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Probably Science

Episode 593 - Diya Basrai

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Comedy

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Comedian/neuroscientist Diya Basrai (@diyabasrai) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about Moravec's Paradox, whether there's something meat-specific about intelligence, a less-pessimistic AI take, a tool-using cow, Diya's comedy special and his comedy/science live show Uncontrolled Variables.

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0:00.0

Probably Science

0:02.0

Hello and welcome to probably science.

0:12.9

I'm your host, one of three, in fact.

0:14.3

I'm Jesse Case.

0:16.1

Oh, we hadn't worked at who's going second.

0:18.3

I had assumed Andy was going second.

0:23.0

I just wanted to see what would happen if we... Oh, okay. All right. Fair. It's one of those logic puzzles where it was three people, the two of them have white hats or something. You can't see your own hats.

0:31.4

Right. So I have to shoot you. Is that the deal? Like, I have to shoot you because if I don't, then I will definitely be shot. The fact that you don't shoot me instantly means that you must be the guy wearing the hat. We won. We unlocked the puzzle. We could escape this room. Well, one of you can only tell the truth and one of you can only, who's going second? What's happening? I eat no fat. And eat no only...

0:55.1

So that was Andy Wood.

0:56.3

This is Matt Kirshin.

0:57.1

And I've got some truth for you. I've got the truth that I just got back from Chicago, had some really fun shows there. I met a couple of listeners out there as well. Thanks for coming to the shows. hope to see some more of you listeners

1:09.9

in the shows that I've got coming up

1:11.9

in the next few weeks

1:12.8

which by the way, if anyone here is anywhere near Phoenix or Atlanta, that's where I am in this coming week.

1:19.7

And then it goes on to like Nashville and the Texas run, so Dallas, Austin, Houston, all details in my website. But while I was in Chicago, I did a couple of shows with a very funny comic who also happens to be a scientist. So I was like, we're definitely stealing him for our podcast. It's Dia Basry. How are you, dear? Doing good. How are you guys? Yeah, pretty good. You're recording a, you're recording a, I don't know if this is going to go out before. When are you recording your special?

1:47.7

I'm recording it this Saturday in Chicago. Yeah, will this come out in four days?

1:55.4

No, no. No, it's going to come out just after that, but there will be a special to watch, listeners. If you... Perfect. The special is out. On the socials, then you can watch it. Yeah, it'll be out in about five months after you hear this. Excellent. But, yeah, as well as being a very funny guy, I really enjoyed your sets, both shows we did together, but... Thanks. You're a scientist. So, there's a few of you knocking around. There's a few scientists turn

2:21.5

comedians, or you're one of the rare ones who actually is still currently working in a lab.

2:27.1

Yeah. I feel like I've met a couple people who do both, but I'm probably one of the few

2:32.8

who've started science after I started comedy.

2:36.4

Oh, wait.

2:37.8

Yeah.

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