Full podcast episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppiqmdRrerbVm6w.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzread.info Guest bio: Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast.

Absolutely find common ground and don’t put people down for their beliefs.

@dioc8699

Ай бұрын

What if the other guy is a nazi

@dioc8699

Ай бұрын

What if the other guy is a newtze

In most cases, people disagree confrontationally with other people not really because they want to defend their beliefs but because deep down in their minds they are concerned about seeing such beliefs coming to an end.

@defamiliars

29 күн бұрын

I think we also identify deeply with our beliefs. Our opinions are an extension of ourselves, so if you disagree with an opinion someone has, it is as if you are attacking them/their character. David Bohm explains it so much more eloquently in his book On Dialogue, which I highly recommend.

@diegokricekfontanive

29 күн бұрын

@@defamiliars I think you are very much right. The beliefs we carry are perceived as integral parts of our selves and, therefore parts of our personal sense of identity. The human brain is so heavily conditioned, conditioned at the neurological level, even generationally and culturally, to read everything that is even slightly sceptical about someone's beliefs as an affront and therefore as a life event that gets perceived as something very similar to a primal fear of a danger. Due to this conditioning, the brain reacts by producing responses at the level of sensory perception first, which then become emotional responses, then get verbalized intellectually and finally become behaviours/actions. If we were educated to capture the reaction generated by our conditioning as soon as it manifests itself in the brain at the level of sensory perception, all the rest of its ramifications would be significantly reduced or even completely interrupted. Consequently, the human interpersonal relationships and humanity in general would be quite different.

@krox477

13 күн бұрын

Almost everyone have some kind of belief society wouldn't exist without it

@diegokricekfontanive

13 күн бұрын

@@krox477 Precisely because of this reality you highlighted we should be prone to question our beliefs instead of defending them. By doing so we would understand what flaws or wrong premises our beliefs have. If there is a proper definition for wisdom, being willing to challenge our beliefs is the quintessence of wisdom.

Lex, you have a great measured perspective. Great job.

"You got a lot of nerve, you got a lot of nerve" "The audacity!"

Lex I respect and love the humanity in you

This man is incredible! ....

Parents and schools should imprint their children with some "rules of disagreement", like; 1. Listen and respond with empathy (I understand your strong feelings...) 2. Check for understanding (what I'm hearing you say is...) 3. State what would change your mind, and ask what would change theirs (the evidence that would make me rethink my position...) ...which is better than being raised with emotional confirmation bias riddled anecdotes rife with strawmen, appeals to authority, and special pleading designed to passive aggressively gaslight, as I grew up with.

Imma work in progress🥂

I can disagree without putting them down… as a newspaper cartoonist I took lots of angry phone calls.

The reason people become aggressive during debates is due to our evolution. In our caveman days, the natural next step of a disagreement WAS fighting. The two are naturally linked behaviors. Whether they disagreed of who should get the first bite, who claims shelter, etc this would most likely have been resolved over an assertion of dominance or perhaps even fighting. Debates is simply an example of your body’s old evolutionary habits being mapped onto some behavior in the modern world just like your hear beat goes up when you take a test. Your body thinks the way to deal with stress is to elevate your heart rate to fight or flight as opposed to calming you down to think clearly and logically for the test. Your body thinks a debate is tied to a natural resource that you need to get ready to defend physically and therefore bring out your aggression.

Them disagreeing and you being arrogant aren’t mutually exclusive.

Anyone that says science can explain how the universe was created or how humans came to be , are arrogant

@yonaoisme

Ай бұрын

why? is there a barrier science cannot break? can we prove this barrier exists? what reason do you havr to believe in this barrier?

@jakenbake9878

Ай бұрын

@@yonaoismeIf claiming God exists is arrogant, saying God doesn’t exist is by the same measure equally arrogant. Humans simply do not have strong enough evidence to convince any skeptic. I can’t prove to you my God exists, just as you cannot prove he does not exist. Personally, arrogance isn’t the term I would use but for the sake of this video that’s what I’ll use.

@yonaoisme

Ай бұрын

@@jakenbake9878 the neutral stance is to disregard all speculation as meaningless. the assertion that god exists is such baseless speculation and can be disregarded at hand. sean is not actively claiming that no god exists.

@dioc8699

Ай бұрын

Thats just ur opinion

@jakenbake9878

Ай бұрын

@@yonaoisme Is string theory a baseless claim? How about the multiverse theory? Or the evolving universe theory? Big Bang theory? Can I ask which worldview you subscribe to? I’d love to know what you think about the origin of the universe, life itself or even human consciousness. To claim something is completely baseless and useless for thought, I’d expect you to have a very compelling response to my question.

He should take his own advice for how to disagree with someone. For him to say "God doesn't exist and anyone who disagrees is delusion", is simply an arrogant statement. While it may be true that saying "God exists", is arrogant, saying "God does not exist" is equally arrogant.

@chad969

Ай бұрын

Did he say that anyone who disagrees is delusional?

@vitriolveio

Ай бұрын

That’s not what he said

@jimson3785

Ай бұрын

@@chad969 Yes, in another clip he said it was delusional to believe in God.

@jimson3785

Ай бұрын

@@vitriolveio He said it in a different clip.

@timmyenminoes

25 күн бұрын

His point in this was not to say that all arguments and belief systems are respectable Saying that it is arrogant for someone to say your God doesn’t exist is the same as calling someone arrogant for saying Thor doesn’t exist

Bro doesn’t believe in God…. The arrogance.

@yonaoisme

Ай бұрын

how is a lack of belief arrogant? i see that your profile picture is JLP, the dumbest and the most arrogant person to exist.