Patrick McKenzie

Nov 7, 2024 | ivoox.com | Patrick McKenzie

Descripción de E92: Curtis Yarvin’s Pre-Election Advice to Elon Musk In this episode, Erik and Yarvin discuss media, power, and what Elon should do with Twitter.

Nov 2, 2024 | ivoox.com | Patrick McKenzie

Descripción de E91: Why We Do Philosophy w/ Agnes Callard In this episode, Erik sits down with Agnes Callard, a philosopher and essayist who specializes in ancient philosophy, ethics, and Socratic communication.

Oct 31, 2024 | ivoox.com | Patrick McKenzie

Descripción de E90: Elites, Institutions, and Trump with Richard Hanania Richard Hanania joins Erik Torenberg to discuss his upcoming book on elite human capital, the future of American politics, and his evolving views on culture war issues.

Oct 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Patrick McKenzie |Andrea Berardi |Robin Hopkins |James Madison

AbstractThe radiation of angiosperms is marked by a phenomenal diversity of floral size, shape, color, scent, and reward. Through hundreds of years of documentation and quantification, scientists have sought to make sense of this variation by defining pollination syndromes. These syndromes are the convergent evolution of common suits of floral traits across distantly related species that have evolved by selection to optimize pollination strategies.

Oct 19, 2024 | ivoox.com | Patrick McKenzie

In this episode, Dr. Michael Levin, Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University, joins Nathan Labenz of The Cognitive Revolution Podcast to discuss embodied minds, his research into limb regeneration and collective intelligence, cognitive light cones, and much more. Dr. Levin and the Levin Lab work at the intersection of biology, artificial life, bioengineering, synthetic morphology, and cognitive science.