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The Uncertainty Paradox - Can Science Make Uncertainty Optimistic?
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- 1 Intro
- 2 Outline
- 3 History of optimism
- 4 Modern uses of optimism
- 5 Evolutionary psychology
- 6 Biases baked into our brains
- 7 Optimization
- 8 Science becomes modern
- 9 The notion of progress
- 10 Historical data
- 11 Certainty replaces possibility
- 12 Darwin
- 13 Optimism
- 14 Michael Sims
- 15 Haldane
- 16 The Helmsman
- 17 Pluralism
- 18 Communication
- 19 Joke