Special Supplementary Material: Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers
Decoding the Gurus · Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
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Show Notes
In this special quasi-crossover episode, we stare deeply into the abyss while enjoying a beverage with renowned psychologist and occasional podcast co-host, Mickey Inzlicht.
P.S. The Decoding of Naomi Klein is coming next week!
Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers
00:27 Introduction
05:57 Mickey's Sabbatical in Japan
12:13 Sensemaking 3.0
25:25 Francis Foster's Bizarre Podcast Roast
34:38 Sabine Hossenfelder thinks Academia is Communism
36:11 The Irony of YouTube Incentives
39:34 Proper Criticisms of Academia
43:28 Is Academia Centrally Planned?
46:24 Culture War Pandering
53:53 Entering the Matt-rix
55:00 In Bed with the Russians notices the Red Scare Wounded Bird Pose
01:00:03 On the etiquette of Replications
01:06:17 Academic Debates on the Effect of Culture on Visual Illusions: Joe Henrich vs. Amir & Firestone
01:11:18 The Legend of Captain Cook: Sahlins vs Obeyesekere
01:12:58 Ideas vs People: Sarah Haider, Colin Wright and an epidemic of hypocrisy
01:17:19 Admitting Mistakes and Research Integrity
01:24:38 Interpersonal Relationships vs. Adversarial Systems
01:33:24 Wastage in Academia
01:39:49 Elon Musk, Pregnancy, and Modern Cults
01:49:01 Signing Off
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Sources
- Mickey's Substack: Speak Now, Regret Later
- Inzlicht, M., Cameron, C. D., D’Cruz, J., & Bloom, P. (2024). In praise of empathic AI. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(2), 89-91.Chicago. And a summary article by Mickey!
- Bad Boys Done Good vs Triggernometry host Francis Foster
- Sabine Hossenfelder - Should we defund academia?
- Alexander Beiner - From Rebel Wisdom to Kainos
- Joe Henrich's thread responding to the Dorsa and Chaz paper
- Chris' old blog on Captain Cook and the second part
- Amir, D., & Firestone, C. (2025, January 25). Is visual perception WEIRD? The Müller-Lyer illusion and the Cultural Byproduct Hypothesis. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y7mtf
- In Bed with the Russians - Red Scared