David and Tamler lead off with a breakdown of the new commercial for “friend (not imaginary)” a new AI necklace that takes hikes with you, interrupts your favorite shows, and will be there for your first kiss. Then we talk about a new paper co-authored by VBW favorite Joe Henrich that challenges cognitive science for pretending to be universal without offering evidence. A good discussion punctuated by David’s new theory of the rise of the autism. (TLDL the nerds are having sex).
![<description><p>David and Tamler lead off with a breakdown of the new commercial for “friend (not imaginary)” a new AI necklace that takes hikes with you, interrupts your favorite shows, and will be there for your first kiss. Then we talk about a new paper co-authored by VBW favorite Joe Henrich that challenges cognitive science for pretending to be universal without offering evidence. A good discussion punctuated by David’s new theory of the rise of the autism. (TLDL the nerds are having sex). </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk4">Friend Reveal Trailer</a> [<a href= "https://youtube.com/">youtube.com</a>]</p> <p>Kroupin, I., Davis, H. E., & Henrich, J. (2024). <a href= "https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/sites/projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/culture_cognition_coevol_lab/files/beyond_newton.pdf"> Beyond Newton: Why assumptions of universality are critical to cognitive science, and how to finally move past them.</a> <em>Psychological Review</em>. [harvard.edu]</p></description>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/2/6/a/526ac0bca875678727a2322813b393ee/VBW_logo2.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA){kind=logo}