Rationally Speaking #23 - Carol Tavris on Everybody Making Mistakes, Except Us...
Our guest, Carol Tavris discusses her book (co-authored with Elliot Aronson) "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts." In it they describe ...
5 Des 201048min
Rationally Speaking #22 - Steven Novella on Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
Our Guest, Dr. Steven Novella discusses a recent article in The Atlantic in which researcher John Ioannidis shows that 40% of papers published in top medical journals are either wrong or make exaggera...
21 Nov 201047min
Rationally Speaking #21 - Joshua Knobe on Experimental Philosophy
Our guest, Joshua Knobe, is a philosopher interested in cognitive science, so interested, in fact, that he has contributed to establishing a whole new branch of inquiry known as experimental philosoph...
7 Nov 201045min
Rationally Speaking #20 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia
Massimo and Julia answer listeners' questions. In this installment the topics include: can political discourse be rational, who changed M&J's opinion on something and when have they changed someone's ...
24 Okt 20101h 3min
Rationally Speaking #19 - Brendan Nyhan on False Beliefs that Refuse to Die
Ever notice how some beliefs only seem to become stronger, even as they're repeatedly debunked? For example, the belief that Barack Obama is a Muslim, or that Bush banned all stem cell research in the...
10 Okt 201030min
Rationally Speaking #18 - Evolutionary Psychology
You've heard the claims: men are inclined to cheat on women because natural selection favors multiple offspring from multiple mates, especially if you don't have to pay child support. Even rape has be...
26 Sep 201031min
Rationally Speaking #17 - Transhumanism
What's so great about being human, anyway? The transhumanist movement -- epitomized by organizations like Humanity+ and blogs like Accelerating Future -- advocate the pursuit of technologies to fundam...
12 Sep 201033min
Rationally Speaking #16 - Deferring to Experts
At a talk he gave at TAM 8, Massimo argued that non-experts in a field aren't qualified to reject an expert consensus, such as that on anthropogenic climate change. Most recently, he has taken Jerry C...
29 Aug 201034min
