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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

462. Julia Galef on Spock and Rationality

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We currently have 962 five-star ratings, and it would be great to get that up to a thousand.

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And so I want to give a special thank you to Benzi 518 in Japan, who just gave us this

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five-star review.

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A fine and intellectually stimulating ride, and to must listen for any sci-fi fan.

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Even when I know nothing about the guest, I find it makes great brain candy.

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books are good.

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So big thanks again to Benzi 518 for that great review.

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All right, so now let's get to our show.

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Hello, and welcome to episode 462 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

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Our guest today is Julia Gaeleth, who you may remember from our panel on rationalism and

1:08.1

science fiction back in episode 88.

1:10.7

She's the host of the Rationally Speaking Podcast, and is co-founder of the Center for Applied

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Rationality.

1:15.7

And her 2016 TED Talk, why you think you're right even if you're wrong, has been viewed

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over 4 million times.

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And we'll be speaking with her today about her new book, The Scout Mindset, why some people

1:25.6

see things clearly and others don't.

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I also just want to mention that there's a part in this interview where I can't remember

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the name of a movie.

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