This is Your Brain on Bullsh*t - David Pinsof

Chris Williamson
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Chapters & Sections (49)

0:00 Misconceptions about Human Behavior and Happiness chapter 3
0:00 Misconceptions about Human Behavior and Happiness
2:46 Misconceptions of Human Pursuit of Happiness
4:38 The Futility of Chasing Happiness
6:43 The Nature of Drug Addiction and Motivation chapter 3
6:43 The Nature of Drug Addiction and Happiness
8:10 The Power of Incentives in Human Behavior
9:47 Distinction Between Ends and Means to an End
11:11 Evolutionary Psychology and Motivational Systems chapter 2
11:11 Evolutionary Psychology and Motivational Systems
13:47 Defining Opinions and Preferences
15:44 Defining Opinions as Preferences and Judgments chapter 3
15:44 Defining Opinions and Social Judgments
18:11 Social Norms and Self-Interest
19:32 Social Norms and Status Seeking in Culture
21:49 Manipulating Social Norms for Personal Status chapter 2
21:49 Manipulation of Social Norms and Status
24:19 Social Status and the Status Game
26:34 Deception and the Limits of Human Understanding chapter 3
26:34 Cognitive Biases and Self Deception
28:15 Incentives in Science and Academia
29:49 Criticism of Replication Attempts in Science
31:02 Frontier of Social Norms and Power Dynamics chapter 3
31:02 Social Norms and the Battle for Dominance
32:44 Status Games and Cultural Variation
34:09 Evolution of Status Symbols and Cultural Variation
36:14 Human Brain Size and Social Complexity chapter 2
36:14 Human Brain Size and Social Complexity
37:53 Biases in Reasoning and Social Influence
41:17 Social Debates Focus on Appearance Over Substance chapter 2
41:17 Social Debates Focus on Status and Appearance
43:17 Status Competition in Argumentation
45:36 Silencing Opposition in Totalitarian Regimes chapter 1
45:36 Silencing Opposition through Intimidation and Pseudo Arguments
49:44 Challenges of Scaling Good Faith Debate chapter 2
49:44 Challenges of Scaling Good Faith Debate
51:33 Autistic Rationality in Politics Debate
54:13 Abuse of Vagueness for Pleasure chapter 3
54:13 Abuse of the 'We Only Live Once' Phrase
56:20 Critique of Deep and Meaningless Philosophical Statements
57:39 Philosophical Discussion on Bold and Boring Ideas
59:07 Intellectual Manipulation Tactics chapter 2
59:07 Tactics of Intellectual Manipulation
1:00:38 Philosophical Discussion on Vague and Deep Ideas
1:03:24 Cult Leader Uses Vague Language Manipulation chapter 4
1:03:24 Cult Leader Uses Vague Language Manipulation
1:05:23 Cult Leaders Use Vague Language for Control
1:07:16 Vagueness in Language and Social Functions
1:08:29 Interview about Podcast and Blog

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