Best Video Game Rations Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 93: Philosophical Theories vs Bad Explanations 2:07:05

42m ago2:07:05

2:07:05

Can philosophical theories be refuted? What is a bad explanation? Can all theories be made more empirical? In search of an answer to these questions, Bruce takes a deep dive into what he believes is the correct way to apply “Popper’s ratchet” to metaphysical or philosophical theories. Along the way, Bruce puts forward a generalization of testabilit…

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Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion 49:19

1d ago49:19

49:19

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the crew gets to the moon and shit goes sideways right away. Come back next week for chapters 8, 9, and 10!By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion 49:19

1d ago49:19

49:19

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the crew gets to the moon and shit goes sideways right away. Come back next week for chapters 8, 9, and 10!By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Ubik 02: Big (PK) Dick Energy 1:12:10

9d ago1:12:10

1:12:10

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode we assemble the crew with chapters 3, 4, and 5. Next week we’ll see what this rag-tag group of meta humans gets up to in chapters 6 and 7!By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Ubik 02: Big (PK) Dick Energy 1:12:10

7d ago1:12:10

1:12:10

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode we assemble the crew with chapters 3, 4, and 5. Next week we’ll see what this rag-tag group of meta humans gets up to in chapters 6 and 7!By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Episode 92: Popper on Philosophical Theories 1:55:50

10d ago1:55:50

1:55:50

Continuing from episode 91, we continue our deep dive into Popper's Conjectures and Refutations Chapter 8 where Popper explains how to use his epistemology on philosophical theories that (by definition) can't be 'refuted'. Despite agreeing with most of Popper's specific arguments, we offer some considerable criticisms to Popper's approach to critic…

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Ubik 01: Psychic Key Discussions 47:57

16d ago47:57

47:57

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! We started off light with just the first couple of chapters to get our sea legs. Next week we’re reading chapters 3, 4 and 5.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Ubik 01: Psychic Key Discussions 47:57

16d ago47:57

47:57

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! We started off light with just the first couple of chapters to get our sea legs. Next week we’re reading chapters 3, 4 and 5.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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PKD – Ubik 00 37:12

23d ago37:12

37:12

Welcome the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick. This is an introduction where Brian explains a bit about who PDK was and gets up prepped to start our first of three of his books. We’re starting with Ubik, chapters 1 and 2 next week! (We change the name next episode as the one we went for with t…

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PKD – Ubik 00 37:12

23d ago37:12

37:12

Welcome the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick. This is an introduction where Brian explains a bit about who PDK was and gets up prepped to start our first of three of his books. We’re starting with Ubik, chapters 1 and 2 next week! (We change the name next episode as the one we went for with t…

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Episode 91: The Critical Rationalist Case For Induction!? 1:45:46

24d ago1:45:46

1:45:46

Forgive the clickbait title. The episode should probably actually be called "The (Lack of) Problem of Induction" because we primarily cover Popper's refutation of induction in C&R Chapter 8. This episode starts our deep dive into answering the question "What is the difference between a good philosophical explanation and a bad explanation?" To answe…

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Episode 90: Bayesianism for Critical Rationalists!? 2:55:47

2M ago2:55:47

2:55:47

Today our guest Ivan Phillips methodically explains what Bayesianism is and is not. Along the way we discuss the validity of critiques made by critical rationalists of the worldview that is derived from Thomas Bayes’s 1763 theorem. Ivan is a Bayesian that is very familiar with Karl Popper's writings and even admires Popper's epistemology. Ivan make…

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Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath 1:22:01

2M ago1:22:01

1:22:01

Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :)By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath 1:22:01

2M ago1:22:01

1:22:01

Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :)By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Episode 89: Tradition as a Source of Knowledge: Popper vs. Chesterton 1:26:19

2M ago1:26:19

1:26:19

This week we discuss the book Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (1908), perhaps the most famous defense of the Christian tradition. We contrast this with Karl Popper’s talk, “Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition” (1948), from his collection of essays, Conjectures and Refutations. We consider: What is the role of tradition in science and knowledge? Is …

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Fallout 08 – Ad Victoriam 1:21:27

3M ago1:21:27

1:21:27

Steven and Eneasz wrap up their discussion on the Fallout TV show and plan out future content.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 08 – Ad Victoriam 1:21:27

3M ago1:21:27

1:21:27

Steven and Eneasz wrap up their discussion on the Fallout TV show and plan out future content.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Episode 88: The Myth of the Objective 1:25:37

3M ago1:25:37

1:25:37

Here Bruce reflects on AI researcher Kenneth Stanley’s assertion that setting specific, measurable goals may actually hinder discovery and innovation, which he writes about in his book, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective. How does Stanley’s insight relate to critical rationalism, education, and life in general? We cover topi…

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Fallout 07 – Gettin’ Some Head 51:34

3M ago51:34

51:34

Enjoy the 7th episode of Uranium Fever! Everyone’s always trying to get some head. In this case it’s more literal.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 07 – Gettin’ Some Head 51:34

3M ago51:34

51:34

Enjoy the 7th episode of Uranium Fever! Everyone’s always trying to get some head. In this case it’s more literal.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Episode 87: Is the Universal Explainer Hypothesis Falsifiable? 2:06:33

3M ago2:06:33

2:06:33

Is the universal explainer hypothesis falsifiable? How does the concept of universality relate to human minds? Is anything truly beyond human comprehension? And how would you frame universality as an interesting topic at a party? This week we also feature a guest, Dan Gish, a fellow traveler Bruce has connected with on Twitter. Dan (on Twitter) had…

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Fallout 06 – The One-Eyed Monster 1:10:07

3M ago1:10:07

1:10:07

Our heroes get trapped by evil mutants! Plus we get some ghoulishly awesome flashbacks from before the end of the world. Don’t forget to check out AskWho’s awesome Substack. Eneasz recommended this reading of a book review of the Old Testament and it’s awesome.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 06 – The One-Eyed Monster 1:10:07

3M ago1:10:07

1:10:07

Our heroes get trapped by evil mutants! Plus we get some ghoulishly awesome flashbacks from before the end of the world. Don’t forget to check out AskWho’s awesome Substack. Eneasz recommended this reading of a book review of the Old Testament and it’s awesome.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 05 – Lying Isn’t Nice 50:37

4M ago50:37

50:37

Eneasz and Steven chat about the fifth episode of the Fallout tv show. Remember when we thought we’d keep these around 15 minutes each? Ha!By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 05 – Lying Isn’t Nice 50:37

4M ago50:37

50:37

Eneasz and Steven chat about the fifth episode of the Fallout tv show. Remember when we thought we’d keep these around 15 minutes each? Ha!By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Episode 86: Fuzzy Categories, Essentialism, and Epistemology (Hofstadter Part 2) 1:42:39

4M ago1:42:39

1:42:39

How do humans form 'fuzzy categories'? How does this all relate to essentialism? Is essentialism false? Or is it partially true? And how does this all relate to Critical Rationalism? Picking up where we left off last week, Bruce getsdeeper into Douglas Hofstadter’s ideas on language and the mind and his assertion that “analogy-making lies at the he…

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Fallout 04 – Golden Rule, Motherfucker 51:53

4M ago51:53

51:53

This episode gets us back into awesome character stuff and we had a blast (bomb pun intended).By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 04 – Golden Rule, Motherfucker 51:53

4M ago51:53

51:53

This episode gets us back into awesome character stuff and we had a blast (bomb pun intended).By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Fallout 03 – Getting a Head in Life 40:11

4M ago40:11

40:11

This was more of a plot moving episode and less of a deep diving conversation starter, but we still found some stuff to talk about. I hope you enjoy the transition between the main episode and the last few minutes – the sophisticated among you will get it. ;)By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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