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Adam is joined by Tyrone the Porcupine Hobo to discuss a Haman Nature Substack article that generated a lot of great feedback. What does the "Mouse Utopia" experiment say about humanity? Anything? Or are we just fooling ourselves with scientism? 00:00 — Intro. Adam suggests that Mickey and Minnie are titles, not specific individuals.02:30 — What was Calhoun's famous "Universe 25" study about mice?07:28 — Why do scientists use mice so much in their studies?09:40 — What do mice (and people) need to thrive? Plus, how will AI impact humanity?17:08 — Why do we fool ourselves with "scientism"? What is the "replication crisis"?20:22 — What is the "hungry judge effect"? Is it real? Plus, more on scientism and why humans fall for it. The problem is pernicious. 34:11 — Adam and Tyrone respond to some of the comments on the article. Plus, a podcast theorem is demonstrated.53:04 — Outro and final thoughts. Thank you for watching Haman Nature!Sponsor link: https://scotthortonacademy.com/crossover
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Hn article about mice: https://hamannature.substack.com/p/remember-that-mouse-utopia-experimentHn article about scientism: https://hamannature.substack.com/p/dont-let-that-ideologue-in-the-labHn article about hungry judges: https://hamannature.substack.com/p/remember-that-hungry-judge-study
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