Epistik

About Epistik

Pause. Think aloud. Repeat. Epistemology + Ethics = Epistik "Whoever questions you openly with genuine reason is loyal to you." Thank you for listening! Email: contact.epistik@gmail.com Twitter: @prefixiffus

Publisher

Epistik

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Dec 2020

Latest episode

29 Jul 2021

Latest episodes

18 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2021

   Episode 18, feat. Alexander Siegenfeld

   TIMESTAMPS 2:35 Natural Scientists vs. Social Scientists in Complexity Science 8:29 Alex’ paper about elections 27:00 Professor Friston’s work in relation to Complexity Science 36:13 Can data be to weak to be useful? 40:35 Complexity Science in relation to philosophy and empiricism vs. rationality 46:29 What is the hardest thing in your work? 55:38 Successful people in academia 1:02:00 Circles & Loops 1:05:00 Measuring success 1:10:30 Are religions circular? 1:17:09 Language compression and emotion transfer devices 1:21:00 Meta-talk 1:24:29 Why is it hard to talk about ”deep things”? 1:28:22 The nature of learning 1:31:30 Memory 1:36:50 A subagent in our embodied cognition that is ”higher” than us? 1:49:11 What advice do you have for younger students? Intrested in CS? Award-winning intro to Complexity Science by Alex: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/complexity/2020/6105872/ Mentioned resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions) (Note from Alex: It seems less original now than at the time it was written) The Master and His Emmissary by Iain McGilchrist Another book recommended by Alex: I and Thou by Martin Buber (he recommends the translation by Smith) The review article in Nature Physics: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11489 Regarding proxies to internal goals, I’d recommend the following Medium article: https://adamahm.medium.com/data-linkage-visualization-for-assisting-policy-makers-d4ba40715693x (https://adamahm.medium.com/data-linkage-visualization-for-assisting-policy-makers-d4ba40715693x) Give Epistik a follow and fill the following form: https://forms.gle/MSZwUEFm1kzMTuia6 (https://forms.gle/MSZwUEFm1kzMTuia6)

2. 

   14 Jul 2021

   Episode 17, feat. Karl Friston

   TIMESTAMPS: 6:15 Is the reduction of uncertainty in the Free Energy Principle more compareable with Occam’s razor or simple deterministic laws? 18:03 Tautologies and compression of information. 30:00 Free will 37:48 Where does the first prior probability distribution come from? Do you believe in revelation? 49:20 How can we describe parameters of epistemic foraging in terms of the Free Energy Principle and Philosophy? 1:04:15 Practical applications of Friston’s work in relation to policy-making in the corporate world and the public sector. 1:16:10 Should people aspiring to work in Public Admin study maths? Links to Prof. Friston’s previous pertinent appearances: TOE Podcast: https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA (good for getting an elementary understanding of the Free Energy Principle and it's applications) Lex Fridman Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzuibY5kUs&t=688s (a fun conversation) Dartmouth's CCN Workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hEc6vay_k (good for stats-people) ML Streettalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkR24ieh5Ow (good for ML-people) Serious Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0JnjgCO3o&t=520s (about a slightly separate area: Embodied Cognition) Give Epistik a follow! Suggest ideas here: https://forms.gle/MSZwUEFm1kzMTuia6

3. 

   1 Jul 2021

   Episode 16, feat. Jacob Lagerros

   TIMESTAMPS: 23:39 Subagents in our heads. 35:00 What can we learn from how we perceive people we encounter on the street? 42:26 The Game of Life in relation to RL and MDPs. 58:35 Summarizing question

4. 

   19 Jun 2021

   Episode 15, feat. Kiran Garimella

   TIMESTAMPS 13:00 Computer scientist vs social scientists 17:50 Is quantification effective? 24:00 Why did you choose to work with CSS? 49:00 NLP & Marketing 54:10 NLP vs regression 57:20 What kind of variable would you like to maximize? Dr. Garimella’s website and GitHub: https://users.ics.aalto.fi/kiran/ (https://users.ics.aalto.fi/kiran/) https://github.com/gvrkiran (https://github.com/gvrkiran) Sorry for bad audio from my side.

5. 

   7 Jun 2021

   Episode 14, feat. Davood Gozli

   TIMESTAMPS 2:00 How do you choose which books to read? 4:00 Random decision-making 8:00 The potential of a emotion transfer device 18:30 The leap of faith 25:27 Who are the genuine atheists? 28:00 Links between dualism vs non-dualism and idealism vs materialism 35:58 Infinite vs finite games in the evolution of religions 39:50 Objectivity in contrast to the personification of God 43:00 Virtue ethics and tautologies 46:10 Turning infinite into finite games – from the micro-level to the macro-level 49:21 What percentage of the world population do you think that people would accept and abide by a coherent and somewhat fair axiomatic system? 50:43 Is there any variable that you can pinpoint and say that you want to maximize or minimize in life? 1:00:55 When do you think that Hegelian dialectical logic is better than using statistical inference in psychology? 1:05:57 The impact of instantaneous emotions 1:10:00 ”Chicken and egg”-problems, tautologies, and circular systems 1:14:40 What social science subject would you recommend for engineers or scientists? Professor Gozli’s… YT-channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XWPTuBcXjkPoeP_MGCjug (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XWPTuBcXjkPoeP_MGCjug) Website: dgozli.com (http://dgozli.com/) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgozli (https://www.patreon.com/dgozli)

6. 

   24 May 2021

   Episode 13, feat. Devdeepta Bose

   4:26 What did you learn from Prof. Collin Camerer 10:10 Neuroeconomics vs Metabolomics 14:07 Defining wellbeing 15:30 A proxy for wellbeing 20:00 The theory of reflexivity and the delta between money and value 25:33 Hedonic recalibration/calibration 28:08 Can our projection of wellbeing be 100% epistemically correct? 31:35 Is computational power or lack of information the primarily limiting factor in deriving a path to wellbeing? 46:15 Do we have a tendency to turn infinite games into finite games? 57:50 Simple stats vs sophisticated maths 1:17:20 Can one force oneself to like any smell? 1:19:25 “When we have to cooperate but don’t have the same purpose of goals, we make transactions.” Dr. Bose's website: https://sites.google.com/view/devdeeptabose

7. 

   10 May 2021

   Episode 12, feat. Dario Krpan

   TIMESTAMPS 8:00 Hegelian dialectical logic vs. statistical inference in Psychology. 13:45 Problems with defining wellbeing. 23:30 Data gathering 31:10 Subconscious hard-limiter. 40:00 Behavioral Scientists' impact in society 53:00 Paternalism v libertarianism. Links to Professor Krpan's social media: Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-krpan-775ab711/?trk=pub-pbmap&originalSubdomain=uk) Twitter (https://twitter.com/DarioKrps11) Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=rXLO7MwAAAAJ&hl=en)

8. 

   29 Apr 2021

   Episode 11, feat. William Hedley Thompson

   TIMESTAMPS 20:25 Comp. Neuroscience & Public Policy 31:50 Comparing brains with computers. 38:00 When should we note something down? 52:40 Does logic have to be mathematical? 1:02:10 Why is it so important for us that some other consciousness has registered our acts/experience? William's podcast: akademiskasmadad.se

9. 

   16 Apr 2021

   Episode 10, feat. David Ebbevi

   TIMESTAMPS 27:20 Could you explain your research project at the Stockholm School of Economics? 32:50 The balance between using computers and brains 40:00 Could we have a subconscious hard limiter that prevents us from having it ”too good”? 43:00 Do you think that doctors have a place in management consulting? 57:29 How vulnerable is Swedens healthcare?

10. 

    8 Apr 2021

    Episode 9, feat. Paolo Vineis

    TIMESTAMPTS: 3:56 What insights from your research has surprised you the most? 8:35 Advice to researchers when it comes to international collaboration? 17:45 Data linking 21:35 Finding the balance between finding new ideas and focusing on ongoing projects. Sorry for bad audio quality.

11. 

    20 Mar 2021

    Episode 8, feat. Jonathan Gorard

    TIMESTAMPS 0:20 Are the laws of logic a priori or a posteriori? 7:55 Ideas in applied mathematics 27:50 Why did you choose to work with automated theorem proving? 43:50 An argument for theism and deism 1:06:44 Can automated theorem proving be applied in the field of philosophy? 1:24:10 Our emotional states, wellbeing, and rationality

12. 

    10 Mar 2021

    Episode 7, feat. Tomas Bokström

    TIMESTAMPS 7:40 Normative ethics and public policy 14:40 The definition of wellbeing. 24:07 Social Anthropologists vs Comp. Social Scientists in Public Policy 39:30 Hedonic wellbeing vs eudaimonic wellbeing. 51:25 How can engineers get into policy?

13. 

    25 Feb 2021

    Episode 6, feat. Mats Lekander

    TIMESTAMPS 3:00 The definition of health 22:30 Qualitative analysis in Psychoneuroimmunology 33:45 Alternative medicine. 39:20 What are your views on the explanatory gap? 53:30 Are the faith problems that western health workers experience in the third world due to problems in allopathic medicine? Website: Epistik.wordpress.com

14. 

    12 Feb 2021

    Episode 5, feat. Anna Herland

    TIMESTAMPS: 0:27 Insights from working with Donald Ingber. 6:00 What motivates researchers? 19:00 Regulations in research 33:12 Measuring success in the public sector. 36:15 Researchers and collaboration with the wider society. 42:55 How do you define learning something new?

15. 

    30 Jan 2021

    Episode 4, feat. Alf Månsson

    TIMESTAMPS 00:10 Why did you study medicine? 3:43 How suitable does the medical program make you for research? 13:12 How has the student experience changed since you studied in med school? 21:35 Multidisciplinary vs. focused education. 27:53 Materialsim vs. Idealism in regards to the peace in Sweden. 31:37 For how long will the world be able to sustain its standard of living? 37:25 Should business grads make all the money from the work of researchers? 40:11 Philosophical incentives in research. 47:00 What are the biggest obstacles for researchers? 52:32 How should researchers collaborate with the public sector, e.g. the EU? 56:34 Limiting effects of computing power. 58:25 Where do you draw the line between when quantitative and qualitative analysis is more efficient? 1:00:00 What questions can simulations answer? 1:04:35 Potential of open access data analysis. 1:08:24 Can we unbelief something? 1:09:45 Is there some common denominator in what we are striving for? 1:14:21 What is your objective in life?

16. 

    16 Jan 2021

    Episode 3, feat. Zaher El-Shami

    TIMESTAMPS 6:12 Kantian ethics 20:38 Communication 33:10 Is it important for society to learn history as a school subject? 44:30 The negative form of the ”Golden rule” 1:33:00 Why do people want to have children? 1:53:15 Would you go on a vacation If you would know that you would forget about it after getting back? 2:00:00 Goal in life

17. 

    3 Jan 2021

    Episode 2, feat. Jens Fust

    Pre Scriptum: Audio quality improves after around 10 mins. TIMESTAMPS: 0:17 How are philosophy and psychology interlinked? 4:00 Why is it so hard for researches to resist the ”Philosopause”? 14:50 Is it more important for a model to be closer to the truth as opposed to effective? 19:50 Can we simulate how we would behave in different circumstances? 35:20 Can the feeling of making the ”right” decision correlate with any bioinformatics data? 53:40 What does it mean to learn something new? 1:00:00 Why are so many undergrads nihilists or absurdists? 1:02:15 Philosophical values across cultures. -- Email: contact.epistik@gmail.com

18. 

    22 Dec 2020

    Episode 1, feat. Ario Ebrahimpur

    TIMESTAMPS: 00:13 The we-feeling in Sweden 9:15 Is the role of the law to deter or cure? 10:35 Is it impossible to avoid contradictions in law? 16:35 What is the role of the government? 23:40 What would you do in an enclosed field? 37:30 Idealism in law school. 1:22:00 Is law logical? 1:35:00 Nuclear war & WW3 2:08:04 Objective in life

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