Our eyes can deceive us, and there’s no reason to believe that our minds are any less deceptive than our eyes. Many of the things we take for granted are mere illusions. But there is a solution: adding a meta layer to our thoughts. Meta Quest is my crusade to spread meta-cognition and foster reason; while having fun and exploring mind-blowing topics. *** Reach me at: metaquestcontact@gmail.com
Jason Padgett is the name of the man who suffered an injury and became a savant. You can visit his website here: https://jason-padgett.pixels.com/ My ...
Jim Flynn (the Flynn Effect) and Asger Folmann discuss subculture and its link to intelligence, reversal of the Flynn Effect, scientific censorship, i...
In this episode, I seek to diagnose one of the major problems in the world right now: that our psychology can be used to manipulate us via social medi...
In this episode, I seek to diagnose one of the major problems in the world right now: that our psychology can be used to manipulate us via social medi...
Peter Boghossian and Asger Folmann talk about impossible conversations, and how the future of "soft"/social science may look. They also cover social j...
Science journalist, Matthew Hutson, joins me for a talk about artificial intelligence. We debate how AI will likely affect us, and the areas in which ...
Matthew Hutson is the author of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: an awesome book on mental shortcomings that ALL humans share, making us prone to magic...
After my latest talk with Gordon Gallup, I asked him the legacy question (posed by Gregory Hickok): how did language evolve? We later jumped on a priv...
Is vaping dangerous? We still don't know, ironically, in part due to sloppy, biased, or manipulating studies. This is a case study of when science fai...
In this episode, Ameer Rosic and I discuss crypto, wisdom, UBI, psychedelics, the ideal society, and more. *** Book mentioned: Never Split the Differe...