Sped up Rationally Speaking
Today: #173 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Germany
Not on the United States charts we track today.
Not on the United Kingdom charts we track today.
Not on the Canada charts we track today.
Not on the Australia charts we track today.
Not on the Germany charts we track today.
Not on the Brazil charts we track today.
Not on the Mexico charts we track today.
Not on the Ireland charts we track today.
Not on the India charts we track today.
Not on the Japan charts we track today.
Not on the Philippines charts we track today.
Not on the South Africa charts we track today.
If you like Sped up Rationally Speaking, try…
Ranking history · Germany
Latest episodes
-
Rationally Speaking #169 - Owen Cotton-Barratt on "Thinking About Humanity's Far Future"
January 3, 2021 · 45 minWhat can we do now to affect whether humanity is still around in 1000 years (and what life will be like then)? In this episode, Julia talks with Owen Cotton-Barratt, a mathematician at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. They cover…
-
Rationally Speaking #168 - Don Moore on "Overconfidence"
January 3, 2021 · 44 minThis episode features a chat with Don Moore, professor of management of organizations at the University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and an expert in overconfidence. Don and Julia discuss the various forms of…
-
Rationally Speaking #167 - Samuel Arbesman on "Why technology is becoming too complex"
January 3, 2021 · 48 minAs the technology we rely on every day becomes increasingly sophisticated, it's getting to the point where it's too complicated to understand -- not just for individual users, but for any human at all. In this episode, Julia talks with…
-
Rationally Speaking #166 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Why you should expect the truth to be crazy"
January 3, 2021 · 52 minSome theories violate common sense so wildly that you want to just reject them out of hand. For example, "The United States is conscious," or "The most moral act would be to replace all living beings with an orgasmic blob." On the other…
-
Rationally Speaking #165 - Robert Frank on "Success and Luck"
January 3, 2021 · 52 minIf someone asks you, "What caused your success (in finance, your career, etc.)?" what probably comes to mind for you is a story about how you worked hard and made smart choices. Which is likely true -- but what you don't see are all the…
Show 7 more episodesShow fewer episodes
-
Rationally Speaking #164 - James Evans on "Using meta-knowledge to learn how science works"
January 3, 2021 · 46 minHas science gotten slower over the years? Does the proliferation of jargon make it harder for scientists to collaborate? What unstated assumptions -- "ghost theories" -- are shaping our research without us even realizing it? In this…
-
Rationally Speaking #163 - Gregg Caruso on "Free Will and Moral Responsibility"
January 3, 2021 · 57 minIf people don't have free will, then can we be held morally responsible for our actions? And what would happen to society if we were to collectively shed our belief in free will? In this episode Julia talks with philosopher Gregg Caruso…
-
Rationally Speaking #162 - Sean Carroll on "Poetic Naturalism"
January 3, 2021 · 49 minNaturalism is the stance that everything that exists in the universe arises from "natural" causes, of the sort observable by science -- not supernatural ones. It's practically a foundational tenet of skepticism. But does it imply that…
-
Rationally Speaking #161 - Tom Griffiths and Brian Christian on "Algorithms to Live By"
January 3, 2021 · 45 minJulia chats with the authors of Algorithms to Live By, about how to apply key algorithms from computer science to our real life problems. For example, deciding which apartment to rent, planning your career, and prioritizing your projects…
-
Rationally Speaking #160 - Live at NECSS -- Jacob Appel on "Tackling bioethical dilemmas"
January 3, 2021 · 1 hr 3 minIt's the annual live Rationally Speaking episode, taped at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in NYC! This year features returning guest Jacob Appel, a bioethicist (and lawyer, and psychiatrist). Jacob and Julia discuss…
-
Rationally Speaking #159 - Colin Allen on "Do fish feel pain?"
January 3, 2021 · 56 minIn this episode Julia talks with philosopher of cognitive science Colin Allen about whether fish can feel pain. In the process they explore a cluster of related questions: Are fish conscious, and how could we tell? What's the difference…
-
Rationally Speaking #158 - Dr. George Ainslie on "Negotiating with your future selves"
January 3, 2021 · 46 minEver make a plan to diet, or exercise, or study, and then -- when the scheduled hour rolls around -- decide, "Nah, I'll just put it off another day"? If you said "no," I don't believe you! This episode features behavioral psychiatrist (and…