Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-09-18
Chris Williamson & Lionel Page: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #995
Born to Lie: How Humans Deceive Ourselves & Others - Lionel Page - #995
Lionel Page is a professor at the University of Queensland and an author. Why is human communication so complicated?
Lionel Page discussed 2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke and When Harry met Sally by Nora Ephron.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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2001, a Space Odyssey
2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C.
Discussed“um a a good a good a good a good image that you can have for reason how what it is is you know the the movie the Stanley Kubri movie um 2001 the space odyssey and you have this bunch of apes and they're pretty useless and then suddenly they wake up one morning and there's this uh monolith”
Where to get it
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When Harry met Sally
Discussed“There's a you know, one thing in in Steven Pinker's book I love is is he reference the movie Harry when Harry met Sally. So, for the your young listeners, it's an old movie from the I think 90s and and Harry basically he he meets meets Sally and she's a a friend of his current girlfriend and he hits”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Optimally Irrational
“By the way, we've managed to get 35 minutes in and I haven't plugged your Substack. Can everyone go and subscribe to Optimally Irrational on Substack, please? Because it is one of the best things and it is criminally undersubscribed.”
Plugged Optimally Irrational
“Oh well they if they are really interested that's it you got my book optimally irrational where you know I talk about psychology and why the good reasons we behave the way we do why we while the lot of strange things we do in our lives there are lots of good reasons behind it so it's in the book”