Episode 132: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (with Paul Bloom)

Paul and Yoel talk about whether it's a problem that psychologists seem to be no better than laypeople at predicting behavior. We also cover a recent controversy in anthropology, talk a little bit about the Odyssey (movie), and discuss whether people ought to be drinking more.

(Sorry about the clicking in Paul's audio--we did what we could to tone it down!)

Special Guest: Paul Bloom.

Links:

• Did Carolyn Rouse Make Things Worse? - by Evan Goldstein
• Is Anthropology Hopelessly Politicized?
• Is a New Report About the Humanities ‘Diabolically Evil’? We Questioned Its Authors.
• Why the Healthiest Generation Is the Loneliest
• Simple models predict behavior at least as well as behavioral scientists
• Insights into the accuracy of social scientists’ forecasts of societal change | Nature Human Behaviour
• If you're so smart - by Paul Bloom - Small Potatoes
• Should I trust economists? - by Daniel Greco
• The idea of primitive communism is as seductive as it is wrong | Aeon Essays