Episode 121: A New Paradigm for Psychology?
Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous due called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology. Using principles from cybernetics, can we explain emotion, motivation, personality, mental illness, and more?
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Show Notes
Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous duo called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology based on principles from cybernetics. This means thinking of the behavior as the result of "governors" (think drives) that are trying to reduce the distance between a set point and the state of the world by motivating you to do stuff. So when you are thirsty, you are highly motivated to drink, and when you need to pee, you are highly motivated to find a toilet. Those are simple examples, but can we use the same principles to explain more complex phenomena like emotion, motivation, personality, mental illness, and more? That is what my guests on this episode are proposing.
Special Guest: Slime Mold Time Mold.
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