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The Do It PodcastHow Ideas Evolve – Dennis HackethalDennis Hackethal, philosopher and author of A Window on Intelligence, joins me to discuss how human creativity evolved, how it differs from animal cognition, the role of emotions and values in the mind, and the connections between objectivism and critical rationalism—plus much more.Note: Some segments were re-recorded due to technical issues, resulting in occasional overlap.📚 Mentioned Resources00:00 – Dennis Hackethal – A Window on Intelligencehttps://www.windowonintelligence.com/01:30 – The Neo-Darwinian Theory of the Mindhttps://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/the-neo-darwinian-theory-of-the-mind06:26 – Karl Popper – Objective Knowledge (Appendix: The Bucket and the Searchl...2025-07-041h 32
The Theory of AnythingEpisode 95: On Morality, Moralizing, and Elephant Jockeys (Round Table)This time we invited some of the coolest and smartest people we know to have a freewheeling discussion on morality loosely centered on Jonathan Haidt's “rider and the elephant” metaphor. We take a deep dive into this idea that moral reasoning is a slave to our passions.
Guests:
• Lulie Tanett (https://open.spotify.com/show/6OPFnEt6uTOTGeSpnZ1YDp?si=4exIQOUfQzOg4TIU2hZ5hA)
• Vaden Masrani (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gKKSP5HKT4Nk3i0y4UseB?si=Iu1WkwJMR1GHlm3OLrUwNA)
• Ivan Phillips (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VGCFVJB?ref=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_33ZJEY7V0RP00CG7566Z&ref_=cm...2024-10-152h 48
ericmckay4 's Listen LaterEpisode 56: Rationality, Religion, and the Omega Point Podcast: The Theory of Anything (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Episode 56: Rationality, Religion, and the Omega PointPub date: 2023-04-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSpecial guest, Lulie Tanett, asked me if she could come on my podcast and interview me about religion. Lulie and Peter ask me numerous religion-related questions such as:
How is the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e. Mormon church) similar and different from Deutsch's Four Strands worldview?
What might the Deu...2023-04-183h 01
Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren#53 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.6] Hot Tub Time MachineThis is part 6 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the sixth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation again to dive deeper into meta-rationality. They talk about truth and correspondence, evolution, brains in vats, abstract propositions fairy land, the frame problem in AI, what making progress means, 'knowing that' as different from 'knowing how', and how Chris is always trying to secretly organize an MDMA sex...2023-04-181h 49
Arjun Khemani Podcast#17 – Lulie Tanett: Epistemology in the Social Sciences, Mindfulness and Taking Children SeriouslyLulie Tanett is a writer and expositor of ideas of applied critical rationalism. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it at: https://buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemaniWe talk about:* Lulie’s untypical childhood and the parenting philosophy she was raised under* What psychology and the social sciences can learn from epistemology* Mindfulness tied to Critical Rationalism* The constraints of creativity* And much more!TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Lulie’s childhood and Taking Children Seriously9:30 - Why social science isn’t scienc...2023-04-1258 min
The Theory of AnythingEpisode 56: Rationality, Religion, and the Omega PointSpecial guest, Lulie Tanett, asked me if she could come on my podcast and interview me about religion. Lulie and Peter ask me numerous religion-related questions such as:
How is the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e. Mormon church) similar and different from Deutsch's Four Strands worldview?
What might the Deutsch Four Strands worldview learn from religion?
In a modern world, what (if anything) can religion still teach us?
Is religion an ally or a foe of a rational worldview?
For what matter, what is the most widely accepted rational worldview?
What...2023-04-103h 01Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren#52 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.5] POPPER WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN METhis is part 5 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the fifth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation to compare her current (critical) rationalist position with the meta-rational one. They talk about the historical lineage that CR grew out of, why Descarted fucked up philosophy for everyone, the correspondence theory of truth, pragmatism, objective vs. subjective meaning, representation as affordances vs. mirroring the world, how genes...2023-04-082h 25
ericmckay4 's Listen Later#41 - Parenting, Epistemology, and EA (w/ Lulie Tanett) Podcast: Increments (LS 34 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: #41 - Parenting, Epistemology, and EA (w/ Lulie Tanett)Pub date: 2022-06-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe're joined by the wonderful Lulie Tanett to talk about effective altruism, pulling spouses out of burning buildings, and why you should prefer critical rationalism to Bayesianism for your mom's sake. Buckle up!
We discuss:
Lulie's recent experience at EA Global
Bayesianism and how it differs from critical rationalism
Common arguments in favor of Bayesianism
Taking Chi...2023-04-041h 18Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren#50 - Alexander Technique and Embodiment, with Lulie Tanett (feat. Hugo Holke)Christofer and writer Lulie Tanett speak about the unity of body and mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their journeys toward emotional fluidity, Alexander Technique, psychology and awareness, non-duality, Christofer's critiques of AT, Lulie's experiences of oneness, CR and meta-rationality, and answer some Twitter-questions. Lulie Tanett is a writer from Oxford, England, specialising in applied critical rationalism. She is currently in teacher training for the Alexander Technique – an embodied mindfulness technique about how to get out of your own way.You can find her on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/re...2023-03-271h 44
Increments#41 - Parenting, Epistemology, and EA (w/ Lulie Tanett)We're joined by the wonderful Lulie Tanett to talk about effective altruism, pulling spouses out of burning buildings, and why you should prefer critical rationalism to Bayesianism for your mom's sake. Buckle up!
We discuss:
Lulie's recent experience at EA Global
Bayesianism and how it differs from critical rationalism
Common arguments in favor of Bayesianism
Taking Children Seriously
What it was like for Lulie growing up without going to school
The Alexander Technique, Internal Family Systems, Gendlin's Focusing, and Belief Reporting
References
EA Global
Taking Children Seriously
Alexander Technique
Internal Family Systems
Gendlin Focusing
2022-06-211h 18
Reach Truth PodcastCritical Rationalism and Art with Lulie TanettTasshin speaks with Lulie (@reasonisfun) about critical rationalism, Taking Children Seriously (TCS), Gendlin's Focusing, Internal Family Systems, the Alexander Technique, and art.
Lulie's Philosophy Twitter
Lulie's Social Twitter
Lulie's Website
If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting Tasshin and the Reach Truth Podcast on Patreon.2021-08-291h 54
Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren#7 - Why Fun Matters and Suffering Is Always Bad, with Lulie TanettChristofer and writer Lulie tanett speak about epistemology and its fundamental connection with fun in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Justified True Belief, the Duhem-Quine Problem, meta discussion, hangups, suffering, willpower, and other related topics.Lulie Tanett is a writer from Oxford, England, specialising in applied critical rationalism. She writes about all things epistemology — from education and memetics, to productivity and motivation, to how coercion affects rationality, progress and happiness. You can find her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ReasonIsFun).Website: http://www.reasonisfun.com/Support the podcast at...2019-12-201h 28