Very Bad Wizards
a philosopher and a psychologist ponder human morality
We found 3 episodes of Very Bad Wizards with the tag “twitter”.
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Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
November 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 25 mins
happiness, hume, social psychology, the sceptic, twitter
David and Tamler gild and stain David Hume’s essay “The Sceptic” with their sentiments. If nothing is inherently valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, then what do philosophers have to offer when it comes to happiness? If reason is powerless, does it all come down to our emotions and “humours”? Or does the study of philosophy and liberal arts naturally lead to a fulfilling and virtuous life? Plus we look at a new non-traditional social psych paper on how we always imagine that things could be better, and tip our caps to the queen of handling Twitter pile-ons (and former VBW guest) – Candy Mom.
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Episode 210: The Priming of the American Mind (with Jesse Singal)
April 6th, 2021 | 2 hrs 1 min
epistemology, ghosts, jesse singal, replication crisis, social psychology, supernatural, twitter
Journalist, podcaster, and rapper Jesse Singal joins us to talk about his new book The Quick Fix, positive psychology (scam?), cancel culture in the media and academia (overblown?), Substack incentives, and lots more. Plus David and Tamler argue about the epistemology of ghosts.
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Episode 134: Digital Outrage (with Molly Crockett)
February 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 51 mins
evolutionary psychology, internet, moral outrage, trolleyology, twitter
It's been 5 years since Molly Crockett has been guest on VBW. During that time she's completed a post-doc at University College, London and become a professor at Yale University. And we're...well, we're still doing the podcast. Today Molly joins us to talk about moral outrage in the age of social media. Has the outrage changed now that we express so much of it online? Does it contribute to polarization and social division, or give a voice to the less powerful? How can we harness the benefits of online outrage while minimizing the costs? Plus, Dave and Tamler perform an exorcism on the unholy offspring of evolutionary psychology and trolleyology.