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Navigating Reality: Building Better Systems Through Throwing Away Assumptions
28:57 - 42:43 (13:46)
The speaker discusses how to build better systems, such as rockets, through the process of discarding assumptions about the nature of reality and using solid data points or experiential anecdotes to draw inspiration and intuition.
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The idea of throwing assumptions away doesn't mean disregarding your philosophy, it means reevaluating how we can innovate and make advancements in fields like engineering and psychology.
28:57 - 31:36 (02:39)
Summary
The idea of throwing assumptions away doesn't mean disregarding your philosophy, it means reevaluating how we can innovate and make advancements in fields like engineering and psychology. This mindset has influenced the creation of concepts like freeware or shareware.
ChapterNavigating Reality: Building Better Systems Through Throwing Away Assumptions
Episode#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the importance of understanding the science behind psychedelic drugs to safely expand one's thinking through first principles thinking.
31:36 - 37:57 (06:21)
Summary
The speaker discusses the importance of understanding the science behind psychedelic drugs to safely expand one's thinking through first principles thinking.
ChapterNavigating Reality: Building Better Systems Through Throwing Away Assumptions
Episode#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The use of standardized problem-solving tasks in large-scale studies can provide more rigorous and powerful results, while incorporating the use of experimental models in the same study can yield important insights into factors that affect problem-solving performance.
37:57 - 39:50 (01:53)
Summary
The use of standardized problem-solving tasks in large-scale studies can provide more rigorous and powerful results, while incorporating the use of experimental models in the same study can yield important insights into factors that affect problem-solving performance.
ChapterNavigating Reality: Building Better Systems Through Throwing Away Assumptions
Episode#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Exploring the therapeutic potential of altered states of consciousness, while acknowledging the challenge of wrapping one's head around what happens when a person experiences a completely altered sense of reality and self.
39:50 - 42:43 (02:52)
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Exploring the therapeutic potential of altered states of consciousness, while acknowledging the challenge of wrapping one's head around what happens when a person experiences a completely altered sense of reality and self.