente na área da saúde. Aqui, falamos sobre o seu projeto; medicinas alternativas; nutrição e dietas alternativas; os movimentos verdes; documentários de propaganda; pseudociência; e pós-modernismo. SCIMED website: https://www.scimed.pt/ SCIMED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scimed.evidencia/ -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Keith Frankish is a British philosopher and writer, currently living in Crete, Greece. He’s an Honorary Reader at the University of Sheffield, UK, a Visiting Research Fellow with The Open University, UK, and an Adjunct Professor with the Brain and Mind Programme at the University of Crete. He works mainly in philosophy of mind, also with interests in other areas of Philosophy. He’s also the author of books like Mind and Supermind (2004) and Illusionism: As a Theory of Consciousness (2017). In this episode, the central topic is consciousness. We talk about what is it; the hard problem of consciousness; illusionism; the evolutionary origins and function of consciousness; how consciousness relates to questions surrounding free will and determinism. Toward the end, we also discuss a little bit if AI could spontaneously develop consciousness in any way, or if we would need to program it into it.  Time Links: 00:55 What is consciousness? 07:43 The hard problem of consciousness               15:33 Illusionism          28:26 Does phenomenal consciousness exist?      34:19 Why did consciousness evolve? What function does it serve? 43:59 Theory of mind, thinking about the future, and deliberation     50:37 Consciousness as an emergent property of the mind      59:01 Consciousness, free will, and determinism, and compatibilism   1:07:52 Could AI develop consciousness? 1:18:31  Follow Dr. Frankish’s work! -- Follow Dr. Frankish’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y9ugk2vl Books: https://tinyurl.com/y8aeua4l Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ Twitter handle: @keithfrankish Other relevant links: Daniel Dennett’s books: https://tinyurl.com/y7s5g58s “The Meta-Problem of Conciousness”, by David Chalmers: https://tinyurl.com/yd8ej28n -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA, ADRIANO ANDRADE, BERNARDO DO VALE CARIA AND YEVHEN BODRENKO! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT -- Sue Everatt is The Venus Project Point of Contact (POC) for Spain. She’s on the admin team for TVP Support on a global level. And she coordinates the Spanish language team for the Linguistic Team International (LTI). Here, we talk about the aims and proposals of The Venus Project; its theoretical foundations; what differentiates it from alternative economic and political proposals, like communism, socialism, and anarchism; how it could be implemented, and how it would work; and we also address two criticisms about Jacque Fresco’s (the creator of The Venus Project) theoretical predictions. Check out The Venus Project (TVP): Website: https://www.thevenusproject.com/ Free ebooks: https://www.thevenusproject.com/learn-more/free-e-books/ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNMR_iABvyFmc3G9i1r3Lw Points of Contact (POC) email list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lAFtYjkkCuepHNI5Kybjhn-iSQgiJxdWZhsXKjiK3u8/edit#gid=0 Linguistic Team International Forum: http://forum.linguisticteam.org/ The Venus Project Global Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/TheVenusProjectGlobal/ TVP Support International: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TVP.Support/ -- A Sue Everatt é o Ponto de Contacto do Projeto Venus para Espanha. Faz parte da equipa de administradores para o TVP Support, a nível global. E coordena a equipa linguística de Espanhol para a Linguistic Team International (LTI). Aqui, falamos sobre os objetivos e propostas do Projeto Venus; as suas fundações teóricas; o que o diferencia de alternativas políticas e económicas, como o comunismo, o socialism, e o anarquismo; como poderia ser implementado, e como funcionaria; e abordamos duas críticas dirigidas às previsões teóricas de Jacque Fresco (o criador do Projeto Venus).  Deem uma olhada no Projeto Venus: Website: https://www.thevenusproject.com/ Ebooks grátis: https://www.thevenusproject.com/learn-more/free-e-books/ Canal do Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNMR_iABvyFmc3G9i1r3Lw Lista de emails dos Pontos de Contacto: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lAFtYjkkCuepHNI5Kybjhn-iSQgiJxdWZhsXKjiK3u8/edit#gid=0 Forum da Linguistic Team International: http://forum.linguisticteam.org/ Página do Facebook The Venus Project Global: https://www.facebook.com/TheVenusProjectGlobal/ TVP Support International: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TVP.Support/ -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Derek Elliott is a newly minted doctor of philosophy from Duquesne University. He specializes in philosophy of psychology as well as action theory with a special interest in irrationality and evolutionary psychology. In this episode, we go through some of the main topics of Dr. Elliott’s dissertation, “Beyond Enlightenment: The Evolution of Agency and the Modularity of the Mind in a Post-Darwinian World”. We talk about some of the values and beliefs of the Enlightenment that recent science, particularly the evolutionary behavioral sciences, has been undermining, namely reason, free will, and the notion of agency. We talk about the argumentative theory of reason. We also discuss how most of what happens in our minds occurs at a subconscious level, and how we have very little control over our behavior, and how very little we understand about our motivations and the causes of our actions. We also talk a little but about consciousness, the relationship between consciousness, free will and agency, self-deception, the modular approach to the human mind, and the meaning of life from a Darwinian perspective. Time Links: 00:51 What the Enlightenment got wrong 07:23 A new approach to reason              13:30 Most of what happens in our minds is unconscious         19:18 Reason, decision-making, and free will     28:11 Descartes’ approach to the human mind   33:41 What is “rational” behavior?    41:38 Consciousness from an evolutionary perspective     52:11 Consciousness, free will and agency  58:50 On self-deception 1:07:39 Is overconfidence maladaptive? 1:13:12 The social value of wrong knowledge 1:16:48 About modularity of mind 1:20:33 Does natural selection promote selfishness? 1:22:49 A Darwinian meaning of life? 1:32:06 Follow Dr. Elliott’s work! -- Link to Dr. Elliott’s dissertation: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1737/?fbclid=IwAR0Gqc9s_ApbwqzlG7o9y2XWq5ZlehaU7PAznsSuWEaTnyVwEv0yB6x80iw -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA AND ADRIANO ANDRADE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Part 3 of the conversation with Dr. Patrick Lee Miller: Postmodernism vs Modernism. Parte 3 da conversa com o Dr. Patrick Lee Miller: Pós-modernismo vs Modernismo. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Patrick Colm Hogan is Distinguished Professor of the Department of English, and the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at the University of Connecticut, US. His specialties are: literary theory, cognitive and affective science of literature, and world literature. He’s the author of several books, including The Mind and Its Stories, What Literature Teaches Us About Emotion, and Beauty and Sublimity. In this episode, we talk about human universals. First, we discuss what are human universals, and how we can determine them. Then, we talk more specifically about aesthetic human universals, including their evolutionary bases; sexual selection; Individual and social experiences of aesthetics; universals in literary fiction; the social function of literature; and literature, storytelling and theory of mind. Time Links: 00:46 What are human universals? 05:36 How do we determine them?             14:45 The evolutionary bases of aesthetics and beauty         28:05 Sexual selection for artistic behavior     34:58 Individual and social experiences of aesthetics    47:52 Modularity of mind and aesthetic response    1:04:07 Universals in literary fiction   1:11:24 The social function of literature and oral storytelling  1:29:31 Literature, storytelling and theory of mind 1:33:32 The study of innate aspects of the human mind in the Humanities 1:40:09 The importance of evolutionary and neuroscientific science 1:41:42 Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work! -- Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work: Literary Universals Project: https://literary-universals.uconn.edu/ Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y8py757c Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y92n42be Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7tz3fcd -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g