Special Supplementary Material: Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers

<p>In this special quasi-crossover episode, we stare deeply into the abyss while enjoying a beverage with renowned psychologist and occasional podcast co-host, Mickey Inzlicht.</p><p>P.S. The Decoding of Naomi Klein is coming next week!</p><p><strong>Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers</strong></p><p>00:27 Introduction</p><p>05:57 Mickey's Sabbatical in Japan</p><p>12:13 Sensemaking 3.0</p><p>25:25 Francis Foster's Bizarre Podcast Roast</p><p>34:38 Sabine Hossenfelder thinks Academia is Communism</p><p>36:11 The Irony of YouTube Incentives</p><p>39:34 Proper Criticisms of Academia</p><p>43:28 Is Academia Centrally Planned?</p><p>46:24 Culture War Pandering</p><p>53:53 Entering the Matt-rix</p><p>55:00 In Bed with the Russians notices the Red Scare Wounded Bird Pose</p><p>01:00:03 On the etiquette of Replications</p><p>01:06:17 Academic Debates on the Effect of Culture on Visual Illusions: Joe Henrich vs. Amir &amp; Firestone</p><p>01:11:18 The Legend of Captain Cook: Sahlins vs Obeyesekere</p><p>01:12:58 Ideas vs People: Sarah Haider, Colin Wright and an epidemic of hypocrisy </p><p>01:17:19 Admitting Mistakes and Research Integrity</p><p>01:24:38 Interpersonal Relationships vs. Adversarial Systems</p><p>01:33:24 Wastage in Academia</p><p>01:39:49 Elon Musk, Pregnancy, and Modern Cults</p><p>01:49:01 Signing Off</p><p>The full episode is available for Patreon subscribers (1hr 51 mins).</p><p>Join us at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus</a></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mickey's Substack: Speak Now, Regret Later</a></li><li>Inzlicht, M., Cameron, C. D., D’Cruz, J., &amp; Bloom, P. (2024). In praise of empathic AI. <em>Trends in Cognitive Sciences</em>, <em>28</em>(2), 89-91.Chicago. <a href="https://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/insightshub/ai-analytics-big-data/empathetic-AI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">And a summary article by Mickey!</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx8gri3OOyM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bad Boys Done Good vs Triggernometry host Francis Foster</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htb_n7ok9AU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sabine Hossenfelder - Should we defund academia?</a></li><li><a href="https://beiner.substack.com/p/from-rebel-wisdom-to-kainos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Beiner - From Rebel Wisdom to Kainos</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/JoHenrich/status/1890769027972149316" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Henrich's thread responding to the Dorsa and Chaz paper</a></li><li><a href="https://godknowswhat.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/the-battle-over-captain-cooks-corpse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris' old blog on Captain Cook </a>and <a href="https://godknowswhat.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/the-battle-over-captain-cooks-corpse-part-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the second part</a></li><li><a href="https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/y7mtf_v1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amir, D., &amp; Firestone, C. (2025, January 25). Is visual perception WEIRD? The Müller-Lyer illusion and the Cultural Byproduct Hypothesis.</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y7mtf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y7mtf</a></li><li><a href="https://yasha.substack.com/p/red-scared" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In Bed with the Russians - Red Scared</a></li></ul><br />