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#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences Jul 14, 2022

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Richard Haier is a psychologist specializing in the science of human intelligence. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Documents & Articles:
1. Child IQ and survival to 79: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491698/
2. Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/DoingPsychScience2006.pdf
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8. Facing Reality: https://amzn.to/3bfzqkX

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:06) – Measuring human intelligence
(22:34) – IQ tests
(45:23) – College entrance exams
(53:59) – Genetics
(59:58) – Enhancing intelligence
(1:07:27) – The Bell Curve
(1:19:58) – Race differences
(1:39:11) – Bell curve criticisms
(1:48:21) – Intelligence and life success
(1:57:57) – Flynn effect
(2:02:49) – Nature vs nuture
(2:29:42) – Testing artificial intelligence
(2:41:46) – Advice
(2:45:53) – Mortality

#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy Jul 09, 2022

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Jack Barsky is a former KGB spy and author of “Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America”. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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The Agent (podcast): https://cumuluspodcastnetwork.com/pods/the-agent

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:52) – KGB
(19:43) – Communism
(38:45) – Childhood
(45:32) – Becoming a KGB agent
(1:24:04) – Training
(1:37:53) – Language
(1:43:45) – Moscow
(1:58:45) – Spying
(2:15:43) – Putin
(2:18:35) – War in Ukraine
(2:30:02) – Putin in the KGB
(2:36:56) – Yuri Bezmenov
(2:47:33) – FSB and CIA
(2:55:24) – Putin and Zelenskyy
(3:04:13) – Quitting the KGB
(3:30:32) – Love and regrets
(3:38:44) – Mortality

#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom Jul 04, 2022

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Joe Rogan is a comedian, UFC commentator, and host of the Joe Rogan Experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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JRE (YouTube): https://youtube.com/c/joerogan

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:03) – Discipline
(13:06) – Controversy
(33:22) – UFOs and aliens
(43:34) – Intelligence agencies
(48:58) – Trust
(54:21) – Greatest comedians
(1:12:16) – Childhood
(1:19:46) – Advice for young people
(1:30:22) – Relationships
(1:35:00) – Putin, Ukraine, and Russia

#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind Jul 01, 2022

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Demis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Demis’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/demishassabis
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DeepMind’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/deepmind
DeepMind’s Website: https://deepmind.com
Plasma control paper: https://nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04301-9
Quantum simulation paper: https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6511
The Emperor’s New Mind (book): https://amzn.to/3bx03lo
Life Ascending (book): https://amzn.to/3AhUP7z

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:17) – Turing Test
(14:43) – Video games
(36:18) – Simulation
(38:29) – Consciousness
(43:29) – AlphaFold
(57:09) – Solving intelligence
(1:09:28) – Open sourcing AlphaFold & MuJoCo
(1:19:34) – Nuclear fusion
(1:23:38) – Quantum simulation
(1:26:46) – Physics
(1:30:13) – Origin of life
(1:34:52) – Aliens
(1:42:59) – Intelligent life
(1:46:08) – Conscious AI
(1:59:23) – Power
(2:03:53) – Advice for young people
(2:11:59) – Meaning of life

#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness Jun 28, 2022

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Susan Cain is the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Susan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/susancain
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Bittersweet (book): https://amzn.to/3xE0LWt
Quiet (book): https://amzn.to/3QvpOmb

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:42) – Introverts
(24:42) – Small talk
(29:37) – Artistic expression
(42:03) – Sad music
(49:42) – Leonard Cohen
(1:00:34) – Public speaking
(1:07:50) – Podcasts
(1:15:25) – Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen
(1:30:47) – Creativity and sadness
(1:39:03) – Dark moments
(1:47:06) – Parenting
(1:55:59) – Advice for young people
(1:59:10) – Meaning of life

#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart Jun 25, 2022

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Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of the most remote places in the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Jonathan’s Website: http://jonathanreisman.com
The Unseen Body (book): https://amzn.to/3Fyycw0

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:01) – Hands
(16:15) – Sex
(25:56) – Future of medicine
(35:03) – Throat
(45:26) – Heart and blood
(53:28) – Genitals
(1:05:57) – Poop
(1:10:12) – Emergency room
(1:18:03) – Sperm
(1:23:09) – Liver
(1:28:38) – Living in the Far North
(1:47:21) – War and medicine
(1:52:07) – Antarctica
(2:05:03) – Artificial organs
(2:13:39) – History of medicine
(2:22:40) – Paul Farmer
(2:27:05) – Advice for young people
(2:34:03) – Struggle
(2:40:07) – Mortality
(2:45:44) – Meaning of life

#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West Jun 21, 2022

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Douglas Murray is an author and political commentator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Madness of Crowds (book): https://amzn.to/3MShBpX
Strange Death of Europe (book): https://amzn.to/3OnYmEX

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:49) – Western civilization
(16:29) – Slavery
(20:06) – Reparations
(25:11) – Institutional racism
(32:24) – Lived experience
(41:49) – Resentment
(53:55) – Critical race theory
(1:08:27) – Racism
(1:27:26) – Stalin
(1:31:59) – Churchill
(1:38:03) – Marxism
(1:54:41) – Madness of Crowds
(2:03:14) – Ego
(2:10:22) – Donald Trump
(2:17:06) – America’s future
(2:24:33) – Advice for young people
(2:33:16) – Love

#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism Jun 17, 2022

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Richard Wolff is a Marxist philosopher and economist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Richard’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/profwolff
Richard’s Website: https://www.rdwolff.com
Contending Economic Theories (book): https://amzn.to/3HykPwT
Understanding Marxism (book): https://amzn.to/39qpm8b
Understanding Socialism (book): https://amzn.to/3Og9XG3

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:12) – Marxism
(15:41) – Communism
(50:47) – Human nature
(1:03:03) – Economics
(1:09:54) – Capitalism
(1:42:18) – Governments and corporations
(1:53:13) – Stalinism
(2:07:12) – Nazis
(2:14:08) – Socialism vs Marxism
(2:21:48) – Bernie Sanders and AOC
(2:38:49) – Cultural Marxism
(2:45:49) – Darkest moments
(2:51:18) – Advice for young people
(2:53:37) – Mortality
(2:57:28) – Meaning of life

#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest Jun 15, 2022

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Tony Fadell is an engineer and designer, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat, and author of the new book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tony’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfadell
Tony’s Website: https://tonyfadell.com
Build (book): https://amzn.to/3xSReee
Story (book): https://amzn.to/3Olzqhv

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Memories
(14:13) – Apple II
(22:51) – First business
(26:55) – iPod
(50:56) – Ideas
(55:09) – Marketing
(1:05:26) – PR and Comms
(1:15:06) – Design
(1:20:03) – Experts
(1:26:04) – Steve Jobs
(2:09:43) – Jony Ive
(2:16:55) – Nest
(2:27:13) – Advice for young people
(2:31:30) – Startup
(2:36:25) – Money
(2:41:33) – Work-Life Balance
(2:44:11) – Darkest moment
(2:49:48) – Meaning of life

#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth Jun 12, 2022

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Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Donald’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman
Donald’s Website: http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/
Documents & Articles:
1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268
2. Conscious Agent Networks: https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf
3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/
Books:
1. The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt
2. Vision: https://amzn.to/3Q4ibTm

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:04) – Case against reality
(19:33) – Spacetime
(43:57) – Reductionism
(1:04:23) – Evolutionary game theory
(1:32:46) – Consciousness
(2:28:06) – Visualizing reality
(2:43:23) – Ephemerality of life
(2:51:48) – Simulation theory
(2:57:30) – Difficult ideas
(3:12:32) – Love
(3:16:07) – Advice for young people
(3:18:26) – Meaning of life

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