Be Reasonable: with Your Moderator, Chris Paul

By Chris PaulSociety & Culture Philosophy

Be Reasonable: with Your Moderator, Chris Paul episodes

April 27, 2020 Reasonable Conversation #4 - Matt Bilinsky (#008)
Matt Bilinsky is an attorney and an advisor/investor for startups in Los Angeles. He's been utterly obsessed with everything COVID related and has a knack for filtering the noise from the signal.
We discuss:
Standards by which we might conclude the coronavirus counter-narrative is valid
Ways to interpret the facts of the situation that make as much, or more, sense as the central narrative
The potential of the spike in the spread virus due to international travel to hotspots as a result of Chinese New Year travel
Questioning the models
Using studies to push your agenda and ignoring studies that don't
Articles that conflict with their own headlines
The way "normies" process information
Reading actual studies than accepting the conclusions someone else draws
The value and future of college in 2020 America
Non-credentialed reasons for accepting information
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1 hr 10 min
April 23, 2020 Reasonable Conversation #3 - Razib Khan (#007)
Chris talks to geneticist and writer, Razib Khan about an article called 'Waking Up to Reality' published in City Journal

Visit him at www.razib.com and www.gnxp.com
You can follow him on social media @razibkhan
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1 hr 58 min
April 21, 2020 Reasonable Rant: On Reopening the Economy and the Value of 'The Theorists' - Part 2 (#006)
Part two of Chris' extremely reasonable rant about:
How social media influences politicians and the media in a cycle of disinformation
Bullying in the name of social justice and the intellectual vacancy of the SJW argument structure
The accuracy of 'the models' and how they influence our decisions
The shortcomings of trying to navigate a secular world 'by the numbers'
Extended discussion on the misuse of 'experts' and inconclusive statistics by 'The Theorists'
Who is actually 'listening to the experts'?
The total lack of feedback to social science theories and why they're constantly wrong
Varying dangers of infection
How our society absorbs death
Whether we have completely overreacted and what that could potentially mean
Belief in belief
...and wtf was this Global Citizen concert all about?

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1 hr 56 min
April 20, 2020 Reasonable Rant: On Reopening the Economy and the Value of 'The Theorists' - Part 1 (#005)
Part one of Chris' extremely reasonable rant about:
The fear of opening
The manipulation of the public fear
Jacksonville beaches
The debate over hydroxychloroquine as presented by a wholly dishonest media
The reopening of Texas
The tradeoffs inherent in the 'economy vs health care' debate

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1 hr 40 min
April 16, 2020 We Were Never Promised Safety (#004)
A monologue about the dangers of emerging.
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37 min
April 13, 2020 Reasonable Conversation #2 - Matt Bilinsky (Episode #003)
Matt Bilinsky is an attorney and an advisor/investor for startups in Los Angeles. He's been utterly obsessed with everything COVID related and has a knack for filtering the noise from the signal.
We discuss:
How to find balance and truth in the modern media landscape
How it's necessary to stay objective about Trump, no matter how offensive you find him
The origins of the virus, whether in the wet markets or in a lab
How the Italian "Silk Road" initiative and travel to China for the Chinese New Year made northern Italy the world's most dangerous hotspot
How California has been relatively spared compared to New York City, and why
Whether there's any validity to the 'herd immunity theory' in California
Urban vs rural spread of the virus
Some predictions on where this is going
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1 hr 11 min
April 07, 2020 Reasonable Conversation - Matt D'Elia (Episode #002)
Great friend and the host of (maybe) the most reasonable podcast on the entire internet, "Matt D'Elia is Confused," Matt D'Elia himself joins for the first Reasonable Conversation.
We discuss:
How to be reasonable with someone who is telling you about how to get rid of sexually transmitted demons
How the pundits at the extremes dictate the terms of the conversation and create the “other side” narrative for people who don’t listen to the other side
Moral blame for going outside during coronavirus
Lockdowns in cities vs rural areas
Whether we should be comfortable with 'nationalizing' issues, lockdowns, etc... while also being uncomfortable with giving someone like Donald Trump that amount of control
How bad faith breeds bad faith
Donald Trump as a symptom vs a cause
How the business model is outrage
The morality of the shutdown and the interplay of the economy with health concerns
Whether our public officials have the courage to make moves that subject them to downside responsibility
How the coronavirus shutdown will affect the movie business
And how Matt is spending his lockdown
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1 hr 23 min
April 06, 2020 Start Here! 'How I Became Reasonable' (#001)
Chris discusses his political and cultural point of view and what it means to 'be reasonable' in an essay called How I Became Reasonable.
This is an entry point to theme and content of the podcast.
* note: This was written and recorded March, 26th.
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32 min