Episode 292: Boundary Issues

Very Bad Wizards

• Episode: Episode 292: Boundary Issues
• Website: Very Bad Wizards
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• Duration: 01:15:17
• Published: 2024-09-10 19:06

David and Tamler lead off with a breakdown of the new commercial for “friend (not imaginary)” a new AI necklace that takes hikes with you, interrupts your favorite shows, and will be there for your first kiss. Then we talk about a new paper co-authored by VBW favorite Joe Henrich that challenges cognitive science for pretending to be universal without offering evidence. A good discussion punctuated by David’s new theory of the rise of the autism. (TLDL the nerds are having sex). 

Friend Reveal Trailer [youtube.com]

Kroupin, I., Davis, H. E., & Henrich, J. (2024). Beyond Newton: Why assumptions of universality are critical to cognitive science, and how to finally move past them. Psychological Review. [harvard.edu]