Alexandros Marinos — Ivermectin & The Midwit Meme | Ideamarket Podcast Natalie Decker [4vIus8NmaC4]

Alexandros Marinos is founder of the social epistemology experiment Better Skeptics, as well as his own Internet-of-Things startup Balena. A polarizing Twitter polemicist, Alexandros subjects COVID and Ivermectin narratives to a scrutiny that seems simultaneously childlike and ruthless, attracting both praise and ire from prominent voices. His insights on epistemology sparkle with practical value for layman and expert alike.

In this episode:

00:00 Episode begins

00:32 Alexandros Marinos crashcourse

04:31 Being a practical philosopher

06:59 Ivermectin, sensemaking, and intellectual honesty

15:41 Authorities should "show receipts or go home"

21:56 Keep your identity small

28:26 Midwit meme

43:24 Objectivity = Relativism (if you watch one 5 minute segment, make it this one)

50:28 "Their entire life has been socially constructed"

58:09 "There should be path to feedback for everybody"

1:03:18 Short: Antinatalism

1:10:56 jake gyllenhaal Long: Commercial charities

1:28:20 BetterSkeptics.org

1:39:48 "People have to get a lot better at filtering their own inputs"

1:44:57 Normality and perfection

EPISODE LINKS:

- Alexandros on Twitter:

- Balena:

- Scout la promessa Mindset book:

- Paul Graham's Essay Keep Your Identity Small:

- The Mom Test book:

- Relativity's 3D-Printed Rocket To Disrupt Decades of Aerospace:

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