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Shuai Wang’s Journey from China to Charleston 38:30

8 days ago38:30

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Chef Shuai Wang was the runner-up on the 22nd season of Bravo’s Top Chef and is the force behind two standout restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina—Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ—where he brings together the flavors of his childhood in Beijing and the spirit of the South in some pretty unforgettable ways. He grew up just a short walk from Tiananmen Square, in a tiny home with no electricity or running water, where his grandmother often cooked over charcoal. Later, in Queens, New York, his mom taught herself to cook—her first dishes were a little salty, but they were always made with love. And somewhere along the way, Shuai learned that cooking wasn’t just about food—it was about taking care of people. After years working in New York kitchens, he made his way to Charleston and started building something that feels entirely his own. Today, we’re talking about how all those experiences come together on the plate, the family stories behind his cooking, and what it’s been like to share that journey on national TV. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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#70 - ... and Bayes Bites Back (w/ Richard Meadows)

about a year ago 1:30:34

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Check out Rich's website, his book Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World, and his podcast.

We discuss

The pros of the rationality and EA communities
Whether Bayesian epistemology contributes to open-mindedness
The fact that evidence doesn't speak for itself
The fact that the world doesn't come bundled as discrete chunks of evidence
Whether Bayesian epistemology would be "optimal" for Laplace's demon
The difference between truth and certainty
Vaden's tone issues and why he gets animated about this subject.

References

Scott's original piece: In continued defense of non-frequentist probabilities
Scott Alexander's post about rootclaim
Our previous episode on Scott's piece: #69 - Contra Scott Alexander on Probability
Rootclaim
Ben's blogpost You need a theory for that theory
Cox's theorem
Aumann's agreement theorem
Vaden's blogposts mentioned in the episode:
- Critical Rationalism and Bayesian Epistemology
- Proving Too Much

Socials

Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
Follow Rich at @MeadowsRichard
Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
Help us calibrate our credences and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
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What's your favorite theory that is neither true nor useful? Tell us over at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Special Guest: Richard Meadows.

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#70 - ... and Bayes Bites Back (w/ Richard Meadows)

Increments

published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

Check out Rich's website, his book Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World, and his podcast.

We discuss

The pros of the rationality and EA communities
Whether Bayesian epistemology contributes to open-mindedness
The fact that evidence doesn't speak for itself
The fact that the world doesn't come bundled as discrete chunks of evidence
Whether Bayesian epistemology would be "optimal" for Laplace's demon
The difference between truth and certainty
Vaden's tone issues and why he gets animated about this subject.

References

Scott's original piece: In continued defense of non-frequentist probabilities
Scott Alexander's post about rootclaim
Our previous episode on Scott's piece: #69 - Contra Scott Alexander on Probability
Rootclaim
Ben's blogpost You need a theory for that theory
Cox's theorem
Aumann's agreement theorem
Vaden's blogposts mentioned in the episode:
- Critical Rationalism and Bayesian Epistemology
- Proving Too Much

Socials

Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
Follow Rich at @MeadowsRichard
Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
Help us calibrate our credences and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
Click dem like buttons on youtube

What's your favorite theory that is neither true nor useful? Tell us over at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Special Guest: Richard Meadows.

Support Increments

89 episodes

#Science #Society #Philosophy #Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani #Ben Chugg #Vaden Masrani #Ethics #Progressive #Knowledge #Computer Science #Conversations #Error-correction

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2 years ago1:26:24

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Back to the C&R series baby! Feels goooooood. Need some bar-room explanations for why induction is impossible? We gotchu. Need some historical background on where your boy Isaac got his ideas? We gotchu. Need to know how to refute the irrefutable? Gotchu there too homie, because today we're diving into Conjectures and Refutations, Chapter 8: On the Status of Science and Metaphysics. Oh, and we also discuss, in admittedly frustrated tones, the failed blog exchange between Brett Hall and Vaden on prediction and Austrianism. If you want the full listening experience, we suggest reading both posts before hearing our kvetching: Vaden's post Brett's "response" Hold on to your hats for this one listeners, because she starts off rather spicy. We discuss Why Kant believed in the truth of Newtonian mechanics Newton and his assertion that he arrived at his theory via induction Why this isn't true and is logically impossible Was Copernicus influenced by Platonic ideals? How Kepler came up with the idea of elliptical orbits Why finite observations are always compatible with infinitely many theories Kant's paradox and his solution Popper's updated solution to Kant's paradox The irrefutability of philosophical theories How can we say that irrefutable theories are false? Annnnnd perhaps a few cheap shots here and there about Austrian Economics as well. # References Some background history on Copernicus and why Ben thinks Popper is wrong Quotes Listening to this statement you may well wonder how I can possibly hold a theory to be false and irrefutable at one and the same time—I who claim to be a rationalist. For how can a rationalist say of a theory that it is false and irrefutable? Is he not bound, as a rationalist, to refute a theory before he asserts that it is false? And conversely, is he not bound to admit that if a theory is irrefutable, it is true? Now if we look upon a theory as a proposed solution to a set of problems, then the theory immediately lends itself to critical discussion—even if it is non-empirical and irrefutable. For we can now ask questions such as, Does it solve the problem? Does it solve it better than other theories? Has it perhaps merely shifted the problem? Is the solution simple? Is it fruitful? Does it perhaps contradict other philosophical theories needed for solving other problems? Because, as you [Kant] said, we are not passive receptors of sense data, but active organisms. Because we react to our environment not always merely instinctively, but sometimes con- sciously and freely. Because we can invent myths, stories, theories; because we have a thirst for explanation, an insatiable curiosity, a wish to know. Because we not only invent stories and theories, but try them out and see whether they work and how they work. Because by a great effort, by trying hard and making many mistakes, we may sometimes, if we are lucky, succeed in hitting upon a story, an explanation, which ‘saves the phenomena’; perhaps by making up a myth about ‘invisibles’, such as atoms or gravitational forces, which explain the visible. Because knowledge is an adventure of ideas. These ideas, it is true, are produced by us, and not by the world around us; they are not merely the traces of repeated sensations or stimuli or what not; here you were right. But we are more active and free than even you believed; for similar observations or similar environmental situations do not, as your theory implied, produce similar explanations in different men. Nor is the fact that we create our theories, and that we attempt to impose them upon the world, an explanation of their success, as you believed. For the overwhelming majority of our theories, of our freely invented ideas, are unsuccessful; they do not stand up to searching tests, and are discarded as falsified by experience. Only a very few of them succeed, for a time, in the competitive struggle for survival. \ C&R Chapter 2 Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us fund more hour-long blog posts and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here . Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover anger management here . Click dem like buttons on youtube Would you rather be wrong or boring? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com Support Increments…

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