Roger's Bacon - Using Cults to Power Science

Roger's Bacon is a pseudonymous blogger and the creator of the new Seeds of Science journal.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.Seeds of Science: https://www.theseedsofscience.org/Roger's Bacon blog: https://rogersbacon.substack.com/Follow Roger's Bacon Twitter. Follow me on Twitter for more updates. Timestamps(0:00:05) - Who is Roger's Bacon?(0:05:03) - The need for scientific diversity(0:10:50) - Why are our institutions so homogenous?(0:19:35) - In defense of cults(0:24:05) - Does innovation require isolation?(0:32:16) - Diversity of institutions vs individuals(0:36:05) - Can we create weird secret societies?(0:42:40) - Secret longtermists and pseudonymous thinkers(0:46:50) - Science needs religion(0:54:50) - How contingent is science(0:59:05) - Seeds of Science(1:09:50) - Randomness in science(1:14:55) - Why committees suck(1:21:05) - Resetting institutions and reinventing ideas(1:32:30) - Teaching at a STEM high school(1:53:01) - Big picture thinking vs technical skills(1:58:55) - Finding blindspots(2:01:57) - Being realistic about the far future This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dwarkeshpatel.com