Breaking Consensus
Breaking Consensus
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A podcast that challenges mainstream views through deep conversations on the forces shaping our world. Guests include philosophers, researchers, and curious thinkers who push us to reconsider what we often take for granted.
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Focuses on philosophical inquiries, societal critiques, and the examination of belief systems with episodes covering topics like the nature of reality and moral relativism, encouraging listeners to question their assumptions and explore diverse viewpoints.
A podcast that challenges mainstream views through deep conversations on the forces shaping our world. Guests include philosophers, researchers, and curious thinkers who push us to reconsider what we often take for granted.
Jonathan Matheson is a philosopher and professor specialising in epistemology, with a focus on the epistemology of disagreement and the rationality of intellectual deference. He is the author of 'Why It's Okay Not to Think for Yourself', in which he argues that outsourcing your beliefs to those better positioned to answer a question is not intellectual laziness but a coherent and defensible epistemic policy.
00:00 It's OK To Be Triggered
03:00 Explaining 'It's OK Not To Think for Yourself'
05:53 What Is An Expert?
10:52 Our Dependence On Experts
13:00 Follow The Experts' Consensus
15:25 What To Do When Experts Disagree?
17:31 Do Experts Actually Know More?
21:13 Matheson's Arguments
24:40 Solving The Free Will Problem In 2 Weeks
26:18 Gaslighting And Gatekeeping
31:50 What About Our Intellectual Autonomy?
36:40 Are We Smarter Than Aristotle?
39:54 The Benefits Of Thinking For Yourself
42:10 Should We All Study Philosophy?
46:57 Should We Be Agnostic About God's Existence?
51:45 Forced To Make A Decision?
58:42 AI: Should We Defer To The Machines?
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