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*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia 8: Monkey see, Monkey do?

*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia 8: Monkey see, Monkey do?

FromDecoding the Gurus


*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia 8: Monkey see, Monkey do?

FromDecoding the Gurus

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ahead of the Jaron Lanier episode a special preview episode of our ongoing Decoding Academia series.This week Matt and Chris take a look at a classic comparative study of social learning processes in chimpanzees and infants (Horner & Whiten, 2005). They discover the correct method to break into a puzzle box, that chimpanzees are sometimes more logical than people, and that popular idioms do not always house universal truths.For anyone interested in reading the paper it is available for free here.We will be back later in the week with our normal decoding episode.
Released:
May 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!