#17 – Lulie Tanett: Epistemology in the Social Sciences, Mindfulness and Taking Children Seriously
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Show Notes
Lulie Tanett is a writer and expositor of ideas of applied critical rationalism.
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We talk about:
* Lulie’s untypical childhood and the parenting philosophy she was raised under
* What psychology and the social sciences can learn from epistemology
* Mindfulness tied to Critical Rationalism
* The constraints of creativity
* And much more!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Lulie’s childhood and Taking Children Seriously
9:30 - Why social science isn’t science
11:35 - Evolutionary psychology
14:15 - Foundations of psychology: not neurology, but epistemology
15:35 - Meme theory
17:39 - What’s needed for consciousness?
19:54 - AGI
21:14 - Criticism Scheduling and Privacy
29:35 - Tying mindfulness and meditation to Critical Rationalism
45:05 - Constraints help creativity
50:27 - Non-coercive schools
52:53 - Critical Rationalism community + recommendations by Lulie
MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
* The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
* Episode 10 of Do Explain with David Deutsch on The Primacy of Ideas
* Lulie’s recent appearance on the Do Explain podcast [The Chapman Series, Pt.5]
* David Deutsch on the ‘Fun Criterion’ with Lulie Tanett
* Lulie’s post on Alexander Technique
LULIE’S LINKS
* Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reasonisfun
* Website: https://www.lulie.co.uk/
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