{"id":755,"date":"2019-01-21T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=755"},"modified":"2019-12-26T11:19:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:19:01","slug":"202-robin-hanson-career-viewpoints-and-articles-from-his-blog-overcoming-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/202-robin-hanson-career-viewpoints-and-articles-from-his-blog-overcoming-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"202: Robin Hanson | Career, Viewpoints And Articles From His Blog &#8220;Overcoming Bias&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robin_hanson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-757\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robin_hanson1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robin_hanson1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/robin_hanson1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to episode number 202, with Dr. Robin Hanson, co-author of <em>The&nbsp;Elephant&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science from California Institute of Technology, master&#8217;s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago, and nine years experience as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my episode with Dr. Hanson, we discussed topics and tangents connecting off of his blog articles and book messages, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2019\/01\/have-a-thing.html\">having a thing<\/a>, whether it be a viewpoint or something you stand for<\/li><li>hidden motives and the ways they can be look at more rationally<\/li><li>the concept of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mason.gmu.edu\/~rhanson\/greatfilter.html\">Great Filter<\/a>, which is a viewpoint about the universe and lack of activity beyond our planet<\/li><li>viewquakes, and the ability to bring individuals to growth through change of their thinking that is not rigid<\/li><li>a message to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2012\/01\/dear-young-eccentric.html\">young eccentrics<\/a>, the value and efficiencies that they have, and how they can look at themselves<\/li><li>the way that Edward Snowden was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2013\/11\/snowden-hero.html\">form of hero<\/a>, and what kinds of traits Dr. Hanson might look for in relevant individuals<\/li><li>Black Mirror translating some of the scientific messages available to a broader audience<\/li><li>how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2012\/05\/stories-are-like-religion.html\">stories<\/a> are used by people, and if they are somewhat religious in the way that they function<\/li><li>more topics on the mindset that you take to a difficulty<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check out Dr. Robin Hanson&#8217;s blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/\">Overcoming Bias<\/a>, look at his <a href=\"http:\/\/mason.gmu.edu\/~rhanson\/home.html\">faculty page<\/a>, or check out his <a href=\"http:\/\/mason.gmu.edu\/~rhanson\/bio.html\">biography<\/a>. You can also take a look at my past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/interviews\/an-interview-with-kevin-simler-and-dr-robin-hanson\/\">text interview<\/a> with Dr. Hanson and his <em>The\u00a0Elephant\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Brain\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>co-author Kevin Simler.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7888\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-755-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas202robinhanson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas202robinhanson.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas202robinhanson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas202robinhanson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=755-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas202robinhanson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tas202robinhanson.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to episode number 202, with Dr. Robin Hanson, co-author of The&nbsp;Elephant&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life. Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. 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