Bedste Michael Shermer-podcasts (2024)

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Reporting From the Frontlines of the Culture Wars 1:34:23

20h ago1:34:23

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As a Hillary voter, a New York Times reporter, and frequent attendee at her local gay bars, Nellie Bowles fit right in with her San Francisco neighbors and friends—until she started questioning whether the progressive movement she knew and loved was actually helping people. When her colleagues suggested that asking such questions meant she was “on …

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Christof Koch — How to Expand Consciousness

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss430_Christof_Koch_2024_05_11.mp3 Download MP3 In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book’s heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself,…

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How to Expand Consciousness 1:14:16

4d ago1:14:16

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In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book’s heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain …

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Julie Ponesse: How the Covid Regime Stole Our Innocence 2:30:19

4d ago2:30:19

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We were right all along! So what do we do now as the Covid narrative believers start trickling out the unavoidable evidence of their malfeasance? The Astra Zeneca vaccine has been pulled worldwide, and Chris Cuomo - a spreader of fear and dangerous propaganda, is trying to take it all back. Julie Ponesse, one of the most eloquent C-19 dissenters, j…

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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — Together Again 14:39

5d ago14:39

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For the first time since their arrests more than two years ago, Tamara and Chris have been cleared by a judge to see each other outside of a courtroom or in the presence of their lawyers. In their first interview since that ruling, we thought we’d sit down in the spirit of our old ‘Coffee with the Convoy’ Livestreams that began before they even mad…

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Tom Chivers — Everything is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss429_Tom_Chivers_2024_05_07.mp3 Download MP3 At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains …

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Everything is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World 1:36:44

8d ago1:36:44

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At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account f…

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Lisa Kaltenegger — The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss428_Lisa_Kaltenegger_2024_05_04.mp3 Download MP3 For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we’re alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic dista…

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The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos 1:31:41

11d ago1:31:41

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For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we’re alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life? As founding director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute, ast…

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Truth over Tribe Special 43:55

11d ago43:55

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The freedom movement is being torn apart over issues of free speech and the right of citizens to protest. Trish does a deep dive into what is driving the conflict. In a heartfelt episode, she unpacks the negative response to her latest Substack, which encourages people to support the rights of others — even if they don’t agree with the cause. It is…

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The Science of Happines 1:48:24

14d ago1:48:24

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We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we’re too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives. In The Science of Happiness, world-leading psychologist and happiness expert Bruce Hood demonstrates that the key to happiness is not self-care but co…

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Bruce Hood — The Science of Happiness: 7 Lessons for Living Well

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss427_Bruce_Hood_2024_04_30.mp3 Download MP3 We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we’re too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives. In The Science of Happiness, world-leading psychologist a…

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How Rhetoric Shapes Your Opinions 1:11:13

17d ago1:11:13

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Robin Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on how politicians, journalists, and “journalists” convince us to believe what we believe—and to talk, vote, and act accordingly. Understanding these techniques helps us avoid being manipulated by authority figures who don’t have our best interests at heart. It also…

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Robin Reames — The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss426_Robin_Reames_2024_04_27.mp3 Download MP3 The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded. In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today’s polarized political climate, we …

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Viva Frei on Tik Tok Censorship, and Trump 1:44:08

18d ago1:44:08

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The mighty Viva Frei pops by to talk about the 100 billion bill that rescues Ukraine and Israel - and enables more censorship moves in the wake of the uniparty’s Tik Tok victory. Viva shares the podcasting load with Trish, still recovering. Also, they recite the serenity prayer — a helper through these difficult times. Support the new Tamara Lich D…

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Accomplishment and Happiness (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker) 1:23:18

22d ago1:23:18

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We push ourselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. As Adam Gopnik points out, the result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no way out. Except one: to choose accomplishment over achievement. Achievement is the completion of the task imposed from outside. Accomplishment, by contr…

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Protest and Prison 1:21:52

23d ago1:21:52

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Canada slides into a dark epoch as a jury verdict in three of the Coutts blockade cases portends jail time and an uncertain future for civil disobedience. Marco Van Huigenbos, who protested harmful C-19 policies, was convicted this week and tells Trish that he is prepared to do his time. Please forgive any minor technical issues you might notice. W…

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Should We Prepare for Nuclear War? (Annie Jacobsen) 1:14:41

25d ago1:14:41

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Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen investigated this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, been privy to the response plans, and are responsible for those decisions should they need to be made. Shermer and Jacobsen discuss: surviving a nuclear explosion…

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Annie Jacobsen — What Happens Minutes After a Nuclear Launch?

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss424_Annie_Jacobsen_2024_04_20.mp3 Download MP3 Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nu…

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An AI... Utopia? (Nick Bostrom, Oxford) 1:45:45

28d ago1:45:45

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Nick Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, changed the global conversation on AI and became a New York Times bestseller. It focused on what might happen if AI development goes wrong. But what if things go right? Bostrom and Shermer discuss: An AI Utopia and Protopia • Trekonomics, post-scarcity economics • the hedo…

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Nick Bostrom — Life and Meaning in a Solved World

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss423_Nick_Bostrom_2024_04_16.mp3 Download MP3 Nick Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, changed the global conversation on AI and became a New York Times bestseller. It focused on what might happen if AI development goes wrong. But what if things go right? Suppose t…

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Life on Mars? (Robert Zubrin) 1:40:43

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When Robert Zubrin published his classic book The Case for Mars a quarter century ago, setting foot on the Red Planet seemed a fantasy. Today, manned exploration is certain, and as Zubrin affirms in The New World on Mars, so too is colonization. From the astronautical engineer venerated by NASA and today’s space entrepreneurs, here is what we will …

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Robert Zubrin — How What We Can Create on the Red Planet Informs Us on How Best to Live on the Blue Planet

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss422_Robert_Zubrin_2024_04_13.mp3 Download MP3 When Robert Zubrin published his classic book The Case for Mars a quarter century ago, setting foot on the Red Planet seemed a fantasy. Today, manned exploration is certain, and as Zubrin affirms in The New World on Mars, so too is colonization. From the…

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Robots and the People Who Love Them 1:13:15

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Shermer and Herold discuss: social robots, sex robots, robot nannies, robot therapists • flying cars, jetpacks and The Jetsons • Masahiro Mori • emotions, animism, mind • emotional intelligence • artificial intelligence • large language lodels • ChatGPT, GPT-4, GPT-5 and beyond • the alignment problem • robopocalypse • robo soldiers • robot sentien…

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The Formation, Diversification, and Extinction of World Religions 2:01:25

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Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity? This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary systematics and philosophy can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande―a leading evoluti…

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Lance Grande — The Formation, Diversification, and Extinction of World Religions

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss420_Lance_Grande_2024_04_06.mp3 Download MP3 Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity? This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary systematics and philosophy c…

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Maggie Jackson — Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss419_Maggie_Jackson_2024_04_02.mp3 Download MP3 In an era of terrifying unpredictability, we race to address complex crises with quick, sure algorithms, bullet points, and tweets. How could we find the clarity and vision so urgently needed today by being unsure? Uncertain is about the triumph of doin…

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The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Uncertain 1:29:18

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In an era of terrifying unpredictability, we race to address complex crises with quick, sure algorithms, bullet points, and tweets. How could we find the clarity and vision so urgently needed today by being unsure? Uncertain is about the triumph of doing just that. A scientific adventure tale set on the front lines of a volatile era, this epiphany …

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The End of Race Politics (Coleman Hughes) 1:34:33

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As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago, Coleman Hughes wondered why his peers seemed more pessimistic about the state of American race relations than his own grandparents–who lived through segregation. The End of Race Politics is the culmination of his years-long search for an answer. Coleman Hug…

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Coleman Hughes — The End of Race Politics

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss418_Coleman_Hughes_2024_03_30.mp3 Download MP3 As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago, Coleman Hughes wondered why his peers seemed more pessimistic about the state of American race relations than his own grandparents–who lived through segregation…

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Dr. Francis Christian — Is God Our Best Weapon Right Now 2:07:33

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The heartbreak of the Covidian era is leading to a spiritual renewal - and even Joe Rogan is praising Jesus. On this Good Friday — Trish speaks to Dr. Francis Christian — dissident surgeon who paid a high price for warning about about the Covid vaccine for children. He tells us about his devout faith, his recognition of evil in the world and how to…

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NBA Star Blake Griffin. The Forward w/ Lance Armstrong 1:06:42

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Lance catches up with Blake in Austin for a South By Southwest panel. They talk about their love of sports and becoming veteran athletes, balancing sport, and family, and embarking on a 2nd career after sports, including Blakes's passion for humor, TV, and film.

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Critical Extra: Bridge Collapse Details with a Navy SEAL and the Huberman Smear 41:58

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The world woke up to a terrifying video of a bridge collapsing and people and cars falling into the dark, freezing water, near Baltimore. A former Navy skipper and trained SEAL answers our questions about how it happened and the likely fate of the people on the bridge. What will happen to the captain.?And what went wrong? And then Trish on the Andr…

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How to Repair America’s Broken Democracy 1:07:44

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Order the Artificial Intelligence issue of SKEPTIC magazine at https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/archives/29.1/ (available in print or digital format). Looking ahead to the 2024 election, most Americans sense that something is deeply wrong with our democracy. We face extreme polarization, increasingly problematic candidates, and a government that ca…

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