Science

9 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 24, 2016 by Morgan Housel · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Oct 24, 2016
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Housel: Society consistently believes it knows everything while harboring fundamental scientific errors
“I think at every point in history, there has been something, there have been two things, something that we were totally, 100% completely wrong about, and at the same time, a sense that we have figured everything out, and, you know, science, you know, we figure…”
Morgan Housel Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 55:07 #14 Morgan Housel: Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning
Nov 28, 2016
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Arbesman: Science is a querying method where all knowledge is a draft
“Science is, it's a body of knowledge, but even more important than that, science is really a means of querying the world, and I think recognizing that everything we know is constantly in draft form is really, like, that's the way we should be thinking about th…”
Sam Arbesman Nov 28, 2016 ▶ 5:14 #15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge
Nov 28, 2016 negative
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Arbesman: Paywalls and jargon boundaries cause scientists to reinvent existing models
“In science sometimes you have things that are out of date, but also because knowledge might be either locked behind journal paywalls, or these articles are not necessarily as interconnected as they could be people sometimes end up reinventing certain ideas. So…”
Sam Arbesman Nov 28, 2016 ▶ 18:05 #15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge
Nov 28, 2016 positive
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Arbesman: Science and art are beautiful outputs constrained by reality and medium
“Science is almost like beautiful output constrained by reality, and art is also beautiful output constrained by reality of the media that you're using in some very different sort of ways.”
Sam Arbesman Nov 28, 2016 ▶ 9:22 #15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge
Apr 11, 2017 positive
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Ravikant: Science is the only true discipline because its predictions are falsifiable
“Science is to me, it's a study of truth. It is the only true discipline because it makes falsifiable predictions. Actually changes the world.”
Naval Ravikant Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 1:12:35 #18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
Sep 17, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nagoski: Accurate science on human sexuality only emerged in the last 30 years
“Only in the last 20, maybe 30 years has the science been drawing A more accurate and representative picture of how sexuality actually works physiologically and relationally.”
Emily Nagoski Sep 17, 2019 ▶ 25:49 #66 Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is the Measure
Sep 15, 2020 negative
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Barrett: Scientific consensus is only reliable when scientists hold diverse backgrounds
“If you get a group of scientists who all have different backgrounds and different assumptions, and they come together in consensus, you can be much more sure that what you're observing is very likely to be the case in this circumstance. Right. However, you hav…”
Lisa Feldman Barrett Sep 15, 2020 ▶ 1:13:27 #92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget
Nov 24, 2020 negative
Opinion
Roger Martin: Business dramatically and vastly overuses the scientific method
“We dramatically, vastly overuse science.”
Roger Martin Nov 24, 2020 ▶ 30:43 #97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Apr 5, 2022
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Srinivasan: True science is defined by independent replications, not citations
“A paper that came out last week that does not have any independent replications is not science in the same way Maxwell equations is. And that's, that, that quantitative axis is very important. Science is not about prestigious citations. It's about independent …”
Balaji Srinivasan Apr 5, 2022 ▶ 23:16 Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
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