Consilience
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
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2 statements about Consilience, every show
Duke: Evolutionary biology provides unmatched mental rigor for interpreting evidence
“To really understand, like, how you think through a problem, what evidence means, how do you interpret evidence, What does it mean to have different disciplines line up to get you the same answer, that consilience and convergence, and how important those are i…”
Mauboussin: Most gifted books are by Pinker, Wilson, and Menand
“You know, usually the books that I give away are it's usually a little trio. C. Pinker's book, How the Mind Works. E.L. Wilson's book, Consilience. And the third book is The Metaphysical Club. So those tend to be the three books that, if you said to me, and I …”