Syllojism is a bi-weekly, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast on the edge of chaos.
*CHALLENGE: Pull your favorite and not favorite moments from the season, and brainstorm for next season.
*We had to postpone the finale to Spring because of our guest’s schedule, and so we opted to push the IQ challenge until then.
My husband was listening to me edit this episode and said “That show was a different vibe.” I agree. Brett and I haven’t sat down by ourselves for an entire episode without a guest since the summer, and I think we’ve grown and changed a bit. The show is in constant flux, and that’s what I like about it. It grows and changes with us, and so we have to sit down and reassess what we’re doing periodically - which is what we did this episode.
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Leave us a comment about the season, or your idea for next season,
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Thanks for your support, as usual!
Show notes
01:00 Psychometrics and how we approached intelligence this season
05:55 The fiefdom of menial care tasks
09:10 The Challenge
11:48 The non-attractiveness of self-flagellation
16:31 The fan-favorite episodes Episode 1 and 10
17:57 The pros and cons of guru gurus
21:25 The G ceiling
27:23 Attributes less correlated with IQ
28:44 Perspective shifting, eye puzzles, and cognitive rigidity (Ep 5)
31:31 Thought puppetry and contextual novelty
34:35 The most pleasant surprise of the season (Ep 4)
36:15 Brett’s favorite episode (7) and not favorite (6)
38:18 Our personal takeaways from the season
44:44 The unexpected journey of episode 8
47:52 The practitioner vs. the theorist
51:00 What we want more of next season
55:30 Brett’s additional thoughts on Episode 10
58:55 Why it's challenging to grow up as a nuanced intellectual
01:02:20 Non-player characters hearing dog whistles
01:05:32 Our ideas for Season 3
01:13:51 Discrete vs continuous problems
01:15:19 What Natasha will not do
01:21:11 The drugged-up non-episode
01:24:37 The format for next Season 3: Problem solvin’
01:31:17 What the show is and will never be
Thought Experiment: (answer on BigNerve for $$!)
What could be an interesting theme and/or topics for Season 3?
Syllojism Episode 11: Stuperintelligence Season Finale