Bret and Heather 204th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: In Defense of the Indefensible
In this 204th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.
In this episode, we discuss science and faith, in the context of the recent court ruling that will keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado. We discuss failure modes, which include, yes, faith, and science, and falsificationism, and rationality, and more. All of these are useful in some contexts, some much more than others, but none are sufficient. What, in the end, are scientists doing, and what are people doing in the name of science? Also: the solstice, and a reading from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Timothy Kelly on changing beliefs: https://x.com/drtimothykelly/status/1700773378875887943
Alexandros Marinos on maintaining multiple hypotheses at a time: https://x.com/alexandrosM/status/1700466475616829845
Isaac Asimov (maybe) thinking on scientific discovery: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm
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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome
01:25 Sponsors
07:55 Winter solstice
13:13 Trump, Colorado court, and Cartesian crisis
26:20 Back to Trump
34:40 Why the mind fails and outliers
44:24 Science and faith
54:40 Finalizing hypotheses
01:32:05 Excerpt from Christmas Carol
01:35:30 Wrap up
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