Nonzero Newsletter
Robert Wright's Nonzero
Wuhan Lab Leak, Effective Altruism, and Other Media-distorted Issues (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
17
Preview
0:00
-1:01:07

Wuhan Lab Leak, Effective Altruism, and Other Media-distorted Issues (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

17

(Overtime audio available to paid subscribers through the player at the top of the page and video version available below the paywall.)

0:00 Bob saves Paul from some very bad influences
5:33 What makes Hitler more evil than Stalin and Mao?
12:59 New lab leak evidence—what will come of it?
22:32 Correcting the record on effective altruism
36:46 Is “self-plagiarism” really plagiarism?
46:59 The dishonesty researcher accused of academic dishonesty
52:10 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded January 18, 2024.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods

Paul's Substack:

Overtime titles:

0:00 What should Paul’s next book be about?
6:04 Substack Nazis, Casey Newton, and the costs of free speech
24:08 Is the human mind capable of understanding itself?
27:15 Is AI capable of “understanding” anything?
36:42 Paul’s innovative idea to save the 2024 election

This post is for paid subscribers

Nonzero Newsletter
Robert Wright's Nonzero
Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.