#109 Simon DeDeo: From Atoms to Societies, Emergentism and Reductionism

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT THIS TIME, IT’S AUDIO-ONLY. I’VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE RECORDING PROGRAM THAT I HOPE TO SOLVE DEFINITELLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PLEASE ENJOY! Dr. Simon DeDeo is an Assistant Professor in Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He also runs the Laboratory for Social Minds, were he and his team undertake empirical investigations, and build mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena. In this episode, we talk about the ways we can apply knowledge and mathematical models from Physics to the study of human social behavior and cultural evolution. We also deal with the philosophical issue of emergentism vs reductionism.   Time Links: 00:43 Why Dr. DeDeo decided to go from Physics to studying human social behavior 02:52 What a Physics-style perspective bring to the social sciences           06:26 Are there common laws at all levels of existence?        09:45 How people process social information      15:14 Collectives and individuals      20:51 Is collective organization spontaneous?  25:10 Trying to get at our mental algorithms 30:55 Collecting information to study historical events 34:56 About game theory  40:39 Studying cultural evolution 44:45 Emergentism vs Reductionism 57:28 Follow Dr. DeDeo’s work!   -- Follow Dr. DeDeo’ work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ybwzw2ee Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ycpwv7c4 Twitter handle: @SimonDeDeo -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g