Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 51m. Bisher sind 263 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein zweiwöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 13 hours 10 minutes

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Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders"


Economist Bryan Caplan makes a compelling case for open borders in his new graphic nonfiction book, "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration," illustrated by cartoonist Zach Weinersmith.


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 November 12, 2019  49m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion"


Philosopher of mind Keith Frankish is one of the leading proponents of "illusionism," the theory that argues that your subjective experience -- i.e., the "what it is like" to be you -- is a trick of the mind.


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 October 29, 2019  43m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment"


On this episode, Thibault Le Texier and Julia discuss his findings on the Stanford Prison Experiment, how the experimenters got away with such a significant misrepresentation for so long, and what this whole affair says about the field of psychology.


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 October 15, 2019  54m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"


In this episode, decision theorist David Manheim explains the dynamics behind Goodhart's Law ("When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure") and some potential solutions to it.


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 September 17, 2019  59m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different"


Several recent books have argued there's no difference between male and female brains. Saloni Dattani, a PhD in psychiatric genetics, discusses some of the problems with the argument, and what we really know so far about gender and the brain.


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 September 3, 2019  48m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #238 - Razib Khan on "Stuff I've Been Wrong About"


It's rare for public intellectuals to talk about things they've gotten wrong, but geneticist Razib Khan is an exception. He and Julia discuss a list of 28 things he's changed his mind about in the last decade.


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 August 20, 2019  51m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?"


It's common wisdom that spending a lot of time on your smartphone, or checking social media like Facebook and Twitter, takes a psychological toll. But is there any research to back that up? Julia discusses the evidence with professor Andy Przybylski.


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 August 6, 2019  53m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?"


In this episode, economist Alex Tabarrok discusses his latest book, co-authored with Eric Heller, "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?," which blames rising costs on a phenomenon called the Baumol Effect.


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 July 23, 2019  52m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #235 - Tage Rai on "Why people think their violence is morally justified"


We typically think of violence as being caused by a lack of control, or by selfish motives. But what if, more often than not, violence is intended to be morally righteous? Author Tage Rai debates this with Julia.


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 June 25, 2019  59m
 
 

Rationally Speaking #234 - Dylan Matthews on "Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?"


The global poverty rate has fallen significantly over the last few decades, but there's a heated debate over how to view that fact. Vox journalist Dylan Matthews explains the disagreement.


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 May 28, 2019  1h17m