#17 – Lulie Tanett: Epistemology in the Social Sciences, Mindfulness and Taking Children Seriously

Lulie Tanett is a writer and expositor of ideas of applied critical rationalism.

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We talk about:

• Lulie’s untypical childhood and the parenting philosophy she was raised under

• What psychology and the social sciences can learn from epistemology

• Mindfulness tied to Critical Rationalism

• The constraints of creativity

• And much more!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Lulie’s childhood and Taking Children Seriously

9:30 - Why social science isn’t science

11:35 - Evolutionary psychology

14:15 - Foundations of psychology: not neurology, but epistemology

15:35 - Meme theory

17:39 - What’s needed for consciousness?

19:54 - AGI

21:14 - Criticism Scheduling and Privacy

29:35 - Tying mindfulness and meditation to Critical Rationalism

45:05 - Constraints help creativity

50:27 - Non-coercive schools

52:53 - Critical Rationalism community + recommendations by Lulie

MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

• Episode 10 of Do Explain with David Deutsch on The Primacy of Ideas

• Lulie’s recent appearance on the Do Explain podcast [The Chapman Series, Pt.5]

• David Deutsch on the ‘Fun Criterion’ with Lulie Tanett

• Increments podcast

• Lulie’s post on Alexander Technique

LULIE’S LINKS

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reasonisfun

• Website: https://www.lulie.co.uk/

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• Blog: https://arjunkhemani.com

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