Episode 153: Progress in Psychology: A Reply to BootyBootyFartFart

Summary: <p>David dies for science’s sins and addresses the failed replication of one of his studies (conducted with three former VBW guests) by the <em>Many Labs Project</em>. But first, the guys try to gauge their intuitions about the phenomenal experience of their molecule-for-molecule mirror reflection duplicate in a universe with a non-orientable topology. Could this spell doom for e-categoricalism? Plus, the annual Thanksgiving tradition: IDW star and Factual Feminist Christina Hoff Sommers and Tamler argue over drinks about standpoint epistemology, political correctness, and lingerie. </p> <p>This episode is brought to you by <a href="https://www.audible.com/verybadwizards" rel="nofollow">Audible</a>, <a href="http://givewell.org" rel="nofollow">Givewell</a>, and the generosity of our supporters. </p><p>Special Guest: Christina Hoff Sommers.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul> <li> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.audible.com/verybadwizards">Audible</a> Promo Code: VERYBADWIZARDS</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://givewell.org">GiveWell</a></li> </ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards">Support Very Bad Wizards</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a title="2018 Sanders Philosophy of Mind Prize Winner - Daily Nous" rel="nofollow" href="http://dailynous.com/2018/11/26/2018-sanders-philosophy-mind-prize-winner/">2018 Sanders Philosophy of Mind Prize Winner - Daily Nous</a> — Experiencing Left and Right in a Non-Orientable World</li> <li><a title="Experiencing Left and Right in a Non-Orientable World by Jonathan Simon" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.marcsandersfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Experiencing-Left-and-Right-in-a-Non-Orientable-World.pdf">Experiencing Left and Right in a Non-Orientable World by Jonathan Simon</a></li> <li> <a title="Very Bad Wizards is on Reddit" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/verybadwizards">Very Bad Wizards is on Reddit</a> — Join in on all the repugnant discussions on our Reddit community. </li> <li><a title="Large scale replication project finds that one of Dave's and colleagues' most cited findings (association between disgust sensitivity and homophobia) is not real. : VeryBadWizards" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/VeryBadWizards/comments/9ynp1q/large_scale_replication_project_finds_that_one_of/">Large scale replication project finds that one of Dave's and colleagues' most cited findings (association between disgust sensitivity and homophobia) is not real. : VeryBadWizards</a></li> <li><a title="OSF | Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting" rel="nofollow" href="https://osf.io/8cd4r/">OSF | Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting</a></li> </ul>