web01.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:52:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Religion” https://www.fourbeers.com/tags/religion Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -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 54: Being WEIRD (with Joe Henrich) https://www.fourbeers.com/54 16341ccd-3fd6-42d8-b4f1-570e1eb2b762 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 54 Being WEIRD (with Joe Henrich) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel and Mickey host Harvard University polymath Joe Henrich on the podcast to talk about his new book on why the west has become so prosperous, the secret of human's success, and the cognitive science of religion. 1:28:22 yes Yoel and Mickey interview one of the most influential social scientists of our generation, Harvard University's Joe Henrich. Why are people from the West so peculiar, so different from other people the world over? What led the West to be particularly prosperous? If not intelligence, what marks humans as so special? What are the various approaches to the evolutionary study of human behaviour? Does psychology suffer from a theory crisis? Has religion been a net plus to the survival of human groups? Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists? Special Guest: Joe Henrich. anthropology, economics, evolution, culture, religion, theory crisis, WEIRD people problem Yoel and Mickey interview one of the most influential social scientists of our generation, Harvard University's Joe Henrich. Why are people from the West so peculiar, so different from other people the world over? What led the West to be particularly prosperous? If not intelligence, what marks humans as so special? What are the various approaches to the evolutionary study of human behaviour? Does psychology suffer from a theory crisis? Has religion been a net plus to the survival of human groups?

Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists?

Special Guest: Joe Henrich.

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Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists?

Special Guest: Joe Henrich.

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]]> Episode 49: Why Buddhism is Wrong (with Evan Thompson) https://www.fourbeers.com/49 b1b9e530-886c-44b0-a76f-3d5741b22965 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 49 Why Buddhism is Wrong (with Evan Thompson) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel and Mickey welcome philosopher Evan Thompson to the show to talk about Buddhism, the self. embodied cognition, phenomenology, evolutionary psychology, and growing up on a commune. 1:19:32 yes Yoel and Mickey have a far ranging conversation with University of British Columbia professor of philosophy, Evan Thompson. Despite growing up with a daily meditation practice and contributing to the cognitive science of mindfulness, why does Evan not consider himself a Buddhist? Is Buddhism a religion that is truly different from other religions? Is the self an illusion, as is popularily portrayed by Buddhist modernists such as Sam Harris? What do failures to replicate social psychology studies of embodied cognition mean for the larger enterprise of embodied cognition? Can science and traditional Buddhism co-exist? Why is Evolutionary Psychology a doomed entreprise? Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver? Special Guest: Evan Thompson. Buddhism, the self, religion, embodied cognition, mindfulness, phenomenology Yoel and Mickey have a far ranging conversation with University of British Columbia professor of philosophy, Evan Thompson. Despite growing up with a daily meditation practice and contributing to the cognitive science of mindfulness, why does Evan not consider himself a Buddhist? Is Buddhism a religion that is truly different from other religions? Is the self an illusion, as is popularily portrayed by Buddhist modernists such as Sam Harris? What do failures to replicate social psychology studies of embodied cognition mean for the larger enterprise of embodied cognition? Can science and traditional Buddhism co-exist? Why is Evolutionary Psychology a doomed entreprise?

Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver?

Special Guest: Evan Thompson.

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Bonus: Which city is superior, Toronto or Vancouver?

Special Guest: Evan Thompson.

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]]> Episode 10: Conservative Social Psychologist Wanted (with Clay Routledge) https://www.fourbeers.com/10 bcd6abbb-d748-40df-ab14-27b4b5e6ee7c Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 10 Conservative Social Psychologist Wanted (with Clay Routledge) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel and Mickey welcome psychologist Clay Routledge to the show. Clay discusses what it's like to be a non-liberal in social psychology, his experiences growing up in Côte d’Ivoire and Missouri, and his book "Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World." 1:13:43 yes Yoel and Mickey welcome Clay Routledge to the show. Clay is a professor of psychology at North Dakota State University who studies the cognitive and motivational consequences of the search for meaning, including religion and other supernatural beliefs. Clay talks about his childhood growing up as the child of missionaries in Africa and the U.S., what it's like to be outside the liberal mainstream in psychology, and how religion and belief in alien visitors may be connected. Special Guest: Clay Routledge. intellectual diversity, politics, psychology, academia, religion, meaning Yoel and Mickey welcome Clay Routledge to the show. Clay is a professor of psychology at North Dakota State University who studies the cognitive and motivational consequences of the search for meaning, including religion and other supernatural beliefs. Clay talks about his childhood growing up as the child of missionaries in Africa and the U.S., what it's like to be outside the liberal mainstream in psychology, and how religion and belief in alien visitors may be connected.

Special Guest: Clay Routledge.

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Special Guest: Clay Routledge.

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