Dr. Sam Harris and I recently had a discussion: https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/what-is-true. We hit an impasse over the definition of truth. I don't think we got to where we should have, and I think the listeners felt that. So in this video (I also sent the letter to Dr. Harris) I try to sort some of that out, try to make what I was claiming clearer, and suggest what we might do instead.
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Robert Trivers is an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist. He proposed the theory of Reciprocal Altruism, in a paper that he published in 1971, linked below. Trivers was awarded the 2007 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences for analysis and contributions to the theory of social evolution, conflict, and cooperation.
In this episode, Robert Trivers and I talk about reciprocal altruism, deception and self-deception as adaptive strategies, genuine victims and reducing vulnerability, and much more. Thanks for watching.
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Read Robert Trivers' Paper: https://roberttrivers.com/Publications_files/Trivers%201971.pdf
Read Robert Trivers' books: https://roberttrivers.com/Books.html
Read Robert Trivers' Other Publications: https://roberttrivers.com/Publications.html
Follow Robert Trivers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/triversrobert
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[0:00] Intro
[1:50] Reciprocal Altruism
[9:41] Why Focus On Morality Issues?
[12:34] Reciprocal Altruism and Society
[16:35] Robert Trivers' First Paper and Initial Research
[19:13] Competition and Cooperation
[20:22] Deception and Self-Deception
[22:57] Cues of Deception
[23:41] Robert Trivers' Loss of Short Term Memory
[25:05] An Example of Passive Self-Deception
[33:41] The Complexity of Confrontation
[35:48] The Danger of Undermining a Core Belief
[37:51] How Depressive Thinking Cascades
[39:00] Thoughts on Suicide and Prison
[43:43] Crafting a Deception
[47:20] There Is No Decent Place to Stand in a Massacre
[48:16] Genuine Victims and Reducing Vulnerability
[52:24] Distinguishing Competence from Power
[56:11] Self-Deception as an Adaptive Strategy
[58:47] Is there an Optimal Strategy?
[59:56] Female Selection
[1:03:27] Mimicry as a Form of Deception
[1:11:06] Defining a Narcissist
[1:12:55] Psychopathy in the General Population
[1:18:45] Rivers' Thoughts on Donald Trump
[1:29:08] Nepotism and Psychopathy
[1:32:24] The Biological Evolution of Homosexuality
[1:37:27] Homophobia and Homosexual Arousal
[1:39:06] Defining a Narcissist, Revisited
[1:41:10] Manic Excitability
[1:45:29] Closing Comments
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When people say "what do you want to be when you grow up?" in our society they usually mean "what career are you going to pick?" It's really not the way the question should be conceptualized. You should really think about what sort of character you want to have. You want to grow up and be a responsible, forthright and honest person. It's the best way through life.
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I sat down recently with Claire Lehmann, founder and editor of Quillette, an online magazine that publishes essays on a range of topics related to politics, social life, science, and academia. The magazine has quickly become a highly respected outlet for open discussion of topics in psychology and the social and behavioral sciences.
Claire was studying forensic psychology at the graduate level but decided that she could contribute more to the general scientific discussion as a journalist. Hence her decision to found Quillette. In this discussion, she describes the founding, development and monetization strategy underpinning her journalistic work. From Wikipedia: “The website drew significant public attention on August 7, 2017 after publishing the responses of four scientists (Lee Jussim, David P. Schmitt, Geoffrey Miller, and Debra W. Soh) to James Damore's controversial memo "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber". The website was temporarily shut down by a DDoS attack following publication of the piece.”
Claire stated, during our discussion: “I didn’t think that any standard journalistic outlet would publish the material, scientific or otherwise, that I considered valuable and appropriate. The best places for scientific journalism won’t go near anything that contradicts very strong left-wing narratives such as the reality of stereotype threat (a literature severely criticized in http://bit.ly/2oVINv6), the validity of intelligence research, or the existence of sex differences in personality and interest.” I provided an extensive reference list with regard to the latter in the description for my video commentary on the James Damore/Google affair: http://bit.ly/2HmfIQ6). David Schmitt’s work (summarized here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201711/the-truth-about-sex-differences) is also relevant in this regard.
We discussed the failure of psychologists to admit to, let alone identify, authoritarian tendencies on the left since the end of World War II, although there has been no shortage of work detailing those tendencies on the right. In my lab, we recently tried to rectify this with some recent as-of-yet unpublished studies making up the Master’s thesis work of my student Christine Brophy (see http://bit.ly/2eXN3m2).
Claire and I also discussed the danger to women (particularly mothers) as a consequence of the social-constructionist denial of the biological differences between the sexes and the practical necessity of distinguishing between “women” and “mothers” in the economic discussion, the over-emphasis on career compared to family that is characteristic of modern life, the impossibility of a high-achieving career, in general (to say nothing of managing that with the demands of motherhood), and the failure of feminism to address that impossibility in a realistic and measured manner.
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Dr. Andrew Lo, Professor of Economics at MIT, hosted this wonderful Q&A session with Dr. Peterson on February 25th, 2022. It was a particularly interesting session with great MIT alumni questions like 'What should we do about our declining population?' and 'What will happen when automation replaces human intelligence and skills?'
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Missouri senator Josh Hawley discuss his new book, “Manhood,” and break down the importance and depth of the biblical ideals that have shaped society - and particularly the west - in a historically unprecedented manner.
Josh Hawley is a constitutional lawyer, the U.S. Senator for Missouri, and the bestselling author of “The Tyranny of Big Tech.” His newest publication, “Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs,” is available now and seeks to defend the positive and necessary attributes of masculinity across leadership, governance, and the everyday structure of American life. Men of character are needed for a civilization to thrive, and today's America, the west, has openly sought to destroy the foundational and biblical principles that create them.
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(0:00) Coming up
(0:14) Intro
(1:08) Illustrative stories
(5:15) The motivation to write Manhood.
(8:03) Maternal and paternal tendencies
(11:27) The burning bush, rowing, what manifests to you
(14:45) Responsibility, meaning, mentorship
(17:08) The most powerful thing in life
(18:08) Sacrifice and hedonism
{20:28) When we come to master ourselves
(21:36) Games, pharaoh, and ordered unity
(23:45) Foundational morality in the biblical tradition
(28:03) Replacement for the central unifying narrative
(31:30) Our tradition, and why not to leave it behind
(33:17) The historic argument, the 1619 project, Wilbur Wilburforce
(36:17) The obligation of the Brits, raising the world
(38:07) Breaking the hierarchy of gods, mirrored messages
(42:19) Genesis, order from chaos
(44:08) When you remove biblical ideals
(45:10) The four horsemen of atheism, Sam Harris
(47:07) Unmoored rationality, worship of the whim
(48:22) French revolutionaries and the enlightenment
(50:37) Presuppositions in science
(52:38) Standards of truth
(54:20) The Tower of Babel, worshiping the tools
(57:34) You can rationalize anything
(59:08) DeWaal, social darwinism
(1:01:10) Rats and play, working toward future interactions
(1:05:21) Have we done better in the wake of deified science?
(1:07:37) Contrasting Epicurus
(1:08:45) Something the postmodernists got right, the drifter
(1:11:03) The detriment of pornography
(1:13:18) Harrowing statistics
(1:14:31) Male motivators in the workplace
(1:16:04) Overt demoralization
(1:18:21) Subordinating intellect to whim
(1:20:15) There is no self there, identity and gratification
(1:21:43) Where the Right goes wrong, vision and consumerism
(1:22:39) Training games, iterative trading
(1:25:34) Neoliberalism
(1:26:11) Don’t subordinate the long term to the short term
(1:29:03) Setting virtue, rules and ideal roles
(1:32:20) Sustaining meaning, adopting responsibility
(1:35:19) Your efforts can last
(1:36:10) The reality of abdicating biblical ideals
(1:40:08) God as a positive animating spirit
(1:42:31) Hardships have meaning into eternity
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In November 2021, Dr. Peterson traveled to the United Kingdom to give a series of lectures at Oxford and Cambridge. This lecture was given at Lady Mitchell Hall at the University of Cambridge on November 23rd, 2021.
Dr. Peterson gives an in-depth exploration of the problem of perception. In doing so, he touches on orienting reflexes, artificial intelligence, the infinite possibilities parsed by perception, neurophysiology, postmodernism, and the relationship between imitation, awe, and the divine, before answering questions from the audience about the direction of Western civilization, meaning, and the notion of humans as simple biological machines.
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This episode was recorded on October 12, 2021
Dr. Glenn Loury and I discuss the Pareto principle, the economics of inequality, PC culture, climate change, race in America, IQ and The Bell Curve, intelligence vs. wisdom, AA meetings, Christianity, and more.
Dr. Glenn Loury is an American economist, academic, and author. In 1982, he became the first African American tenured professor of economics at Harvard. Among Dr. Loury’s published works are The Anatomy of Racial Inequality and Race, Incarceration, & American Values. He was elected president of the Eastern Economics Association in 2013 and received the Bradley Prize in 2022.
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The Glenn Show:
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The Anatomy of Racial Inequality: https://amazon.com/Anatomy-Racial-Inequality-Preface-Lectures/dp/0674260465/ref=asc_df_0674260465/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=519487730108&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=770218243983853108&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019578&hvtargid=pla-1454356324992&psc=1
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[01:23] Dr. Loury’s Career
[04:38] The Pareto Principle
[10:51] Market Failure & Climate Change
[11:57] The G Factor (general intelligence factor)
[13:45] Why Stephen Jay Gould Is Wrong
[17:01] Neuroticism & Divorce
[26:06] Race & Incarceration in the US
[36:16] Culture & Biology
[38:09] The 80/20 Principle
[47:20] Openness & Entrepreneurs
[49:21] Meaningful Work & Inequality
[56:35:] The Bell Curve
[01:01:09] Political Correctness around IQ
[01:14:58] Dr. Loury's (Shifting) Political Views
[01:21:09] Drug Addiction & Spiritual Transformation
[01:27:10] Intelligence vs. Wisdom
[01:30:16] The Glenn Show
[01:35:40] George Floyd
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