The development of artificial intelligence naturally leads us to deeply explore what intelligence, reasoning and knowledge are; the processes required to achieve them; and the implications that has for human thought, belief and decision making—all topics that have been deeply thought about by our guest, Leslie Valiant, Harvard University Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. Professor Valiant is the winner of the 2010 A.M. Turing Award and author of three books, including his recent book: The Importance of Being Educable-a New Theory of Human Uniqueness.
#93-Critical Thinking Fundamentals and how to find truth in all the noise-with guest Dr. Seema Yasmin
#92-Election 2024 Preparation 4-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras
#90-Election 2024 Preparation 3-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins
#89-Election 2024 Preparation 2-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O'Connor
#88-What’s new in teaching critical thinking and advances in the mental immunity approach for combating misinformation with guest Melanie Trecek-King
#87-Election 2024 Preparation—The Importance of Critical Thinking to Democracy, with guest Timothy Redmond
#86-Disinformation-its creators, amplifiers and believers-and how to fight for truth and protect democracy with guest Lee McIntyre
#85-Critical thinking in health and medicine and the importance of critical thinking in pandemics and other national and international health crises
# 84-Top pick episode after seven years-Johnathan Rauch and the Constitution of Knowledge
#83-Bob and Julia discuss Artificial Intelligence
#82-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking and Recognizing Unsubstantiated Claims-with guest Alan Bensley
#81-Actively Open-minded Thinking-with guest Emlen Metz
#80- Virtues, Benefits and Joy of Critical Thinking and Science Appreciation-with Guy Harrison
#79-How critical thinking can make us better citizens and cure our ailing democracy-with guest Timothy Redmond
#78-Celebrating Skilled Intuition-a second look at Naturalistic Decision Making with guest Gary Klein
#77-The journey from the world of magicians and psychics to becoming a skeptical activist who promotes science and critical thinking-with guest Mark Edward
#76-How mathematics can improve our lives and make us better critical thinkers-with guest John Allen Paulos
#75-How to Get Real by Mastering and Using Critical Thinking-with guest Jon Guy
#74-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking—back to the basics—with Melanie Trecek-King
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