Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2020-04-09
Books mentioned on #1456 - Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society", and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic. His new book “Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist” is available now.
Joe Rogan discussed Giving the Devil his Due by Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer discussed On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier, Hitler by Ian Kershaw, Evil by Roy F. Baumeister and others, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Culture Of Honor by Richard E Nisbett.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Giving the Devil his Due
Giving the Devil his Due by Michael Shermer is a collection of essays that champions free speech, open discourse, and the vital importance of engaging in rigorous dialogue with people who hold opposing views.
Discussed“and this is one of the reasons why it's a good time now to talk about your book given the devil -”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a foundational 19th-century philosophical essay that defends the liberty of the individual against the absolute power of the state and societal conformity.
Discussed“I do think if you apply the principles of free speech as originally laid out by John Stuart Mill in 1859 his book on Liberty where he said okay look you might be completely right”
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Not Born Yesterday
Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier is a cognitive science book that argues humans are far less gullible than commonly assumed, utilizing evolutionary psychology to explain how people evaluate information and trust elites.
Discussed“and nicely summarized in Hugo Mercier's book called not born yesterday”
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Hitler
Ian Kershaw's massive, definitive two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler provides an exhaustive historical examination of the dictator's life, rise to power, and the regime he forged.
Discussed“but just but just in general I mean a good Hitler biography like by Ian Kershaw is the definitive biography it's two massive volumes each were like 600 pages long”
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Evil
Discussed“I mean my my friend and colleague Roy Baumeister wrote that great book on evil in which he actually went and interviewed serial killers and rapists in prison and said you know why'd you do it”
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a classic nineteenth-century novel that explores the harsh realities of slavery, migration, and human dignity, famously recognized for its immense historical impact on American social attitudes leading up to the Civil War.
Discussed“so you know here Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the first time most White's had ever read anything about what it was like to be a slave”
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Culture Of Honor
Discussed“Now you mentioned the south there's interesting research Richard Nisbett and his colleagues on the culture of Honor that's more common in the south than in the north”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“who I was when I was working on giving the devil is do I had this was kind of a challenge to me because I feel like there's so much fake news”
“so and it's called give the devil his due gimme the devil his day being the devil his due gets to the little little chess piece”