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Send us Fan Mail Excerpt - There is a popular lie being told to us: that compassion and logic are incompatible. It is usually said that being logical (or "too logical") means that you're not being compassionate or compassionate enough. The corollary to that is often not said out loud but is carried on those same shoulders: in order to be compassionate you must abandon all logic. Lin...

Send us Fan Mail Do we (as humans) have a predilection for things that are unknowable? Do we lose some interest in a thing once we find out how it works? Is it "fascinating" when its workings are mysterious and is it "mundane" when its workings are well known to us? As we learn about something, it loses its mystique. As we come to see new things that we don't know about th...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 10 - Technology and Current Benevolent Overlords The state of our current social media technology.  What is Artificial Intelligence? A computer that mimics the pattern recognition features of a human. Early types of this attempted to do this by rote.  What is a machine learning computer? A machine that takes AI to another level. It is capable of writing its own code based...

Send us Fan Mail Intuition is the ability of the brain to recognize processes and patterns without consciously studying them. It is a very powerful tool but cannot be relied upon. It is the source of many false conclusions. We commonly mistake intuition for instinct. Both are happening outside our conscious perception. Instinct is the collection of decisions granted by genetics that are meant to g...

Send us Fan Mail Some of the questions that are answered in this episode: How did we change from a world without Covid to a world with Covid? What was that experience like from the perspective of an epidemiologist? How well is our vaccine coverage (both in North America and worldwide)? What is the future of covid in our world? How do mRNA vaccines work? Why are some covid variants more prevalent t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 7 - Virtue Signaling and Tribalism What is virtue signalling? The overt or conscious effort to portray a property that we know will be seen positively by our audience. In this context, our "audience" is anyone we are speaking to. We signal our virtues to signal our conformity to the beliefs of others and encourage them to trust us.  Virtue signalling is very ofte...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 6 - Power and Freedom Disclaimer: Jeff's sound quality is lower this week. It won't be for future podcasts. What is power? The ability to influence the decisions of others. What is freedom? The ability to make a decision for yourself absent of influence from others. Also the condition of having a large number of available choices. Two social forces that oppose ea...

Send us Fan Mail Defining conspiracy. Information kept in a "bubble". The information must be something that would affect (or support an agenda that runs counter to the interests of) people outside the bubble. Perfect conspiracies vs imperfect conspiracies. How do conspiracies succeed/fail? The two rules: info inside must have a force keeping it inside, people outside must not be trying...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 4 - Politics and Science If you hear anything in this podcast that you would like to comment about, please send it to truthunrestricted@gmail.com The scientific model: data/observation -> theory/explanation -> hypothesis/prediction -> test/new observation/data Theories are not guesses but explanations of collections of observations. Good theories explain a large n...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3 - Bullying Define bullying. Is it simply social intimidation or is there more to it? Is it a tactic for upward social traction? Why aren't bullies ever alone? Why do they seem to be at the top of their respective social hierachies? Bullying is very common. Is it natural? The comparison of bullying to lightning (it will always be there, just don't be the one bul...

Send us Fan Mail Trust The Two-gate definition. Trust is a subjective experience. Part 1) know something, and 2) benefit from it Why a two-gated definition? It defines exactly why we don't trust in all instances It also helps to see why others don't trust us The need to evoke trust in other people. The role of mimicry Conformity Trust and Conformity. When you need more trust from others...

Send us Fan Mail Rules of Engagement No hyperbole No name-calling, no insults Nothing is sacrosanct, everything can be questioned The "natural" is not revered Ideas are more important than the person who communicates them. No one is inherently wrong. No one is stupid. Avoid mentions of Hitler or Nazi Germany. Avoid Godwin's Law.  Goals Unravelling confirmation bias! Debunking deeply...