On this episode of Skeptico, a show about being naive.

My father's no different than any other powerful man.

Any man who's responsible for other people.

Like a senator or president.

You know how naive you sound.

Why?

Senators and presidents don't have men killed.

Who's being naive, Kay?

And how to train yourself not to be?

I have a very demanding metaphilosity.

So, ontology, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and then politics. And it's not enough for the concepts that you develop to cut across all of these domains.

They have to also be somehow consistent with one another.

I mean, your ethics and politics has to follow from your ontology and epistemology.

Otherwise, you will have certain naive commitments that

go unquestioned. That first clip was of course from the Godfather. The second was from today's

guest, Dr. Jason Giorjani. This was a real paradigm shattering interview for me, as it kind of made me wonder what it

would really be like to play the 5D chess of geopolitics on the big board.

I hope you enjoy it.

Welcome to Skeptica, where we explore controversial science and spirituality with leading

researchers, thinkers,

and their critics.

I'm your host, Alex Akaris.

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