Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, argues that research intended to prevent pandemics is actually putting us in a lot more danger. Also discussed: Kevin's own research on engineering wild animal species. Are the risks worth the benefits?
Rationally Speaking #203 - Stephen Webb on "Where is Everybody? Solutions to the Fermi Paradox."
Rationally Speaking #202 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case Against Education"
Rationally Speaking #201 - Ben Buchanan on "The Cybersecurity Dilemma"
Rationally Speaking #200 - Timothy Lee on "How much should tech companies moderate speech?"
Rationally Speaking #199 - Jessica Flanigan on "Why people should have the right to self-medicate"
Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies"
Rationally Speaking #197 - Doug Hubbard on "Why people think some things can’t be quantified (and why they’re wrong)"
Rationally Speaking #196 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Weird ideas and opaque minds"
Rationally Speaking #195 - Zach Weinersmith on "Emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything"
Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True"
Rationally Speaking #193 - Eric Jonas on "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?"
Rationally Speaking #192 - Jesse Singal on “The problems with implicit bias tests”
Rationally Speaking #191 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on "What the internet can tell us about human nature" (Fixed)
Rationally Speaking #190 - Amanda Askell on "Pascal's Wager and other low risks with high stakes"
Rationally Speaking #189 - Stephan Guyenet on "What causes obesity?"
Rationally Speaking #188 - Robert Kurzban on "Being strategically wrong"
Rationally Speaking #187 - Jason Weeden on "Do people vote based on self-interest?"
Rationally Speaking #186 - Tania Lombrozo on "Why we evolved the urge to explain"
Rationally Speaking #185 - Hans Noel on "The role of ideology in politics"
Rationally Speaking #184 - Gregory Clark on "What caused the industrial revolution?"
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