Increments

#33 (C&R Series, Ch. 3) - Instrumentalism and Essentialism

October 25th, 2021  |  40 mins 10 secs

essentialism, instrumentalism, language, politics, progress

We discuss Popper's delicious criticism of two dominant approaches to knowledge in physics and philosophy departments: instrumentalism and essentialism.

#29 - Some Scattered Thoughts on Superforecasting

August 16th, 2021  |  45 mins 20 secs

good judgement project, philip tetlock, politics, probability, superforecasting

We discuss Philip Tetlock's work on Superforecasting.

#27 - A Conversation with Marianne

June 28th, 2021  |  2 hrs 1 min

activism, police, politics, race, social media

Marianne recounts her summer. That's all we'll say for now.

#5 - Incrementalism Revisited: Defund the Police

June 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

conversation, error-correction, police, politics