Charles Darwin
Naturalista que dio a la teoría de la evolución una perspectiva temporal enorme; es descrito como narrador audaz.
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Videos Mentioning Charles Darwin
La historia de la vida en 1000 páginas | Alberto Boscaini | TEDxRiodelaPlata
TEDx Talks
Naturalista que dio a la teoría de la evolución una perspectiva temporal enorme; es descrito como narrador audaz.
Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West | Lex Fridman Podcast #296
Lex Fridman
Credited with helping to clarify the moral question of slavery by disproving the polygenesis argument, showing all human beings are related.
Israel Adesanya: Becoming World Champion Was The Lowest Day Of My Life!
The Diary Of A CEO
Mentioned in the context of scientific thought and observation.
181 - Viewing cancer through an evolutionary lens: a radically different approach to treatment
Peter Attia MD
His work 'Origin of Species' is cited as an example of pairing phenotype to environment rather than focusing solely on genetics, a parallel to the eco-evolutionary view of cancer.
How to Understand Emotions | Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
Andrew Huberman
Scientist whose views on universal facial expressions of emotion were assumed correct for a long time but are now being challenged by modern research.
Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture | Lex Fridman Podcast #285
Lex Fridman
His work on evolution and the origin of species was initially met with fear by those who thought it would disprove religious accounts.
The Coddling of the American Mind and How to Become Intellectually Antifragile — Jonathan Haidt
Tim Ferriss
A key figure whose ideas on evolution were transformative for Jonathan Haidt's thinking, particularly informing 'The Righteous Mind.'
Isabel Behncke — Lessons from Sex and Play, What We Can Learn from Bonobos and Chimpanzees, and More
Tim Ferriss
The renowned naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. His work was heavily influenced by his ancestors and Alexander von Humboldt.
Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #258
Lex Fridman
Mentioned as an analogy for how the Tesla Autopilot team is systematically studying the problem of driving.
How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Dr. Noam Sobel
Andrew Huberman
Author of 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals,' which dedicated a chapter to the puzzling function of tears.
Russ Roberts — The Decisions that Define Us
Tim Ferriss
Naturalist and biologist, whose pro-con list for marriage is used as a historical example of how even brilliant individuals struggle with 'wild problems' that defy rational calculation.
Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #163
Lex Fridman
His theory of descent with modification is referenced when discussing the generic nature of life, regardless of its specific chemical basis.
Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222
Lex Fridman
Naturalist and biologist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. McClelland mentions Darwin's initial fear of his own ideas about the complexity of the eye and unguided processes.
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Peter Attia MD
Naturalist and biologist known for his theory of evolution by natural selection, whose principles are integrated into Hoffman's conscious agent theory.
Susan Cain on Transforming Pain, Building Your Emotional Resilience, Exploring Sufi Wisdom, and More
Tim Ferriss
Naturalist known for his theory of evolution, but also described as a gentle and melancholic soul who observed a visceral response to distress in both animals and humans, linking to the vagus nerve.
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Peter Attia MD
Mentioned as an example of a person who wrote to think, similar to Siddhartha Mukherjee's approach.
How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in Short & Long Term | Dr. David Buss
Andrew Huberman
Scientist who developed the theory of sexual selection, explaining the evolution of characteristics due to mating advantage, distinct from survival advantage.
The Biology of Aggression, Mating, & Arousal | Dr. David Anderson
Andrew Huberman
Recognized the critical brain-body connection, a central feature of emotion states, as discussed by Dr. Anderson.
Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic | Lex Fridman Podcast #194
Lex Fridman
Cited at the end of the podcast with a quote about ignorance and confidence, emphasizing that those who know little often assert what science cannot solve.
Dmitry Korkin: Computational Biology of Coronavirus | Lex Fridman Podcast #90
Lex Fridman
The father of evolutionary theory, represented by a bobblehead in Dmitry Korkin's collection.
Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #187
Lex Fridman
Biologist and author whose theory of evolution is cited as another lesson in humility, showing humans are not the pinnacle of creation. Wilczek recommends reading Darwin to learn how great minds wrestle with difficult ideas.
Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140
Lex Fridman
Naturalist and biologist known for his theory of evolution by natural selection, whose explorations in the Galapagos Islands are featured in 'The Beak of the Finch.'
The Science of Emotions & Relationships
Andrew Huberman
Proposed the idea of universal expressions of emotions, which is an influential but debated concept.
Jeremy Howard: fast.ai Deep Learning Courses and Research | Lex Fridman Podcast #35
Lex Fridman
The naturalist who traveled and observed different species, used as an analogy for how a data scientist should engage with data.