The Dissenter

My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 700 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

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Episodes

Monday Apr 15, 2019

Robin Hanson Part 3: Changing Behavior, Modern Life, Capitalism, Social Progress

Monday Apr 15, 2019

Saturday Apr 13, 2019

Robin Hanson Part 2: Hidden motives in Advertising, Charity, Education, and Medicine

Saturday Apr 13, 2019

Friday Apr 12, 2019

#163 Sarah Brosnan: Morality, Reciprocity, Fairness, And Property in Primates

Friday Apr 12, 2019

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Dr. Sarah Brosnan is a Professor in the departments of psychology and philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University. She is also a member of the Brains & Behavior program and the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience. She directs the Comparative Economics and Behavioral Studies Laboratory (CEBUS Lab) and does research with nonhuman primates at both the Language Research Center of Georgia State University and the Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research of the University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center. She studies the mechanisms underlying cooperation, reciprocity, inequity, and other economic decisions in nonhuman primates from an evolutionary perspective. She looks at the decisions individuals make and how they make them, how their social or ecological environments affect their decisions and interactions, and under what circumstances they can alter their behaviors depending on these conditions.
In this episode, we talk about biology, comparative psychology, and moral behavior. First, Dr. Brosnan tells us about the primates that she studies the most and the sorts of behaviors she’s most interested in. Then, we discuss how to properly do comparative psychology, and compare the behavior of humans to other species, particularly primates. We also talk about what is morality from a biological perspective and its functions. And very important to understand morality are the processes of kin selection, reciprocal altruism, and the contentious topic of group selection. After that, we talk about some specific moral behaviors, like inequity aversion and the sense of fairness, and the endowment effect and the sense of property, in nonhuman primates.
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00:55 The primates Dr. Brosnan studies, and the types of behavior she’s most interested in
02:00 Morality and moral behavior
04:40 How to properly do comparative psychology
06:27 What is necessary to have moral behavior?
10:29 The functions of morality
12:13 On group selection
14:00 Reciprocal altruism
17:28 Inequity aversion and sense of fairness in primates
23:56 The evolutionary relevance of emotions
25:44 Philogeny and ontogeny, evolution and development
29:41 Economics games to study animal behavior
31:52 The endowment effect and a sense of property
40:13 Comparing humans to other primates in their cognition and morality
42:57 Should chimps make economic decisions for us?
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Thursday Apr 11, 2019

#162 Philip Goff: Materialism, Consciousness, And The Nature of Reality

Thursday Apr 11, 2019

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Dr. Philip Goff is a philosopher and consciousness researcher at Durham University, UK. His main research focus is trying to explain how the brain produces consciousness. He thinks we need to radically rethink our understanding of matter in order to explain consciousness, in something like the way Einstein radically rethought the nature of space and time. Dr. Goff also has a sideline in political philosophy, focusing on issues pertaining to taxation, globalization and social justice. He’s also the author of the book Consciousness and Fundamental Reality.
In this episode, we talk about consciousness, materialism and the nature of reality. We start off by discussing the philosophy of materialism and its limitations when it comes to account for phenomena like consciousness. We also talk about illusionism as a theory of consciousness, and the difficulties in trying to understand consciousness from an objectivist perspective, and the inherent limitations that our theory of mind has. Then, Dr. Goff explains his approach to consciousness, and what he thinks is the best way to know its nature, based on Russellian monism and panpsychism.
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00:53 The philosophy of materialism, and what might be some of its limitations
08:51 Causal relationships vs. the nature of the Universe
11:47 Mind-brain dualism
14:08 Phenomenal consciousness, and the hard problem
15:27 On Illusionism
19:36 Does it matter if our intuitions about the mind are wrong?
21:50 Dr. Goff’s approach to consciousness, and Russellian monism
25:58 About panpsychism
28:41 How would we know what consciousness is?
33:31 Individual variation of conscious experience, and issues about subjectivism
49:18 Consciousness, the external world, and our cognitive/epistemological limitations
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Thursday Apr 11, 2019

#54 Robin Hanson: The Elephant in the Brain, Selfishness and Prosociality, Social Progress

Thursday Apr 11, 2019

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Dr. Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He’s also the author of books like The Age of Em, and The Elephant in the Brain.
In this episode, the conversation centers around the book The Elephant in the Brain. We talk about subconscious motivations; selfishness and prosociality; rationalizations; strong and weak social norms; personality variability and hidden motivations; conspicuous consumption; prestige status; bragging and self-esteem; costly signaling; self-deception; the social role of laughter; the limits of comedy; the social importance of gossip; the prosociality of nepotism; the social aspects of advertising; art and conspicuous signaling; charity, waste, and effective altruism; the social value of education; conspicuous effort and waste in medicine; the narrative of the self; enlightened self-interest; being humble; individual vs collective change; niche communities; capitalism and social progress; and related topics.
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00:36 The elephant in the brain
02:30 Evolutionary perspectives on hidden motives
04:43 The Dissenter strikes back on disagreeable ends
08:04 Rationalizations
10:02 Selfishness and prosociality
12:49 We can get away with violating weak norms
14:11 Bragging about positive motivations
17:58 Adding personality variability to the picture
21:05 Conspicuous consumption
23:25 Signaling positive personality traits through material means
25:08 Prestige status
27:21 – Bragging and self-esteem
30:00 The drawbacks of costly signaling
31:25 Self-deception
33:22 The interpreter module
34:53 Norms as rationalizations
36:11 The social role of laughter
44:20 The limits of comedy
50:45 The social importance of gossip
55:26 The prosociality of nepotism
57:08 The social aspects of advertising
1:03:18 Art and conspicuous signaling
1:09:28 Charity, waste, and effective altruism
1:18:03 The social value of education
1:27:53 Thought experiment on a society of inconspicuous consumption
1:30:51 Conspicuous effort and waste in medicine
1:40:56 Reactions to the book
1:46:25 The narrative of the self
1:49:44 Enlightened self-interest
1:52:41 Being humble
1:57:56 Balance between subconscious drives and exerting control over them
2:04:27 Individual vs collective change
2:16:57 Niche communities
2:21:43 Modern life and personal identity
2:26:10 Capitalism and social progress
2:31:10 Where can you follow Dr. Hanson’s work?
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O Dr. Robin Hanson é um Professor Associado de Economia da George Mason University e um investigador associado do Future of Humanity Institute da Universidade de Oxford. É também o autor de livros como The Age of Em, e The Elephant in the Brain.
Neste episódio, a conversa é centrada no livro The Elephant in the Brain. Falamos sobre motivações subconscientes; egoísmo e prossocialidade; racionalizações; normas sociais fortes e fracas; variabilidade de personalidade e motivações escondidas; consumo conspícuo; status de prestígio; relação entre gabarolice e autoestima; sinalização dispendiosa; autodeceção; o papel social do riso; os limites da comédia; a importância social da fofoquice; a prossocialidade do nepotismo; os aspetos sociais da publicidade; arte e sinalizaç

Wednesday Apr 10, 2019

#53 Johan Norberg: Capitalism, Globalism, Progress, Inequality & More

Wednesday Apr 10, 2019

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Mr. Johan Norberg is an author and historian from Sweden. He’s been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute since 2007, and the executive director at Free To Choose Media since 2017. He is the author of books like In Defense of Global Capitalism (2001) and Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (2016).
In this episode, we talk about some of Mr. Norberg’s personal story, as he moved from being a left-anarchist to a classical liberal capitalist; capitalism from a historical perspective, and a comparison with feudalism; how material wealth and economic growth set the bases for human progress and flourishing; the varieties of capitalism, and the Swedish model; the problem with state-guided capitalism, interventionism and protectionism; the problem with the term “trickle-down economics”; economic inequality; and the Cato Institute.
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O Sr. Johan Norberg é um autor e historiador sueco. É um membro sénior do Cato Institute desde 2007, e o diretor executivo da Free to Choose Media desde 2017. É autor de livros como In Defense of Global Capitalism (2001) e Progresso: Dez razões para ter esperança no futuro.
Neste episódio, falamos sobre parte da história pessoal do Sr. Norberg, e como passou de um anarquista de esquerda a um liberal clássico capitalista; capitalismo de uma perspetiva histórica, e uma comparação com o feudalismo; como a riqueza material e o crescimento económico deram as bases ao progresso e desenvolvimento humano; as variedades do capitalismo, e o modelo sueco; o problema com o capitalismo de Estado, o intervencionismo, e o protecionismo; o problema por detrás do termo “trickle-down economics”; desigualdade económica; e o Cato Institute.
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Twitter handle: @johanknorberg
His books: https://www.amazon.com/Johan-Norberg/e/B001KCORWY
Livro “Progresso”: https://www.wook.pt/livro/progresso-johan-norberg/19094935
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Fernand Drumond (Gapminder): https://youtu.be/Pqoil02RlOU
Olof Gränström (Gapminder): https://youtu.be/3y-KOM2YiVY
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2019

#52 Eric Turkheimer: Four Laws of Behavior Genetics, Gene-Environment Dynamics, IQ

Tuesday Apr 09, 2019

Monday Apr 08, 2019

#51 James Flynn: Intelligence and IQ, the Flynn effect, group comparisons

Monday Apr 08, 2019

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Dr. James Flynn is a world-renowned intelligence researcher, an Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He’s the author of several books, including What Is Intelligence: Beyond the Flynn Effect, Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century, and Intelligence and Human Progress: The Story of What was Hidden in our Genes.
In this episode, we talk about the scientific definitions of intelligence and IQ; IQ tests and their limitations; the Wechsler tests, and their subtests; fluid and crystallized intelligence; the limitations and prediction power of IQ tests; types of intelligence; the Flynn effect; comparing IQ of different social groups; and the relationship between science and religion and IQ.
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O Dr. James Flynn é um investigador da inteligência mundialmente reconhecido, um Professor Emérito de Estudos Políticos da Universidade de Otago, em Dunedin, Nova Zelândia. É também o autor de diversos livros, incluindo O que é a inteligência? Além do efeito Flynn, Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century, e Intelligence and Human Progress: The Story of What was Hidden in our Genes.
Neste episódio, falamos sobre as definições científicas de inteligência e QI; testes de QI e as suas limitações; os testes Wechsler, e os seus sub-testes; inteligência fluida e cristalizada; as limitações e o poder de predição dos testes de QI; tipos de inteligência; o efeito Flynn; comparações do QI entre diferentes grupos sociais; e a relação entre ciência e religião e o QI.
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Monday Apr 08, 2019

#161 Ian Gilligan: The Evolution of Clothing and Agriculture

Monday Apr 08, 2019

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Dr. Ian Gilligan is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology of the University of Sydney. He graduated in psychology (UNSW) and medicine (Sydney University) before studying prehistoric archaeology (Sydney University) and biological anthropology (PhD ANU). He specializes in the origin of clothing and the role of textiles in the transition to agriculture. He also has an interest in traditional clothing in Aboriginal Australia, particularly in Tasmania during the last ice age. In addition, he explores the wider psychological and philosophical aspects of wearing clothes. He’s also the author of the recent book Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and Effects (2018).
In this episode, we talk about the evolution of clothing and the adoption of agriculture in human societies. First, we talk about hypotheses as to how our naked skin might have evolved, and when in our evolutionary history we started wearing clothes and the environmental factors that favored its development. We also briefly refer to the limitations in terms of the information we can derive from studies on modern hunter-gatherers, if we’re trying to learn more about how our species evolved and how people behaved back in the Pleistocene. We go through the differences between simples and complex clothing (the latter includes textile clothing), and also between clothing based on animal skin and fur and clothing based on textiles. Then, we discuss the ways by which clothing might have played a causal role in the adoption of agriculture and making it the center of our economy, the problems that early agricultural societies went through, and also why we domesticated animals. We finish off by talking about the psychological and social aspects of clothing, including decoration.
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00:56 The evolution of our naked skin
07:56 When did we start wearing clothes?
10:47 Artifacts archaeologists search for when studying clothing
15:09 The environmental factors that favor the development of clothing
17:22 Studying modern hunter-gatherers
24:52 We decorated our skin before we had clothing
28:37 Simple, complex and textile clothing
32:20 The differences between clothing based on animal skin and fur and clothing based on textiles
33:44 The relationship between clothing and agriculture
38:12 Agriculture before societies that put agriculture at the center of their food economy
42:37 The problems the agricultural societies have to deal with
48:20 The reasons why we domesticated

Saturday Apr 06, 2019

#50 Nancy Segal: Accidental Brothers, Twin Studies, Nature and Nurture, Epigenetics & More

Saturday Apr 06, 2019

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Dr. Nancy Segal is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton. She’s been the recipient of many awards and distinctions. She served as Assistant Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, from 1985 to 1991. She’s also the author of many books, including Entwined Lives, Indivisible by Two, Someone Else's Twin, Born Together-Reared Apart, and, the latest one, Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Exchanged at Birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture.
The central theme of this episode is Dr. Segal’s latest book, Accidental Brothers. We start the conversation with some personal questions, about what it was for Dr. Segal to live as and have a relationship with her fraternal twin, and also what she deemed to be the most interesting findings coming from the MISTRA (Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart). Subsequent topics include: studies with identical, fraternal and virtual twins, and triplets, and what they teach us about human nature; how people express themselves more fully as they get independent from their family; the nature vs nurture dichotomy, and also nurture via nature and nature via nurture approaches; the role of chance in people’s lives; epigenetics and the prenatal environment; how behavioral genetics might inform parenting practices; and related subjects.
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01:08 Growing up as a fraternal twin
04:12 Findings from the MISTRA
08:50 The Colombian virtual twins
12:33 When twins reunite
14:37 What happens when people get independent from their family
17:11 Passive gene-environment correlations
18:46 Nature vs nurture
21:03 Does genetics set upper limits to our potential?
23:33 Have twins studies a WEIRD effect?
25:22 The role of chance in children’s development
27:21 Twin studies and parental uncertainty
29:29 Studies with triplets
30:55 Epigenetics
33:38 Prenatal environment
34:36 Diversity in human societies
40:11 Nurture via nature
41:07 Behavioral genetics and parenting practices
46:23 Follow Dr. Segal’s work
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Friday Apr 05, 2019

#160 Richard Haier: The Neuroscience of Intelligence, Group Differences, And AI

Friday Apr 05, 2019

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Dr. Richard Haier is Professor Emeritus in the Pediatric Neurology Division of the School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine. He is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Intelligence since 2016. In 1994, he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by the American psychologist Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal, which summarized findings from intelligence research. His work on the parieto-frontal integration theory (P-FIT) with Rex Jung examines the neuroanatomy of intelligence based on neuro-imaging research. He’s also the author of the book “The Neuroscience of Intelligence” (2016).
In this episode, we talk about psychometrics and intelligence. First, Dr. Haier explains what psychometrics is about, and how and why we can reliably measure psychological traits. Then, we discuss what intelligence is, the relationship between general intelligence, the g factor and IQ; the limitations of IQ testing; the correlation between IQ and life outcomes; genetic and environmental factors in IQ. We also refer to the neuroscience of intelligence, and the aspects of the brain that go associated with IQ. We also get into controversial aspects of intelligence research, like differences and race differences. We finish up by talking about the differences between human general intelligence and artificial intelligence, and the impact that these systems might have in society.
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Friday Apr 05, 2019

#49 Robert Boyd: Gene-culture Coevolution, Cultural Evolution

Friday Apr 05, 2019

Thursday Apr 04, 2019

#159 Ian Crawford: Astrobiology, Space Exploration, and Big History

Thursday Apr 04, 2019

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Dr. Ian Crawford is Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research activities mostly lie in the fields of space exploration (especially lunar science and exploration), and the science of astrobiology (the search for life in the Universe).
In this episode, we talk about astrobiology and Big History. What is astrobiology, and the criteria that are used to search for life in the Universe, and also the limitations of those criteria, including the Goldilocks conditions (or the habitable zone). Also, the life forms that we should expect to find on other planets, and the places in our solar system which have the highest probabilities of hosting life. The special case of looking for intelligent life, and the many complications of it. The scientific, societal and political relevance of lunar and space exploration, and why it’s not in conflict with other human social and political endeavors. And, finally, Big History, and the relationship between astrobiology and Big History.
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00:38 What is astrobiology?
01:41 The criteria for searching for life in the Universe
06:15 Goldilocks conditions, or the “habitable zone”
09:05 What extremophiles tell us about life
11:25 The life forms we should expect to find
17:58 Places in our solar system most likely to host life
23:06 How to know if there was life on a planet that no longer has it
26:17 When should we stop looking for life on a particular planet?
29:26 The special case of intelligent life
36:44 The scientific, societal and political relevance of lunar and space exploration
41:47 Space exploration is not that costly
45:41 Why terraforming other planets (including Mars) is not a viable strategy to counter climate change problems
49:28 Big History and Astrobiology
56:00 Our position as humans in the Universe
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How ‘Big History’ can save the world: https://tinyurl.com/y4f5jk9p
Why looking for aliens is good for society (even if there aren’t any): https://tinyurl.com/yxhcjhww
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Thursday Apr 04, 2019

#48 Susan Pinker: The Sexual Paradox and The Village Effect

Thursday Apr 04, 2019

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Mrs. Susan Pinker is a psychologist, author and social science columnist for The Wall Street Journal. She is a former weekly columnist for The Globe and Mail, and has also written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Times of London. Her first book, The Sexual Paradox, was awarded the William James Book Award in 2010 and was published in 17 countries. Her most recent book, The Village Effect, was a Canadian bestseller and an Apple 2014 nonfiction best pick. Her work has been featured in The Economist, The Financial Times, and Der Spiegel.
In this episode, we talk about both of her books, and focusing particularly on the reasons behind men and women’s choices in terms of academic paths and professional and career choices; the gender pay gap, and the many factors that go into it; the fragilities and strengths of men and women; the gender equality paradox; the importance of socialization; how face-to-face communication contributes to the stability of social bonds; Sardinian villages, the island of Okinawa, and what we can learn from traditional societies and traditional ways of living; the poverty of digital communication; and the societal benefits of religion.
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A Sra. Susan Pinker é uma psicóloga, autora e colunista de ciência social do The Wall Street Journal. Foi uma colunista semanal para o The Globe and Mail, e também escreveu para o The New York Times, o The Guardian, e o The Times of London. O seu primeiro livro, O Paradoxo Sexual, foi galardoado com o William James Book Award em 2010 e publicado em 17 países, incluindo Portugal. O seu livro mais recente, The Village Effect, foi um bestseller canadiano e recebeu o Apple 2014 nonfiction best pick. O seu trabalho apareceu no The Economist, no The Financial Times, e no Der Spiegel.
Neste episódio, falamos sobre ambos os seus livros, com foco particular nas razões por detrás das escolhas de homens e mulheres em termos de percurso académico e escolhas profissionais e de carreira; as diferenças salariais entre homens e mulheres, e os diversos fatores por detrás; as fragilidades e forças de homens e mulheres; o paradoxo da igualdade de género; a importância da socialização; como a comunicação cara-a-cara contribui para a estabilidade das ligações sociais; aldeias sardenhas, a ilha de Okinawa, e o que podemos aprender com sociedades tradicionais e seu modo de vida; a pobreza da comunicação digital; e os benefícios sociais da religião.
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Livro O Paradoxo Sexual: https://www.wook.pt/livro/o-paradoxo-sexual-susan-pinker/10395332
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2019

#47 Luís Ricardo: O Líder Charlatão, Líderes e Estilos de Liderança em Sociedade Humanas

Wednesday Apr 03, 2019

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Luís Ricardo é doutorado em Liderança Educacional, e tem experiência como professor e como responsável técnico/comercial em empresas. Publicou vários artigos sobre liderança e é autor dos livros “O Líder e a Liderança”, “O Fim do Líder”, e “O Líder Charlatão”.
Neste episódio, focamo-nos no seu livro mais recente, “O Líder Charlatão”, e falamos sobre liderança e o que é ser líder. Discutimos também a componente inata e circunstancial da liderança; se um líder o pode ser de forma isolada ou se depende da sua rede social; os aspetos positivos dos vários tipos de liderança, incluindo a liderança autoritária; e o que é ser um líder charlatão.
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Luís Ricardo has a phD in Educational Leadership, and experience as a high school and university professor and as a commercial technician in several companies. He has published articles on leadership and is the author of the books “O Líder e a Liderança” [“Leader and Leadership”], “O Fim do Líder” [“The End of the Leader”], and “O Líder Charlatão” [“The Charlatan Leader”].
In this episode, we focus on his latest book, “The Charlatan Leader”, and we talk about leadership and what it means to be a leader. We discuss the innate and circumstantial components of leadership; if someone can be a leader in isolation or if he always depends on his social network; the positive aspects of the several types of leadership, including authoritarian leadership; and what it is to be a charlatan leader.
Time Links:
01:05 O que é um líder?
04:00 Aspetos inatos e circunstanciais da liderança
09:28 Liderança em primatas
12:08 Pode um líder sê-lo de forma isolada?
18:18 Liderança autoritária tem aspetos positivos
23:15 O que é o líder charlatão?
27:10 Egoísmo e altruísmo
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Livros de Luís Ricardo:
O Líder Charlatão: https://www.wook.pt/livro/o-lider-charlatao-luis-ricardo/19551735
O Líder e a Liderança: https://www.fnac.pt/O-Lider-e-a-Lideranca-Luis-Ricardo/a809255
O Fim do Líder: https://www.wook.pt/livro/o-fim-do-lider-luis-ricardo/17436870
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Tuesday Apr 02, 2019

#46 Barbara Webb: Embodied Cognition, AI, and the Study of Natural Cognition

Tuesday Apr 02, 2019

Monday Apr 01, 2019

#158 Jay Belsky: Attachment, Child Development, And Child Maltreatment

Monday Apr 01, 2019

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Dr. Jay Belsky is Robert and Natalie Read Dorne Professor of Human Development in the Department of Human Ecology and Program in Human Development at the University of California, Davis. Professor Belsky is an internationally recognized expert in the field of child development and family studies. His areas of expertise include the effects of day care, parent-child relations during the infancy and early childhood years (including attachment), the transition to parenthood, the etiology of child maltreatment and the evolutionary basis of parent and child functioning. Dr. Belsky's research is marked by a focus upon fathers as well as mothers, marriages as well as parent-child relations, and naturalistic home observations of family interaction patterns. He is a founding and collaborating investigator on the NICHD Study of Child Care and Youth Development (US) and The National Evaluation of Sure Start (UK). He is the author of more than 300 scientific articles and chapters and the author/editor of several books.
In this episode, we talk about childhood and attachment theory. We start off by talking about the evolutionary and ecological bases of parent-offspring relationships, including parent-offspring conflict, and the different evolved strategies of attachment. We also discuss modern attachment theory, and the main differences between it and classical attachment theory as developed first by John Bowlby, how it relates to life history theory, and the several different attachment styles that we have, including secure/autonomous, avoidant/dismissing, resistant/preoccupied, and disorganized. In the second part of the interview we also refer to parent-offspring conflict and child maltreatment; the risks and benefits of daycare; and differential susceptibility in children to different life circumstances during their development and different parenting styles.
Time Links:
01:22 The evolutionary bases of parent-offspring relationships
04:51 Different evolved strategies of attachment
07:10 Are people maladapted to our modern environments?
10:29 The factors behind how people develop attachment styles
13:33 Modern attachment theory and the differences between it and classical attachment theory, as developed by John Bowlby
17:08 Attachment theory and life history theory
22:43 Attachment styles
27:53 The importance of individual differences in children
31:07 Child maltreatment
36:47 The risks and benefits of daycare
41:52 Differential susceptibility in children
52:26 Follow Dr. Belsky’s work!

Monday Apr 01, 2019

#45 Mark Schaller: Interpersonal Communication and Human Culture, The Behavioral Immune System

Monday Apr 01, 2019

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Dr. Mark Schaller graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1984 and obtained a PhD in Psychology at Arizona State University in 1989. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He edited books like The Psychological Foundations of Culture and Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind.
In this episode, we talk about what is culture and how it gets generated; the Dynamic Social Impact Theory, and the concepts of consolidation, clustering, and correlation in cultural communication; Stickiness, Pitchiness, Catchiness, and the communicability of ideas; the content of stereotypes; the behavioral immune system, its individual and cultural/collective manifestations, and its relationship with error management theory; and the relationship between evolutionary psychology and cultural psychology.
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O Dr. Mark Schaller graduou-se pela Universidade da Carolina do Norte, em 1984, e obteve o seu doutoramento em Psicologia pela Universidade do Estado do Arizona, em 1989. É atualmente Professor de Psicologia na Universidade da Columbia Britânica, Vancouver, Canadá. Editou livros como The Psychological Foundations of Culture e Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind.
Neste episódio, falamos sobre o que é cultura e como é gerada; a Dynamic Social Impact Theory, e os conceitos de consolidação, agregação e correlação na comunicação cultural; Stickiness, Pitchiness, Catchiness, e a comunicabilidade das ideias; o conteúdo dos estereótipos; o sistema imunitário comportamental, as suas manifestações individuais e culturais/coletivas, e a sua relação com a error management theory; e a relação entre a psicologia evolutiva e a psicologia cultural.
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Friday Mar 29, 2019

#157 Gerard Saucier: Personality, The Big Five, The Big Six, and The Big Two

Friday Mar 29, 2019

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Dr. Gerard Saucier is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. He won the 1999 Cattell Early Career Research Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. His research focuses on Personality Psychology, Values, Cultural Psychology, Moral Psychology, and Political Psychology. Dr. Saucier has been a leader in developing and refining dimensional models for personality (the Big Five, and upgrading from the Big Five to a more comprehensive Big Six model and a broader, more universal 'Big Two') and beliefs and values (e.g., dimensions of ‘isms’).
In this episode, we talk about personality psychology, and the Big Five, Big Six and HEXACO personality traits inventories, and the Big Two. We start off with an overview of the historical and scientific importance of the development of the Big Five personality traits to personality psychology, and the scientific rationale behind them, the lexical hypothesis/rationale. Then, we discuss the Big Six and the HEXACO, and how these inventories are arrived at. We also talk about what would be the goals of the development of these inventories, with special emphasis on universality and predictive ability. We discuss briefly the ten aspects of the Big Five, and then finish off by talking about the application of these inventories to clinical psychology, and the ways by which culture might influence personality traits and how they get expressed.
Time Links:
01:00 The scientific relevance of the Big Five
02:35 The lexical hypothesis/rationale
11:35 The Big Six and the HEXACO
17:01 The Big Two (Social Self-Regulation and Dynamism)
21:21 The goals of the development of personality inventories, including universality and prediction
28:26 The ten aspects of the Big Five
30:34 The application of these models to clinical psychology and occupational counseling
36:11 Are there any major cultural trends that influence personality traits or how they get expressed?
43:03 Follow Dr. Saucier’s work!
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Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y5ncu54z
Twitter handle: @G_Saucier
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Friday Mar 29, 2019

#43 Diana Fleischman: The Psychology of Disgust and Mate Selection

Friday Mar 29, 2019

Thursday Mar 28, 2019

#42 Ville Tulkki: Dispelling the Fear About Nuclear Energy

Thursday Mar 28, 2019

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Mr. Ville Tulkki is a Doctor of Science in Technology and a Certified project manager (IPMA-C) from Finland. He’s a member of Fuel&Materials, part of the Halden Programme Group. He’s also a Member of the Jules Horowitz Reactor Fuel Working Group. And he was the Chief Scientific Investigator of Finland for the IAEA Coordinated Research Project FUMEX-III from 2009 to 2012.
In this episode, we talk about what is nuclear energy; the historical nuclear accidents (namely, Chernobyl and Fukushima), their causes and consequences; the advantages and shortcomings of nuclear energy; the comparison between nuclear energy and other energy sources, mainly the renewables; waste product management in nuclear power plants; and the future of nuclear energy, in terms of the 4th generation of nuclear reactors, and nuclear fusion.
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O Sr. Ville Tulkki possui um doutoramento em Tecnologia e é um Gestor de Projetos certificado (IPMA-C) da Finlândia. É um membro da Fuel&Materials, parte do Halden Programme Group. É também um membto do Jules Horowitz Reactor Fuel Working Group. E foi o Investigador Científico Chefe da Finlândia no AEA Coordinated Research Project FUMEX-III, entre 2009 e 2012.
Neste episódio, falamos sobre o que é a energia nuclear; os acidentes nucleares históricos (nomeadamente, Chernobyl e Fukushima), as suas causas e consequências; as vantagens e desvantagens da energia nuclear; a comparação entre energia nuclear e outras fontes energéticas, principalmente as renováveis; gestão de resíduos nas centrais nucleares; e o futuro da energia nuclear, em termos da quarta geração de reatores nucleares, e da energia nuclear.
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Twitter handle: @VTulkki
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
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