Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren
101 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDo Explain is a conversational podcast centered around questions of individual and collective human progress. Originally inspired by the visionary worldview of David Deutsch, the podcast has expanded into a lighthearted exploration of growth and progress in all its forms. Common discussion topics include the nature of mind, meaning, and knowledge; technologies of personal transformation; and the future of human flourishing. Hosted by the irrevocably curious dickhead, Christofer Lövgren.
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#56 - Relationship in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBChristofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about their article 'Relating as beneficent space' in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss fixed patterns in interaction, psychological vs. Vajrayana perspective, Rigpa, accurate response, extraception, basic okayness, and other related topics. Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinar...
#55 - Pointing Out Instructions in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery
May 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBChristofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Dzogchen in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss different types of non-duality, spontaneity, spacious presence, Rigpa, emptiness and form, pointing out instructions, Evolving Ground, and other related topics. Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary life - that they bring to t...
#54 - Critical Rationalism 2.0, with Lucas Smalldon
May 01, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBChristofer and science writer Lucas Smalldon speak about epistemology in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss how Lucas found Critical Rationalism, his evolved version as different from David Deutsch's, knowledge as adapted information, universal epistemology vs. 'knowing different things are different', Seinfeld and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the importance of feeling ones feelings, and other related topics. Lucas Smalldon is a student of critical rationalism. His blog, barelym...
#53 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.6] Hot Tub Time Machine
April 18, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBThis is part 6 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the sixth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation again to dive deeper into meta-rationality. They talk about truth and correspondence, evolution, brains in vats, abstract propositions fairy land, the frame problem in AI, what...
#52 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.5] POPPER WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME
April 08, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBThis is part 5 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the fifth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation to compare her current (critical) rationalist position with the meta-rational one. They talk about the historical lineage that CR grew out of, why Descarted fucked up philosoph...
#51 - Everything Everywhere All at Once, with Jonny Miller
March 31, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 84 MBChristofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about the path to authenticity in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss a recent Sacred Sons-retreat, the role of emotions in decision making, being vulnerable, circling, working with inner 'darkness', effective altruism, ethics, how emotional fluidity is a superpower, meaning, Christopher Bache's LSD-insights, reason, whether healing requires other people, and other related topics. Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience resear...
#50 - Alexander Technique and Embodiment, with Lulie Tanett (feat. Hugo Holke)
March 27, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBChristofer and writer Lulie Tanett speak about the unity of body and mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their journeys toward emotional fluidity, Alexander Technique, psychology and awareness, non-duality, Christofer's critiques of AT, Lulie's experiences of oneness, CR and meta-rationality, and answer some Twitter-questions. Lulie Tanett is a writer from Oxford, England, specialising in applied critical rationalism. She is currently in teacher training for the Alexander Tech...
#49 - Nervous System Mastery, with Jonny Miller
February 13, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBChristofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about breath and bodywork in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Jonny's journey through grief and loss, emotional fluidity, why feeling deeply isn’t irrational, embracing anger, holotropic breathwork, polyvagal theory, breath repatterning, trauma as incomplete reflexes, somatic experiencing, TRE, IFS, and other related topics. Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researcher, host of the Curious Humans podcast and founder o...
Guest Appearance on the Art of Accomplishment, with My Wife
February 04, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBChristofer and his wife Sadie joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): "Our guest Christofer returns with his wife Sadie for a powerful couples coaching session with Joe. They uncover how a pattern of self-reliance and appearing strong for each other has created stress in their relationship. What happens when they try a different approach?" Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly) https://ko-fi.co...
#48 - $20M Start-Up, Jhanas and Dzogchen, with Oliver Edholm
January 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBChristofer and entrepreneur Oliver Edholm speak about his road to becoming CEO of a major AI start-up (Depict) and meditation in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Minecraft and programming, dropping out of high school, joining Y-combinator, AI-recommendation engines, why Depict is different from larger competitors, the role of emotions in decision-making, the four jhanas, Dzogchen, pointing-out instructions, and other related topics. Oliver Edholm is a 20-year old high school dropout...
#47 - Emptiness, with Jake Orthwein
January 15, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the buddhist concept of Emptiness in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss dependent co-arising, lack of inherent existence and no-self, Rob Burbea's 'ways of looking', the baysian brain and meditation, why emptiness is liberative, 'fear of emptiness' and DPDR, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and cur...
Guest Appearance on the Art of Accomplishment
December 09, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBChristofer joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): "Today’s episode is a coaching session with a guest who wants to stop postponing his enjoyment into an abstract future that never arrives. This session opens up an exploration of what can happen when we bring enjoyment into any moment: even the experience of chronic pain." Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly) https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-...
#46 - Embodied Awareness, with Charlie Awbery
October 29, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 106 MBChristofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Vajrayana in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Charlie's early awakening experience, the importance of view in meditation, Tantra and Dzogchen, experiential sameness, renunciation vs. engagement, self-love, no self, the "should" of being more mindful, the possibility of stabilizing Rigpa, Evolving Ground, Ultraspeaking, silence as a superpower, and other related topics. Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation co...
#45 - Be Your Own Authority, with Joe Hudson
October 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBChristofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about following your own wisdom in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the idea of love languages, the trap of trying to make other people happy, loving vs. liking people, empathizing without getting lost in a story, limiting belief cycles, if Joe still suffers, embracing physical pain, and other related topics. Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishment, an online learning platform for personal ...
#44 - Why You Can't Meditate While Running From a Tiger, with Marek Doyle
September 02, 2022 16:00 - 2 hours - 95.5 MBChristofer and metabolic nutritionist Marek Doyle speak about the role of physiology in meditative success in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Marek's own path to introspection, the energetic cost of emotional suppression, neural rewiring of maladaptive associations, technical debt, body tension, the misunderstood role of cortisol in the stress response, physical hurdles to psychological progress, Marek's approach to solving these, why everybody should supplement with magnesium, MDMA...
#43 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.4] Stages of Adult Development
July 13, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThis is part 4 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the fourth episode they focus on Chapman's discussion of Robert Kegan's stages of adult development. They talk about Piaget's constructivist lineage, how one relates to meaning in the different stages, and give an overview of Chap...
#42 - Knowing Less, with Aella
May 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBChristofer and micro-celebrity Aella speak about exploring one's mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Aella's ten months of doing acid, deconstructing identity, inner vastness, exploring pain, embodiment, four categories of enlightenment, fallibilism, spiritual authority, belief construction, holding on to ideas, twitter-questions, and other related topics. Aella is a sex worker, blogger, and controversial twitter-celebrity who loves collecting data from her audience. She was ho...
#41 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.3] Deconstructing Dzogchen
April 27, 2022 07:00 - 2 hours - 89.7 MBThis is part 3 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the third episode they focus on the different ways Chapman and Sam Harris speak about the central insight of Dzogchen. They talk about the self as an illusion, rigpa, the four naljors within Dzogchen, emptiness, sutric renunciatio...
#40 - Turbulent Tripping, with Aaron Nesmith-Beck
April 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBChristofer and entrepreneur Aaron Nesmith-Beck speak about practical tips for having a useful psychedelic experience in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss if using drugs is cheating, dealing with bad/challenging trips, ceremonial containers for a trip, nested arcs, fractal insights, tripping in a group, psilocybin retreats in Holland, DMT, QRI and neural annealing, meeting extra dimensional beings, and other related topics. Aaron Nesmith-Beck is a writer and entrepreneur most interest...
#40 - Turbulent Tripping, with Aaron Nesmith-Beck
April 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBChristofer and entrepreneur Aaron Nesmith-Beck speak about practical tips for having a useful psychedelic experience in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss if using drugs is cheating, dealing with bad/challenging trips, ceremonial containers for a trip, nested arcs, fractal insights, tripping in a group, psilocybin retreats in Holland, DMT, QRI and neural annealing, meeting extra dimensional beings, and other related topics. Aaron Nesmith-Beck is a writer and entrepreneur most interest...
#39 - The Magic of Mushrooms, with Aaron Nesmith-Beck
March 24, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBChristofer and entrepreneur Aaron Nesmith-Beck speak about the transformative powers of psychedelics in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss how nice Canadians really are, common objections to using psychedelics, Aaron's most memorable psychedelic experiences, Atman Retreat, tripping solo or with a sitter, crying as a therapeutic tool, bodymind tension, highly sensitive people (HSP), the experience of Oneness, the metaphysics of mystical insight, and other related topics. Aaron Nesmith-...
#38 - Laughing Out Loud, with Joe Hudson
February 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBChristofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about resisting positive emotions in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss crying at bus stops, laughing, dealing with anger, the shadow, inherent goodness, original sin, love what you do vs. do what you love, parts work, and other related topics. Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishment, an online learning platform for personal development. As a venture capitalist Joe found that the most reward...
#38 - Laughter and Bliss, with Joe Hudson
February 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBChristofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about resisting positive emotions in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss crying at bus stops, laughing, dealing with anger, the shadow, inherent goodness, original sin, love what you do vs. do what you love, parts work, and other related topics. Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishment, an online learning platform for personal development. As a venture capitalist Joe found that the most reward...
#37 - [The Chapman Series, Pt. 2] Nebulosity of Knowing
February 07, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBThis is part 2 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the second episode they focus on why the search for a universal theory of epistemology is problematic. They talk about mathematical and semantic information, the difference between nebulosity and fallibilism, and Chapman's divisio...
#36 - [The Chapman Series, Pt. 1] Cognitivism, Representationalism, and Rationalism
January 26, 2022 09:00 - 2 hours - 83.6 MBThis is part 1 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com). In the first episode they focus on problematic cognitivist assumptions that undergird much of Deutsch's critical rationalism. They talk about Heidegger's idea of coping with the world, the relationship between cognition, perception ...
#35 - Connection, with Joe Hudson
November 23, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBChristofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about emotional fluidity in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss fishing in Alaska, the value of being impartial in conversation, connection, repressed emotion and physical tension, rationality vs. emotion, improving decision making, cognitive deconstruction, enlightenment, non-duality, the self, depersonalization and zen sickness, and other related topics. Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishme...
#35 - Connection, with Joe Hudson
November 23, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBChristofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about emotional fluidity in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss fishing in Alaska, the value of being impartial in conversation, connection, repressed emotion and physical tension, rationality vs. emotion, improving decision making, cognitive deconstruction, enlightenment, non-duality, the self, depersonalization and zen sickness, and other related topics. Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishme...
#34 - Animal Sentience, with Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman
November 01, 2021 03:00 - 2 hours - 98.1 MBChristofer, Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman speak about whether animals are sentient in this episode of Do Explain. Walter argues "yes", Dennis argues "no" and Matt argues that the hard problem really is hard. They discuss the difference between sentience and consciousness, the special way humans learn, consciousness as a binary jump vs. gradually evolving, animals as mere robots, information processing and computation, the hard problem of consciousness, anthropomorphism, pan...
#34 - Sentience, with Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman
November 01, 2021 03:00 - 2 hours - 97.8 MBChristofer, Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman speak about whether animals are sentient in this episode of Do Explain. Walter argues "yes", Dennis argues "no" and Matt argues that the hard problem really is hard. They discuss the difference between sentience and consciousness, the special way humans learn, consciousness as a binary jump vs. gradually evolving, animals as mere robots, information processing and computation, the hard problem of consciousness, anthropomorphism, pan...
Guest Appearance on Humans
October 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBChristofer joins Josh Levent on the Humans podcast (Josh's episode description below): "Christofer Lövgren calls himself the irrevocably curious dickhead. Born and raised in Sweden, he grew up playing with Legos, Gameboy and Trading Cards. When he was 5 he picked up the guitar from his granddad and fell in love with it. He only gave it up at age 19, when his workout addiction led to extreme pain in his hands and forearms making guitar-playing impossible. Luckily he’s now again at a place...
#33 - In a Sea of Studies: COVID-19 Vaccines, with Marek Doyle and Dr. Purvi Parikh
October 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBChristofer, Marek Doyle and Dr. Purvi Parikh speak about the COVID-19 vaccines in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their effectiveness/efficacy, CDC's change in reporting of breakthrough infections, methodological limitations of certain studies, vaccine safety, comparing COVID-19 with the flu, natural immunity, self-reporting, and other related topics. Marek Doyle is a functional nutritional therapist based in London, England. He has spent the last 15 years reconciling the data from...
Guest Appearance on Increments
September 21, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBChristofer joins Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani on the Increments podcast (their episode description below): "Christofer Lövgren, host of the marvelous Do Explain podcast and the world's most famous Swede (second perhaps only to that Alfred fellow with the peace prize), joins us on the pod to teach us how podcasting is really done. And how to pronounce his last name. When we're not all sobbing, we touch on: Does Deutschian epistemology give us with Free Will? Should one identify as a critic...
Guest Appearance on Increments
September 21, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBChristofer joins Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani on the Increments podcast (their episode description below): "Christofer Lövgren, host of the marvelous Do Explain podcast and the world's most famous Swede (second perhaps only to that Alfred fellow with the peace prize), joins us on the pod to teach us how podcasting is really done. And how to pronounce his last name. When we're not all sobbing, we touch on: Does Deutschian epistemology give us with Free Will? Should one identify as a critic...
#32 - The Boundaries of Self, with Jake Orthwein
September 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the interaction between self and the world in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Jake's Youtube-channel, the tension behind your face, nonduality, monism and Cartesian dualism, embodiment, the difference between conjectural knowledge and knowledge by acquaintance, representation, existential benefits of CR, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science a...
#32 - The Boundaries of Self, with Jake Orthwein
September 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the interaction between self and the world in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Jake's Youtube-channel, the tension behind your face, nonduality, monism and Cartesian dualism, embodiment, the difference between conjectural knowledge and knowledge by acquaintance, representation, existential benefits of CR, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science a...
#31.2 - Problematic Probability, with Ben Chugg
August 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBChristofer and podcaster Ben Chugg speak about probability and prediction in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Pascal's mugging, bayesian decision theory, historicism and cliodynamics, AI-risk, immortality, moral cluelessness, and other related topics. Ben Chugg is a research fellow at Stanford law school. He has a background in math and computer science and, along with Vaden Masrani, hosts the increments podcast. He also writes insightful philosophy articles at Medium. Website: htt...
#31.1 - Nonuniversal Explainers, with Ben Chugg
July 11, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBChristofer and podcaster Ben Chugg speak about evolutionary psychology in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss listening to podcasts at faster speed, information addiction, the role of neurobiology, impatience, the fun criterion, universal explainers, the salience of memory/speed in intelligence, and other related topics. Ben Chugg is a research fellow at Stanford law school. He has a background in math and computer science and, along with Vaden Masrani, hosts the increments podcast. He...
#31.1 - Nonuniversal Explainers, with Ben Chugg
July 11, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBChristofer and podcaster Ben Chugg speak about evolutionary psychology in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss listening to podcasts at faster speed, information addiction, the role of neurobiology, impatience, the fun criterion, universal explainers, the salience of memory/speed in intelligence, and other related topics. Ben Chugg is a research fellow at Stanford law school. He has a background in math and computer science and, along with Vaden Masrani, hosts the increments podcast. He...
#32 - Make the Future Come Sooner, with Mathias Sundin
June 19, 2021 14:00 - 2 hours - 84.3 MBChristofer and CEO Mathias Sundin speak about how the world is getting better in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss bitcoin, anti-dancing laws, Starcraft, why Mathias got into politics, bad criticism, human potential, law of Jante, echo chambers, social media, AI, the importance of progress, extreme poverty, colonizing space, idea sex, moral relativism, liberal democracy, fact-based optimism, the Warp Institute, and other related topics. Mathias Sundin is co-founder and executive chai...
#30 - Make the Future Come Sooner, with Mathias Sundin
June 19, 2021 14:00 - 2 hours - 84.3 MBChristofer and CEO Mathias Sundin speak about how the world is getting better in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss bitcoin, anti-dancing laws, Starcraft, why Mathias got into politics, bad criticism, human potential, law of Jante, echo chambers, social media, AI, the importance of progress, extreme poverty, colonizing space, idea sex, moral relativism, liberal democracy, fact-based optimism, the Warp Institute, and other related topics. Mathias Sundin is co-founder and executive chai...
#31 - The Creative Power of Monogamy, with Sarah Fitz-Claridge
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBChristofer and writer Sarah Fitz-Claridge speak about romantic relationships in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss problems with open relationships, why the standard take on monogamy is mistaken, the importance of commitment, relationship as a knowledge-creating institution, depth vs. breadth of knowledge, sexual connection, cheating, genetic impulses, love and acceptence, non-coercion, boundaries, and other related topics. Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a Popperian writer, editor, coach and ...
#29 - The Creative Power of Monogamy, with Sarah Fitz-Claridge
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBChristofer and writer Sarah Fitz-Claridge speak about romantic relationships in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss problems with open relationships, why the standard take on monogamy is mistaken, the importance of commitment, relationship as a knowledge-creating institution, depth vs. breadth of knowledge, sexual connection, cheating, genetic impulses, love and acceptence, non-coercion, boundaries, and other related topics. Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a Popperian writer, editor, coach and ...
#28.2 - Introspection, with Jake Orthwein
May 09, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the mind and introspection in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss meditation, empiricism, suffering, the self, dzogchen vs. vipassana, non-duality, free will, perception, computation, logic, correspondence theory of truth, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for th...
#30 - Meaning and Meta-Rationality (Part Two), with Jake Orthwein
May 09, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the mind and introspection in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss meditation, empiricism, suffering, the self, dzogchen vs. vipassana, non-duality, free will, perception, computation, logic, correspondence theory of truth, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for th...
#27.2 - The Nature of Knowledge, with Brett Hall
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBChristofer and communicator Brett Hall speak about epistemological misconceptions in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the nature of knowledge, morality, bayesianism, objectivism, free will and the self, meditation and empiricism, the fun criterion, probability, people being equally creative, autism, evolutionary psychology, incrementalism, and other related topics. Brett Hall is the host of 'ToKCast', a podcast largely devoted to the work of David Deutsch and the worldview as set ou...
#27.2 - The Nature of Knowledge, with Brett Hall
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBChristofer and communicator Brett Hall speak about epistemological misconceptions in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the nature of knowledge, morality, bayesianism, objectivism, free will and the self, meditation and empiricism, the fun criterion, probability, people being equally creative, autism, evolutionary psychology, incrementalism, and other related topics. Brett Hall is the host of 'ToKCast', a podcast largely devoted to the work of David Deutsch and the worldview as set ou...
#29 - The Primacy of People (Part Two), with Brett Hall
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBChristofer and communicator Brett Hall speak about epistemological misconceptions in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the nature of knowledge, morality, bayesianism, objectivism, free will and the self, meditation and empiricism, the fun criterion, probability, people being equally creative, autism, evolutionary psychology, incrementalism, and other related topics. Brett Hall is the host of 'ToKCast', a podcast largely devoted to the work of David Deutsch and the worldview as set ou...
#28.1 - Meaning and Meta-Rationality, with Jake Orthwein
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about David Chapman's critiques of rationality and potential problems with Deutschian critical rationalism in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their common adoration for Sam Harris, meaning, nebulosity and pattern, representational view of mind, concrete activity vs. abstract reasoning, realism, ontology and the world, affordances, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film an...
#28 - Meaning and Meta-Rationality (Part One), with Jake Orthwein
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBChristofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about David Chapman's critiques of rationality and potential problems with Deutschian critical rationalism in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their common adoration for Sam Harris, meaning, nebulosity and pattern, representational view of mind, concrete activity vs. abstract reasoning, realism, ontology and the world, affordances, and other related topics. Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film an...
#27 - The Primacy of People (Part One), with Brett Hall
April 07, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBChristofer and communicator Brett Hall speak about the explanatory power of people in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Brett's history, the double-slit experiment, wave-particle duality, quantum theory, fungibility and multiverses, computational and explanatory universality, why the brain must be a computer, optimism vs. pessimism, common epistemological mistakes, and other related topics. Brett Hall is the host of 'ToKCast', a podcast largely devoted to the work of David Deutsch an...