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1 week ago | 
citationneededpodcast.com | Brad Polumbo |Colin Wright
In this episode of Citation Needed, we kick things off with the viral social media feud between Olympic legend Simone Biles and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines over a male athlete playing on a girls' softball team.
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1 month ago | 
citationneededpodcast.com | Brad Polumbo |Colin Wright
Woke ideology combined with Biden-era “DEI” regulations is turning academic archaeology into a farce. We go over a great article by Professor Elizabeth Weiss outlining this problem, in this episode of the Citation Needed podcast.
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1 month ago | 
citationneededpodcast.com | Brad Polumbo |Colin Wright
Did you know glaciers and icebergs are feminist, human-like, and… sexy?! Those were the bizarre conclusions “researchers” reached in a now-infamous paper that we break down in this episode of the Citation Needed podcast.
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2 months ago | 
richarddawkins.substack.com | Richard Dawkins |Colin Wright
In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins joins Colin Wright for an insightful conversation touching on evolution, gender, science, and culture - They explore Richard's latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead along with a wide array of topics including the nature of truth, the reliability of science, evolution, and the controversies surrounding sex and gender. This episode was filmed as part of Richard Dawkins' tour.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
Paid episodeThe full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Brain Lenses
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
Macro-level entities like governments, economic and health agencies, and political pollsters often make use of “Aggregate Data” rather than individualized numbers to assess changes and make decisions.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -3:13Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. More information about Brain Lenses at brainlenses.com. Paid BL supporters receive an additional episode of the show each week. Read the written version of this episode:Discussion about this podcastBrain Lenses is a show about how we see the world, ourselves, and each other. Hosted by Colin Wright. Brain Lenses is a show about how we see the world, ourselves, and each other. Hosted by Colin Wright.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
There’s a certain amount of subjectivity involved in any medical diagnosis. Most immediately, diagnoses are almost always—initially, at least—partly based on the patient’s subjective experience of whatever seems to be happening to them: their stomach hurts, their gut won’t settle down, they have a headache, etc.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
The efficient-market hypothesis (or EMH) says, in essence, that financial market prices (like the price of stocks listed on a stock market) will tend to be accurate reflections of the value of those listed assets because buyers are able to access and consider all available information about them.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
brainlenses.substack.com | Colin Wright
Paid episodeThe full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Brain Lenses
