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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Jan 8, 2022
40:22
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
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2
Bays Rule - How to Avoid Fallacies
03:14 • 2min
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3
How to Avoid Fallacies
05:25 • 3min
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Do You Have to Turn Over the D Card?
08:15 • 3min
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5
A Twist on the Probability Problem
11:28 • 2min
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Why Humanity Is Losing Its Mind
13:12 • 3min
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The Myside Bias
15:52 • 3min
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8
Are You Susceptible to Creationism and Syncrenicity?
18:44 • 3min
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Why Do People Believe Weird Things?
21:34 • 3min
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10
The Reality Zone
24:09 • 3min
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11
The Myside Bias
27:19 • 3min
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12
Rationality Drives Material Progress
30:17 • 4min
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What Is Unforgivable in War?
34:32 • 2min
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The Manhood of the Slave
36:12 • 3min
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The Power of Reason to Guide Moral Progress
38:46 • 2min
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Even our best efforts at being rational are beset by biases that skew our thinking. Steven Pinker's new book is Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. He spoke at the Cato Club retreat in 2021.


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