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  • #70 Redouan Bshary: Game Theory and Animal Social Behavior

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    Dr. Redouan Bshary is Ordinary Professor of Eco-ethology at the Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. His research is focused on cooperation within and between species (mutualism), making use of game theoretic models. He also studies links between game theoretic approaches, animal cognition and behavioral endocrinology. 

    In this episode, we talk about game theory in the studying of animal social behavior. Topics include cleaning mutualism in fish; the cognitive tools necessary for social behavior; what are evolutionarily stable strategies; the importance of the environment and development, and not just genetics; endocrinology and behavior; one-on-one vs collective dynamics; group selection in humans.

    Time Links:

    00:36 Game theory and the studying of animal social behavior

    02:13 Cleaning mutualism in fish  

    05:30 Is there a minimum cognition for cooperative behavior?  

    07:18 What is an evolutionarily stable strategy, and how does it develop? 

    10:02 The importance of the environment and development 

    15:23 Hormones respond to the environment 

    17:01 One-on-one interactions vs collective interactions 

    19:25 About group selection 

    23:38 Comparative studies between other animal species and humans

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    28 min
  • #174 Michael Muthukrishna: Human Culture, The Cultural Brain, And Political Corruption

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    Dr. Michael Muthukrishna is an Assistant Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics. His other affiliations include Research Associate of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, Affiliate of the Developmental Economics Group at STICERD, and Technical Director of The Database of Religious History. His research focuses on the psychological and evolutionary processes that underlie culture and how culture is transmitted, maintained, and modified. He’s interested in better understanding the dynamic relationship between “cultures” and individuals, where cultures emerge from the interactions of individuals over time, who are in turn shaped by the emergent cultures they constitute. He’s particularly interested in the application of research in cultural evolution to public policy.

    In this episode, we first talk about the interplay between biology and culture in explaining large-scale human cooperation, and the biological bases of human culture. We then refer to the Cultural Brain Hypothesis, the relationship between individual-level psychology and group-level traits, genetic and cultural evolution, and contentious topic of group selection. Finally, we talk about prosocial institutions, and political corruption and how societies might promote it and also common strategies to fight it that might backfire.

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    Articles of Researchgate: https://bit.ly/2XvyygB

    Twitter handle: @mmuthukrishna

    Referenced papers/concepts/books:

    The Baldwin Effect: https://bit.ly/2Hy1krY

    Cultural Evolution: https://bit.ly/2FkrdIh

    The Secret of Our Success (Joe Henrich): https://amzn.to/2OiZWtP

    A Different Kind of Animal (Rob Boyd): https://amzn.to/2FpsdMy

    Darwin's Unfinished Symphony (Kevin Laland): https://amzn.to/2Frhm50

    This View of Life (David S. Wilson): https://amzn.to/2HHVjs9

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    1 hr 14 min
  • #69 Peter Carruthers: Innate Human Cognition

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    Dr. Peter Carruthers is a British-American philosopher and cognitive scientist working primarily in the area of philosophy of mind, though he has also made contributions to philosophy of language and ethics. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, associate member of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program and member of the Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences. He’s also the author of many books, like The Philosophy of Psychology, The Architecture of the Mind, and the editor of the trilogy Innate Mind.

    In this episode, we talk about what is innate in the human mind; the theory of the massive modularity of the human mind, or how the mind is composed of cognitive modules, each dealing with particular sorts of information; the content of our thoughts; the role that language plays in cognition; and how to conjugate innateness with development flexibility.

    Time Links:

    00:44 How is the mind innate?   

    03:50 Is our cognition composed of modules? 

    09:53 The evolutionary bases of cognition

    13:49 Why we don’t have only general-domain learning mechanisms 

    15:24 About the prenatal environment  

    18:12 The content of our thoughts   

    20:47 The role of language in cognition 

    24:19 Creativity in evolution

    27:39 What is creativity about?

    35:02 How does innateness allow for flexibility during development?

    37:40 Follow Dr. Carruthers’ work    

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    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

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    41 min
  • #68 Jerry Z. Muller: History and Philosophy of Capitalism

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    Dr. Jerry Muller is Ordinary Professor of History at the Catholic University of America, where he teaches courses on historical and contemporary subjects, including capitalism; nationalism; conservatism; the history of social, political, economic, and religious thought; and modern German and Jewish history. He’s also the author of books like The Mind and the Market, Capitalism and the Jews, and, the most recent one, The Tyranny of Metrics.

    In this episode, we talk about the conditions that favored the development of the industrial revolution in England; the philosophy of capitalism, and the several disputes; the relevance of Marxism; capitalism and its varieties; the importance of economic inequality; and Dr. Muller’s latest book, The Tyranny of Metrics.

    Time Links:

    00:43 The advent of the industrial revolution in England

    05:28 Philosophical disputes in the early days of capitalism  

    11:55 Adam Smith and the invisible hand of the market 

    19:47 Justus Möser and the conservative critique of capitalism 

    23:11 Is Marx still relevant? 

    29:10 What opponents and proponents of capitalism have in common 

    35:50 The varieties of capitalism 

    41:31 Economic inequality, and to what degree it is a problem 

    48:37 The Tyranny of Metrics

    53:31 Follow Dr. Muller’s work

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    Faculty page: https://history.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/muller-jerry/index.html

    Twitter handle: @jerryzmuller

    Books: https://tinyurl.com/ybmgmfl8

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    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

    And check out my playlists on:

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    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

    56 min
  • #67 Martin Schaefer: The Right Way to Preserve Biodiversity

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    Dr. Martin Schaefer is a former Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology of the University of Freiburg, Germany. Now, he’s leading a conservation NGO, Fundación Jocotoco (www.fjocotoco.org), based in Ecuador. 

    In this episode, we talk about the conservation of endangered species, what biological aspects should be taken into consideration, and how to best canalize our efforts and resources. We also talk a little bit about the work Dr. Schaefer is doing at Fundación Jocotoco, in Ecuador. Topics include: the importance of genetic diversity, and its interplay with climate change; range sizes; species and environments that are more vulnerable to climate change; the risk coming from new pathogens and parasites; respecting each species sociality; and aiming at preserving biodiversity, and not particular species.

    Time Links:

    00:31 The importance of genetic diversity in conservationism of endangered species

    03:46 The interplay between climate change and genetic diversity  

    07:00 Range size 

    09:40 Regions in the Earth where species are more vulnerable to climate change 

    12:40 Interactions with new pathogens and parasitic agents 

    17:49 Taking species’ sociality into account 

    24:21 Conserving biodiversity, and not particular species 

    28:22 Fundación Jocotoco in Ecuador, its aims and goals 

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    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

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    34 min
  • #173 Belén López-Pérez: Cruel To Be Kind, Empathy, Emotion Regulation And Happiness

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    Dr. Belén López-Pérez is a Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool Hope University in the UK, where she also directs the ChildLab. She concluded her PhD in Social psychology at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in 2012, and her Postdoctoral research in Social and Developmental Psychology in the School of Psychology at Plymouth University. Her research interests include empathy and interpersonal emotion regulation across the lifespan, as well as happiness and wellbeing. Her current research projects are focused on interpersonal emotion regulation in childhood and developmental differences in emotion goals (i.e., what people would like to feel in different contexts).

    In this episode, we talk about empathy, emotion regulation, and the unexpected relationship between empathy and cruelty. First, we talk about the several cognitive and emotional dimensions of empathy. Then, we discuss emotion regulation and how it relates to empathy, as well as the developmental stages children go through when it comes to emotion regulation. We also refer to the relationship between emotion regulation and happiness, and the perils of focusing too much on happiness. Finally, we talk about the relationship between empathy and cruelty.

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    Articles of Researchgate: https://bit.ly/2H9tY1W

    Cruel to be kind: should you sometimes be bad for another’s good? (Aeon): https://bit.ly/2T7IYUZ

    Emodiscovery: http://emodiscovery.com/


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    Can empathic concern be generalized from one person to others? Another positive side of the ‘one-among-others’ effect: https://bit.ly/2JiG1wy

    Cruel to Be Kind: Factors Underlying Altruistic Efforts to Worsen Another Person’s Mood: https://bit.ly/2HBxnXh

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    54 min
  • #66 David Gorski: Science-Based Medicine, Fighting Quackery

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    Dr. David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute specializing in breast cancer surgery, where he also serves as the Medical Director of the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center. He’s also Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and faculty of the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology. He’s also the Managing Editor of Science-Based Medicine (https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/).

    In this episode, we talk about the great online publication, Science-Based Medicine, founded by Dr. Steven Novella, and the history of it, and the motivation behind its creation; the many deceiving ways complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has to further its agenda; if there is any alternative medicine worth trying, and some of the most its dangerous proposals; and some very good advice for people to avoid getting into CAM, and wasting their money.

    Time Links:

    00:44 The history of Science-Based Medicine   

    08:53 Is alternative medicine politically and academically stronger nowadays? 

    13:53 Why “Science-Based Medicine”?

    22:30 The manipulation with the term CAM/integrative medicine 

    29:22 Is any alternative medicine worth trying?    

    31:21 What are the most dangerous things alternative therapists advocate for?   

    37:03 Have Dr. Gorski ever changed his mind about some alternative medicine? 

    39:15 Do we already know about all alternative therapies that exist?  

    42:11 The best advice for people to avoid CAM

    44:21 Why do people so easily get into CAM

    48:43 Follow Mr. Gorski’s work    

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    Twitter handle: @gorskon

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    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

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    PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p

    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

    51 min
  • #65 Dale Purves: How Perception and Cognition Work

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    Dr. Dale Purves is Geller Professor of Neurobiology Emeritus at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, at Duke University. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989 for his work on neural development and synaptic plasticity. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. He is the author of many books, including Principles of Neural Development, and Brains: How they Seem to Work, and also the lead author on the textbooks Neuroscience, and Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience. His research during the last 15 years has sought to explain why we see and hear what we do, focusing on the visual perception of lightness, color, form, and motion, and the auditory perception of music and speech.

    In this episode, we talk how perception evolved and works; how our cognitive systems have an innate structural organization, but also allow for neuroplasticity at the same time; what are illusions; if there’s any direct relation between conscious perception and the production of behavior, as when we’re driving and thinking about something, and not consciously aware of our surroundings; understanding perception in wholly empirical terms; and the proper way to look at the relationship between perception and reality as such.

    Time Links:

    01:08 The evolutionary basis of perception

    07:09 Do our brains make inferences based on limited information? 

    08:48 How do we combine innate structural organization with neuroplasticity? 

    10:46 Our brains contain innate information in the way they’re structured 

    12:57 Fixed action patterns, or “instincts” 

    13:52 Are illusions errors in cognition? 

    16:08  Is there any direct relation between conscious perception and the production of behavior? 

    18:36 Understanding vision (and perception) in wholly empirical terms 

    22:30 Putting aside the distinction between “reality as such” and our experience of reality 

    24:59 What is “real”?

    26:46 Follow Dr. Purves’ work!

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    Faculty page: https://dibs.duke.edu/scholars/dale-purves

    Books: https://tinyurl.com/yc7etryp

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    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

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    PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p

    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

    29 min
  • #172 Joseph Carroll: Literary Darwinism, Postmodernism, And The Humanities

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    Dr. Joseph Carroll is a scholar in the field of literature and evolution. He is currently Curators’ Professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where he has taught since 1985. Dr. Carroll's Evolution and Literary Theory was one of the first literary studies to "take the cue from important developments in disciplines such as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary anthropology, and sociobiology," seeing evolutionary biology as an alternative to poststructuralism and rejecting poststructuralism's textualism (the notion that world is made of words) and indeterminancy (the self-subverting character of "discourse"). He’s also the author of Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature and Literature, Reading Human Nature, Graphing Jane Austen, has also produced an edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, co-edited volumes 1 and 2 of The Evolutionary Review, and co-edited Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader.

    In this episode, we discuss Literary Darwinism. We talk about important insights that came from sociobiology and evolutionary psychology and how that helped get past approaches like poststructuralism and deconstructionism. We also talk about the interplay between culture and biology, and some of the most relevant aspects of human psychology in literature, as well as how to properly talk about social and cultural constructs with biology at their basis. We go through some of the most distinct approaches and hypotheses put forth by evolutionary theorists as to the biological bases of the arts and literature and how they work, from Pinker’s mental cheesecake, to E. O. Wilson’s imaginative virtual worlds, to Geoffrey Miller and sexual selection, and to Gad Saad’s consumer behavior and cognitive modules at the basis of fiction. We also refer to human universals and Jungian archetypes. Finally, we talk about how to approach the study of meaning in literature, and in what ways Darwinism and evolutionary theory can contribute to the modernization of the Humanities.

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    Personal website: https://bit.ly/2HmjqgD

    Articles of Researchgate: https://bit.ly/2GR6wH9

    Academia.edu profile: https://bit.ly/2CmiuVz

    Books: https://amzn.to/2JfwlCI

    Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture: https://esiculture.com/


    52 min
  • Patricia Churchland Part 2: Self, Morality, Reductionism, Meaning of Life

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    Part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Patricia Churchland: Self, Morality, Reductionism, Meaning of Life.

    Time Links:

    00:00 Is there a “self”? 

    02:36 Morality in the brain

    09:33 Free will and personal responsibility

    20:06 Reductionism vs emergentism

    27:00 Can Philosophy become obsolete?

    29:24 Science and the meaning of life

    35:35 Follow Dr. Churchland’s work

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    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

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    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

    38 min

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