Lumberjack Philosophy: Recent Episodes
Kathryn Morrice
Wisconsinites Alex and Kathryn talk about complex news in a simple way. Alex is a public defense intern who will graduate law school in December 2020. Kathryn is an assistant scientist with a mathematics degree who tests medical devices.
Kathryn and Alex catch up with September's news, as well as years of history, about Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. Kathryn would like to add her personal philosophy that liking/disliking a specific aspect of a person ≠ liking/disliking that person as a whole. Alex is a good cook.
Alex and Kathryn discuss Elon Musk's demonstration on August 28th of neural implants in pigs. Next they analyze how lawyers might defend Kyle Rittenhouse. Quotations are from: (1) https://gruntstuff.com/watch-bears-break-into-tennessee-cabin-swipe-pounds-of-sweet-two-beers/74440/ (2) https://youtu.be/CLUWDLKAF1M (3) https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/how-study-and-market-your-device/breakthrough-devices-program
In their first episode, Alex and Kathryn go chopping through the news about predictive policing, asteroids, and American politics. Direct quotations are from "Why Hundreds of Mathematicians Are Boycotting Predictive Policing" by Courtney Linder.