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Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 3min

Experts vs. Elites (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/experts-vs-elites 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Mar 8, 2023 • 57min

Sarcasm (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/sarcasm 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 10min

Who Must Be Persuaded By Explanations (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/who-must-be-persuaded-by-explanations 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Dec 29, 2022 • 57min

Utopia (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/utopia 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 6min

The Intellectual vs. The Social (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/intellectual-vs-social 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Dec 15, 2022 • 1h 14min

Passion (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Joshua Fox)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/passion 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Dec 7, 2022 • 1h 7min

Intellectuals (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/intellectuals 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Dec 1, 2022 • 1h 5min

Wanting to be Wanted (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/wanting-to-be-wanted 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Nov 23, 2022 • 1h 2min

For Its Own Sake (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/for-its-own-sake 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
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Nov 16, 2022 • 1h 16min

Why is Truth Good? (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with William Eliot)

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/why-is-truth-good 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. Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com

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