web01.fireside.fm Sun, 10 May 2026 03:30:19 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Tradition” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/tradition Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:00:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #10 (C&R Series, Ch. 4) - Tradition https://www.incrementspodcast.com/10 Buzzsprout-4988552 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:00:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani 1:15:37 no <p>Traditions, what are you good for? Absolutely nothing? In this episode of Increments, Ben and Vaden begin their series on Conjectures and Refutations by looking at the role tradition plays in society, and examine one tradition in particular - the critical tradition. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this episode. <br><br><br><b>References:<br>- C&amp;R, Chapter 4: </b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y39d25zu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition</a><br><br><br><b>Podcast shoutout:<br></b>-<b> </b>Jennifer Doleac and Rob Wiblin on <a href="https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/jennifer-doleac-reforming-police-preventing-crime/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">policing, law and incarceration</a><br>- James Foreman Jr. on the <a href="https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/james-forman-jr-cruelty-in-the-us-criminal-legal-system/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">US criminal legal system</a><b><br></b><br><em>audio updated 26/12/2020</em><br><br><br></p> tradition, knowledge, criticism, progress, rationality Traditions, what are you good for? Absolutely nothing? In this episode of Increments, Ben and Vaden begin their series on Conjectures and Refutations by looking at the role tradition plays in society, and examine one tradition in particular - the critical tradition. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this episode.


References:
- C&R, Chapter 4: Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition


Podcast shoutout:
- Jennifer Doleac and Rob Wiblin on policing, law and incarceration
- James Foreman Jr. on the US criminal legal system

audio updated 26/12/2020


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]]> Traditions, what are you good for? Absolutely nothing? In this episode of Increments, Ben and Vaden begin their series on Conjectures and Refutations by looking at the role tradition plays in society, and examine one tradition in particular - the critical tradition. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this episode.


References:
- C&R, Chapter 4: Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition


Podcast shoutout:
- Jennifer Doleac and Rob Wiblin on policing, law and incarceration
- James Foreman Jr. on the US criminal legal system

audio updated 26/12/2020


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