Scientist: How Self-Discipline & the Human Mind Work | Dr. Rob Kurzban

Описание: Dr. Robert Kurzban is a former professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and an evolutionary psychologist. Dr. Kurzban was mentored and trained by Dr. John Tooby and Dr. Leda Cosmides, both founders of the field of modern evolutionary psychology.

0:00 Intro
1:42 One of Science's Greatest Ideas for Understanding the Mind
7:12 Science Advances at a Crawl
7:49 The Strong Correlation Between Parental Grief and Reproductive Value
15:11 You Are Not a "Self," You Are A Committee
17:47 Why it Feels Like We Have One Conscious Experience; Consciousness Can Be Split
23:50 What Is a Module?
26:03 Psychological Organs
29:52 Is There Specific Evidence for the Mind Being Modular?
31:35 Evolutionary Ideas ARE Testable
32:51 An Example of Modularity From Neuroscience
37:02 A Brief Overview of the Science of Self-Control
39:05 A Better Theory of Self-Control
42:24 Willpower-As-Resource is a Debunked Theory
50:37 How Do Different Modules Take Charge of "You?"
59:41 Various Techniques to Use This Theory to Be More Self-Disciplined
1:01:48 The Self-Discipline Equation, & How to Tweak It for Better Results
1:03:48 Altering Human Biology for More Self-Discipline
1:07:45 Artificial Friends
1:10:35 A Better Theory of Self-Esteem and Self-Evaluation
1:13:38 The Most Effective Way of Building Self-Esteem/Confidence
1:17:32 A Better Theory of Self-Deception
1:20:27 Why Does Self-Deception Exist?
1:27:40 The Evolutionary Origins of Morality
1:31:32 What Would Dr. Kurzban Change About His Book?
1:33:11 Do Men Overperceive Sexual Interest?
1:36:56 Where to Find Dr. Kurzban


MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
"Human Grief: Is Its Intensity Related to the Reproductive Value of the Deceased?" (Crawford et al.) – https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/1989...
Folly of Fools by Robert Trivers – https://amzn.to/4q7OodT
Kurzban & Perilloux's paper on sexual overperception bias – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25413...
Kurzban & Perilloux's paper on sexual overperception bias in non-Americans – https://link.springer.com/article/10....
Martie Haselton & Bill von Hippel's paper on sexual overperception bias – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28056...
Kurzban & Perilloux's reply to Haselton & von Hippel – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28056...

FIND ROB KURZBAN
Dr. Kurzban's Substack – https://thelivingfossils.substack.com/
Dr. Kurzban on X – https://x.com/rkurzban
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite (book) – https://amzn.to/3MCD4rw
The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It (book) – https://amzn.to/4pASM5g

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