web02.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:58:55 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Paradigms” https://www.fourbeers.com/tags/paradigms Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0400 Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. en-us episodic Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. yes psychology, beer, academia, science, controversy Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett fourbeerspod@gmail.com Episode 121: A New Paradigm for Psychology? https://www.fourbeers.com/121 a1e67e69-dedb-4d2a-9da5-059648e9b841 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 121 A New Paradigm for Psychology? full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous due called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology. Using principles from cybernetics, can we explain emotion, motivation, personality, mental illness, and more? 1:23:52 yes Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous duo called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology based on principles from cybernetics. This means thinking of the behavior as the result of "governors" (think drives) that are trying to reduce the distance between a set point and the state of the world by motivating you to do stuff. So when you are thirsty, you are highly motivated to drink, and when you need to pee, you are highly motivated to find a toilet. Those are simple examples, but can we use the same principles to explain more complex phenomena like emotion, motivation, personality, mental illness, and more? That is what my guests on this episode are proposing. Special Guest: Slime Mold Time Mold. cybernetics, paradigms, motivation, emotion Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous duo called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology based on principles from cybernetics. This means thinking of the behavior as the result of "governors" (think drives) that are trying to reduce the distance between a set point and the state of the world by motivating you to do stuff. So when you are thirsty, you are highly motivated to drink, and when you need to pee, you are highly motivated to find a toilet. Those are simple examples, but can we use the same principles to explain more complex phenomena like emotion, motivation, personality, mental illness, and more? That is what my guests on this episode are proposing.

Special Guest: Slime Mold Time Mold.

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Special Guest: Slime Mold Time Mold.

Sponsored By:

Links:

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