Clever Ramblings: Recent Episodes
Moritz & Ivan
In this episode, we debate whether Kanye West’s mental issues excuse his recent problematic behaviors (0:55) & then shift to discuss traveling during COVID as M recently went on vacation in Greece (18:35) with our usual dose of rambling.
Heeeelllllloooooo!!! We’re back again after a long hiatus, mostly due to COVID-19 but also because we’re lazy 😅. For today’s episode, we try to keep it short with two topics. First, we discuss the elephant in the room, COVID-19 and how Germany and the UK have handled it (1:30). Last, but not least, we have some big announcements regarding our futures in academia (35:51). Hope you enjoy!
We’re baaaaaaaaackkkk!!!! To mark our return, we first explain why we took such a long break (warning: it gets kinda dark 😂) and then we discuss some of our goals for 2020.
We have a special treat for you this episode. We decided to record while Ivan drank a bottle of wine 😂. Therefore, Ivan is a little bit more unfiltered this time around. As far as topics, we discussed Kim Kardashian studying to become a lawyer (1:17), whether people are able to make mistakes and grow in today’s society or are they forever tied to their past(13:45), and the importance of using persuasion when trying to change people’s minds on important issues(31:20).
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We're back! In today's episode, we update you on two topics we discussed previously. As Kylie Jenner is now offically the youngest "self-made" billionaire, we will give our thoughts on what we think it means to be self-made(5:00). Now its official the EU passes Article 13, which raises alot of concerns, how it will change the internet in a negativ way. As we both are not to happy about it, we give our oppnion on how it will change the way we use the internet forever and if banning in general is a solution or makes things even worse (19:47). Lastly we will get a little more personal, by telling our stories, on how we got interestet in science and were we would like to see ourselves in the future (39:05). As always there are some ramblings sprinkelnd in there enjoy!
Man dies after eating undercooked pork: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6859681/Man-18-dies-eating-undercooked-pork-caused-parasitic-larvae-invade-BRAIN.html
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In this episode, we discussed he potential censorship implications of Article 13, a new law proposed by the European Union that could impact what can be shared on the Internet and what it does to free speech (1:34). Lastly, we reflect on whether one should ever have regrets considering our mistakes greatly contribute to forming the persons we are today (23:30).
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In this episode, we’re trying something new and only doing two topics, but more in-depth. Today we tackled two rather large questions: 1)Why people often fall short of achieving their ideals and goals (e.g. world peace) (1:25) ? and 2) Our perspective of religion and god (26:45)
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Happy New Year’s everyone! We’re back in 2019 better than ever with plans to expand our audience this year. In our first episode of the year, we discuss the weird ways ghosts interact with humans in movies (and apparently in real life haha) (1:20), whether bias is always a bad thing (16:37), and, lastly, we reflect on our 2018 and reveal our goals for 2019 (28:12). Hope you enjoy!
Women marries ghost : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5um-f6GL3g8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Znr5nt7laA
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We’re back with our second guest episode! This time we have philosophy professor and friend of Ivan, Duane Armitage, PhD. During this discussion, which was dominated by Ivan and Duane since M doesn’t seem to like philosophy very much haha, we talk about realism vs anti-realism (10:20), if philosophy ever makes progress (20:20), and can knowledge ever be combined into a unified framework (consilience) (28:47) among other topics. Hope you enjoy and special shout out to SJLA and all those who love deep philosophical discussions.
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This time, we're back to just us two (don't worry we'll have more guest episodes soon haha). In this episode we talk about the recent announcement by a scientist in China claiming to have produced the first successful designer babies using CRISPR/Cas9 (1:52). Then we get more personal and discuss two topics that mean a lot to us, relationships (20:14) and being friend zoned (which M has much more experience with of course haha) (38:57).
This episode is dedicated to Ivan's late Uncle who sadly passed away recently.
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We're very excited to present to you all our first guest episode. Today we speak with Stephen, a friend of Ivan's from Cambridge and highly original researcher in Artificial Intelligence (AI). While initially the conversation started out very high-level (Stephen is way too smart for us haha), we eventually discussed some topics that we hope you will enjoy. These included: Stephen's background (2:00) and research interests (7:07), future challenges in AI (14:53) research, human-AI relationships (42:36) (this convo was wild haha) and many more. We hope you enjoy this episode and, as always, we welcome your feedback.
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Are governments and companies becoming dangerous obstacles to our privacy? (1:07) Considering the current mistreatment of animals, is it ethical to eat meat? (22:56) And, lastly, do safe spaces make us more sensitive or prevent progressive dialogues through censorship? (40:50) If you wanna know the answers to these questions, listen our newest episode 😉...P.S. M was sick this episode so you'll hear my voice a lot. Enjoy!
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In this episode, we place our bests on whether we think Trump will be re-elected (0:53), the pluses and minuses of being a perfectionist (23:28), and if believing in conspiracy theories is ever a good thing (37:00).
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Is the world becoming a better (more progressive) place? (1:23) Is prostitution immoral? (25:21) Would it be more realistic for us to view relationships as contracts? (42:00) In this episode, we provide our answers to these deep, controversial questions.
Better Angels of Our Nature book by Steven Pinker
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In this episode, we discuss three new and potentially controversial topics. First, we ask whether more drugs (e.g. marijuana, cocaine) should be legalized (2:12). Then we give our thoughts on the importance of a university’s prestige in today’s internet age (24:31). Lastly, we ask what are some of humanity’s largest challenges in the future (35:40).
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M decided to take time away from his busy schedule so we could record this long overdue episode. This time we discussed whether police do more harm than good based on a recent encounter I had in England (1:45), can you take credit for your accomplishments if you come from privilege (24:33), and why we believe it's important to have diverse friendships (37:36).
Can you take credit: https://player.fm/series/the-psychology-podcast-with-dr-scott-barry-kaufman/ep-137-nature-nurture-and-human-autonomy
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Welcome to episode 6! This time M joins me in Cambridge (he really missed me lol) to talk about the differences and similarities between growing up in a big city vs a rural area(1:01), nature vs nurture(16:17), what free services should governments provide to their citizens(27:42), and the effect of the streaming war on music consumption(43:10) (M really hated this topic so make sure you listen to the end to hear him firmly end the episode). Hope you enjoy!
Youtube streaming: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/17/youtube-music-new-streaming-service-launch
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We're back a week earlier this time since we couldn’t wait to discuss some new topics! In this episode, we debate whether Kylie Jenner can be considered ,self-made' as she closes in on becoming history’s youngest billionaire(1:07), what are our most cherished beliefs and what would it take for us to give them up(18:25), and our take on Fermi’s paradox regarding extraterrestrial life(34:33).
Rationally speaking Podcast: http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/...
Fermi's Paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhv...
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In this episode, we first resolved some personal issues between M and myself (basically M is trash lol). Then we shifted our attention to more important topics including the relevance of education(5:55), the growing problem of plastic pollution(20:00) and mental health(30:16) and why you should take it seriously.
Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hZylJp-pHo http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/rs-202- bryan-caplan-on-the-case-against- education.html
Plastic Pollution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7IzU2VJIQ
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It’s been a month but, finally, here’s episode 3! In this episode, we discuss what we think it means for a person to be great(2:31), whether competition is always a good thing(14:10), how the obsession with money corrupts entertainment(22:15), and the recent murder of rapper XXXTentacion(40:16).
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Lebron vs. Jordan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-wfT...
We’re baaaaackkkk!!! In this new episode of the podcast, we talk about recent developments in a research project aimed at growing realistic physical models of the human brain using organoids(1:35), Spotify’s new ‘hate conduct’ policy and what that means for censorship(12:55), Yanny vs Laurel(21:05), and the concept of free will(39:48). Hope you enjoy and, of course, all feedback is welcomed.
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Brain organoids : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-018-0107-3
Yanny vs. Laurel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAdNbOTSWY
Free Will: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
In our first episode, we discuss whether Kanye West is a genius given his recent tweets and interviews, the new music video by Childish Gambino, "This is America", why traveling is important, and the new smart assistant, Google Duplex.
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