Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2024-05-15
Books mentioned on #429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal is an engaging scientific exploration that challenges human arrogance by examining the diverse, sophisticated forms of cognition and emotion present throughout the animal kingdom.
Discussed“You go back to that Frans de Waal book, 'Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?', there's so many incredible examples of controlled studies where the researchers didn't understand how to shed this insurmountably human perspective and recognize that there's other types of intelligence, whether that's in elephants or cats.”
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One River
One River by Wade Davis is an expansive, immersive account of the Amazon rainforest and the remarkable ethnobotanists who dedicated their lives to studying its indigenous plant species and cultures.
Discussed“And then "One River" is where Wade Davis comes back, I believe in the '70s, and the heartbreak of the book is that all of these incredibly wild places with naked, native tribes and these intact belief systems,”
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Hallucinogenic Plants
Discussed“– Yeah, he wrote the "Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers".”
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Plants of the Gods
Discussed“– Yeah, he wrote the "Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers".”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Mother of God
“In "Mother of God", I write about the first one that me and JJ caught together, which was probably a little bigger than this table.”
Own book Mother of God
“In 'Mother of God', I write about the first one that me and JJ caught together, which was probably a little bigger than this table.”
Own book Mother of God
“So a lot of the stuff that I wrote about in "Mother of God", us jumping on anacondas and trying to catch them, and at first it just seemed like something we were doing to learn, to just try and see them.”