Another Social Media Issue: Content With No Purpose

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 claims about Padgett’s neurological examinations m...

14 Mai 202053min

Jim Flynn (the Flynn Effect) and Asger Folmann discuss subculture and its link to intelligence, reversal of the Flynn Effect, scientific censorship, intelligence selection pressure, and more. Flynn al...

22 Apr 202059min

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 media. I suggest what to look out for, and present pro...

17 Apr 202026min

Peter Boghossian and Asger Folmann talk about impossible conversations, and how the future of "soft"/social science may look. They also cover social justice warriors, and how several academic fields h...

9 Apr 202059min

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 we'll likely see the biggest changes in the next f...

6 Apr 202033min

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 magical thinking. In this talk, Matt and Asger explore...

31 Mar 202041min

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 private Skype call and debated this in depth. This epi...

28 Mar 202040min

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 fails. *** Crypto & fiat VISA card, free $50 and 2% ...

26 Mar 202015min