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Aaron begins an examination of what it means to be a self with guest Galen Strawson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On the "phantasmagorical wall" See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the second episode of the first season, Aaron tries to decide whether the act of doing science is as sociopolitically fraught as any other human endeavor. Guests are Carl Zimmer, John Dupre, Marcello Gleiser, and Katie Carpenter, Executive D
Stephen Metcalf reflects on alienation, ambition, influence, inheritance, and––finally––achievement on a more intimate scale. Plus Wordsworth, Linklater, Malick, Annie Dillard, Hitler, and Karl Ove Knausgård. See acast.com/privacy for privacy a
On the etymology of the word "allude" See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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In the premiere episode, Aaron examined the late Harold Bloom's literary specious critical concept of the "Anxiety of Influence" and it's implications for individuals in society. Guests Christopher Ricks, Don Share, and Stephen Metcalf help par
We've reached the heart of the part of our series "Race: Is That a Thing?" devoted to statistics and data. Having laid the groundwork for understanding Bayesian techniques and machine learning—as well as the limits and discontents of those tool
Ben and Aaron, their families, and their colleagues and students at the University of Hamburg wish everyone in America a Happy Thanksgiving. Here's a little tone poem, so to speak, for the holiday. Stay safe everyone. See acast.com/privacy for
Is the margin of error the same thing as the percentage of certainty you can have in that margin of error? Can a prediction ever happen in a vacuum without affecting the thing it's making a prediction about? Can we even distinguish between a de
Since all attention is on the election at the moment, we are delaying the release of one of our most important episodes. To make up for it, since we're already in a long stretch focusing on big data and statistics in our series, "Race: Is That
Continuing the theme from Episode 9, we closely examine: how machine learning works, how our subconsciouses—both individual and collective—learn from the past, making ad hoc categories based on contingencies, how those categories are the origi
We flip to the B-Side of Season 2, as we enter a section of the season devoted to statistics and mathematical modeling. In this episode we examine the life and career of baseball great Ted Williams and consider how adding new variables to a mod
Today we begin part two—or, as we're calling it, the B Side—of season two, "Race: Is That a Thing?" To kick things off we're re-releasing the last episode of part one, Episode 8: "The Holy Family in a Pane of Frosted Glass" together with Episod
We flip to the B-Side of Season 2, as we enter a section of the season devoted to statistics and mathematical modeling. In this episode we examine the life and career of baseball great Ted Williams and consider how adding new variables to a mod
Episode 9 will release on 22 April.
To set the stage for part two of our series, “Race: Is That a Thing?", we take a deep look at a recurring metaphor that has permeated our entire series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get on the email list at amillio
One last look back at Season One Episode Two: Party and Science and Bullshit, before we start setting its principles to the test in part two of our series, "Race: Is That a Thing?" next week.
While we continue feverishly with the production of part two of our series, "Race: Is That a Thing," we offer you a look back at an episode from season one that we find particularly salient to the part of our current series that you are soon to
Once again, this is a set of material that we couldn’t fit into Episode Seven: “Categorical Declarative” proper. Consider the contents of the appendix the audio footnote podcasts—or “footcasts”—to that episode. We will be releasing Episode Eigh
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, he “is the central figure in modern philosophy. He synthesized early modern rationalism and empiricism, set the terms for much of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy, and continues t
When people talk about things as social constructs, should we understand that as derision or dismissal? Do socially constructed human kinds, like races, get realer over time, the more those who supposedly fit a construct begin to behave as if t
We added an interview last Monday for Episode 6, and we are delaying release until Monday. Sorry to make you wait, but it'll be worth it!
Can there be a plurality of concepts of race floating in the social air? If so, are we okay with that? Are there pragmatic uses for one or more of those concepts in the areas of medicine or public policy? In this episode we speak with Robin O.
If race has no essence, then is it an irrational social contrivance? Or is it somewhere in-between? We speak with Michael Hardimon, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and author of Rethinking Race: The Case for
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