<p>Turning on our own! Vaden sits down with Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen to discuss some of the bad memes that run rampant in the online "crit-rat" community, in an attempt of some intra-tribal error-correction. Ben, scared of the retribution, runs away with his tail uncomfortably close to his thighs.</p>

<p>Follow Bruce and Peter's work on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-theory-of-anything/id1503194218" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast</a>.</p>

<p>Sign up for the Theory of Anything podcast Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BruceNielson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>, and Check out Peter's Many World of David Deutsch facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2188597894605769/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. </p>

We discuss

<ul>
<li>Bruce and Peter's origin stories</li>
<li>Anarcho-capitalism and its (pseudo) connections to Popperian philosophy</li>
<li>CritRat disbelief in mental illness</li>
<li>What does the Universal Explainer hypothesis imply about mental illness and IQ?</li>
<li>Is Anarcho-capitalism a foundationalist and utopian philosophy?<br></li>
<li>Why are so many crit-rats Trump supporters?</li>
</ul>

See Also

<ul>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LLsyWoshSYgydl6QddW3Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast #136: Michael Golding on Mental Illness</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LLsyWoshSYgydl6QddW3Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast #82: Popper's Ratchet</a></li>
</ul>

Socials

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<li>Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @bnielson01</li>
<li>Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link</li>
<li>Become a patreon subscriber&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/Increments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/increments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</li>
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Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani

#102 - Criticizing Crit-rats (w/ Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen)

MAY 12, 2026106 MIN
Increments

#102 - Criticizing Crit-rats (w/ Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen)

MAY 12, 2026106 MIN

Description

Turning on our own! Vaden sits down with Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen to discuss some of the bad memes that run rampant in the online "crit-rat" community, in an attempt of some intra-tribal error-correction. Ben, scared of the retribution, runs away with his tail uncomfortably close to his thighs. Follow Bruce and Peter's work on the Theory of Anything Podcast. Sign up for the Theory of Anything podcast Patreon here, and Check out Peter's Many World of David Deutsch facebook group here. We discuss Bruce and Peter's origin stories Anarcho-capitalism and its (pseudo) connections to Popperian philosophy CritRat disbelief in mental illness What does the Universal Explainer hypothesis imply about mental illness and IQ? Is Anarcho-capitalism a foundationalist and utopian philosophy? Why are so many crit-rats Trump supporters? See Also Theory of Anything Podcast #136: Michael Golding on Mental Illness Theory of Anything Podcast #82: Popper's Ratchet Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @bnielson01 Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Become a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here. Click dem like buttons on youtube I before E except after B? Send your best guess as to the spelling of Bruce's last name (no one knows) over to [email protected] Guest: Bruce Nielson.Support Increments