Mental Reps

Today we discussed thought experiments like Newcomb's paradox, the birthday paradox and the wason selection task.

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

0:51-The Wason Selection Task

17:23-Number Rules

22:13-BURGER AND FRIES

26:59-The Birthday Paradox

40:23-The Linda Problem

44:44-Newcombs Paradox

In this we talk about thought experiments that make you think outside the box.

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

1:16-A Man Lost His Cow

42:24-Herat Transplant?

52:38-Heart Transplant Variation

58:10-Xeno's Traveller

1:14:01-Mary's Room

Ever wanted to be good at math in your head? Us too, today we're trying to get good at it.

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

2:07-Addition

15:13-Subtraction

23:25-Compliment Method

51:08-Multiplication

1:11:05-The Subtraction Method

1:13:44-Squaring Method

1:19:41-Factoring Method

1:31:51-Close Together Method

1:37:33-Handy Mental Tricks

Join Ben and Fisher as they explore why we are nice, examining the role of natural selection and evolution in shaping human nature. This episode dives into human psychology behavior, offering insights from cognitive psychology into how our traits develop.

Did evolution hide reality from us?

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

4:47-Experience is an Illusion

10:04-What is Our Brain Constructing?

20:51-Is This Compatible With Realism?

24:34-is Pain Fake?

27:43-Optical Illusions

46:27-The Expectation Effect

49:30-What's Actually Real?

1:05:24-Kirk Cameron

1:12:11-Does Natural Selection Select Truth?

1:41:39-Why Aren't Truth And Fitness the Same?

1:50:05-Isn't This Self Refuting?

1:55:59-Game

Ben and Fisher discuss the "self". Is the way change around others a form of lying? How do we know when we are being truly authentic... if there is such a thing.

If you want to be happy, take these tips.

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

1:49-What Actually is Happiness?

21:09-Is Happiness Only Psychological?

23:48-Hedonism

38:48-Life Satisfaction

43:15-Emotional State

53:51-Hybrid State

55:25-Can Someone be Wrong About Their Own Happiness?1:04:39-Buddha

1:12:52-Plato

1:13:52-Aristotle

1:19:09-Epicurus

1:21:29-St.Augustine

1:23:35-Thomas Aquinas

1:24:58-Friedrich Neitzsche

1:27:08- Victor Frankl

1:30:54-The Problem With Measuring Happiness

1:36:40-Happiness is Genetic

1:43:51-Happiness Data

1:52:43-Happiness Math

2:08:48-People are Bad at Predicting What They Want

2:14:15-Conclusion

Ben and Fish are back at it again with more nuclear physics. Today we talk fusion, stars, and the future of energy.

00:00 Intro

01:25 Terms

19:30 Radiation

24:28 Isotopes

31:30 Ions

33:08 Molecules

35:29 Plasma

43:15 Physics of Fusion

1:01:20 How Do We Do This on Earth?

1:16:46 Game

1:32:07 Outro

We think nuclear is the future of power production, do you?

Timestamps:

0:00-Intro

2:21-Global Energy Production

6:51-The Physics of Nuclear

22:16-Xenon-135

29:13-Fast and Thermal Neutrons

32:50-Different Reactor Types

42:52-Flying a Plane Into a Reactor

47:17-SCRAM48:32-Boiling Water Reactor

59:15-RBMK Reactor

1:07:48-What Actually Happened at Chernobyl?

1:36:24-Conclusion

1:41:26-Game

We take a deep dive into Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. Does this book have anything relevant to teach modern Christians?