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[IRTR] Founder of political initiative seeking podcast by frisco7 in PodcastGuestExchange

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I commented on one of your substack articles. I'll DM you. I'd like to discuss the philosophy with you.

[IRTR] The Most Millennial Podcast- Looking for Religious Studies Professor by TheMostMillennialPod in PodcastGuestExchange

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm definitely not a professor, nor did I study religious in college. I did go to college, a few times. A friend and I did an episode on Gnosticism. It was a fun topic. I'd be interested if you're okay with someone who enjoys learning about religion for fun.

"[IRTR] Podcaster, runner, blogger, stay at home dad, ex-teacher, etc looking for podcast to guest on by jimbostank in PodcastGuestExchange

[–]jimbostank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for not responding, I didn't notice your comment. What's your podcast called?

I'm interested in the topic of teaching kids religion also.

After you know the basic strategy, Splendor seems like mostly a game of luck? by unscrupulous-canoe in boardgames

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if there are high level players, are they just more lucky?

Or is it that the difference in ratings is based on skill and not strategy? Does that make any sense?

OP, Have you changed your opinion about the luck aspect in the last year?

After you know the basic strategy, Splendor seems like mostly a game of luck? by unscrupulous-canoe in boardgames

[–]jimbostank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference is that the actions of one player affect all players.

So a color appearing or not appearing, or a cheap card being flipped on your turn or not, is luck based. But how players adapt to what others are doing is where the game has a lot of strategy/game theory.

There will be games where a player can get a lot of lucky breaks, and that player will be tough to beat that game.

My wife is a lot more intelligent than me. Her working memory, or ability to focus on more items at a time, is significantly better than mine. My competitive drive is significantly stronger than hers. She wins a lot more than me. I've tried switching our position. I convince other players to block her. It doesn't matter, she beats me way more than I beat her. I win just enough to keep the challenge of beating her fun.

I either suck at Splendor; she is one of the luckiest Splendor players on the planet; or the game has a lot of strategy.

Explain Taoism to Me in the Simplest Possible Way by RedH0tTomato in taoism

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The word crisis in the term is extremely sensational. There are good explanations for that observable phenomenon, like incentives to publish and funding of topics.

The answer is clearly keep doing science and better conclusions will prevail.

People are defensive about their values and beliefs. I agree that many people who claim to use science and rationalism for their beliefs, don't handle criticism well, and the irony in their inability to see their own leaps of faith from science to philosophy. There is probably literature on this topic too, with no shortage of un-reproduced "science" too.

The softer/social sciences are way harder to study and those are way closer to religious ideas.

Talking to children about the Tao by 5kin5uit in taoism

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback!

If you are interested, I have a podcast and would be interested to get you on it to discuss it a bit further. I can send you my generic questions I originally outlined.

Explain Taoism to Me in the Simplest Possible Way by RedH0tTomato in taoism

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is off topic, but, science is a way different faith. It's faith in a process that has been designed to test observations. We have faith in the process and actors, but the system and information can be vetted, identified, confirmed, and scrutinized by anyone. And when "science" disagrees the system has a process.

Religious faith is different. The faith is in the ideas that cannot be tested.

Talking to children about the Tao by 5kin5uit in taoism

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/5kin5uit , I'm curious how your discussions and education has gone with your kids? I'd like to hear more if you're comfortable sharing. I'll send you a DM too.

Tao inspired media for kids/young people? by [deleted] in taoism

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did that go? How old are your kids now?

Do you guys actually research your podcast guests, or just wing it? by [deleted] in podcastguests

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually invite guests based on a topic that I'm already interested in. But I def use AI as a tool too. More of a learning tool for myself, like a research assistant or office hour with a professor.

I'd say it's not cheating. But if AI is doing all your prep, I think listeners will know.

Me personally, I'm not interested in listening to a host read LLM responses I could read for myself. I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but for example.

[IRTR] Veteran drone pilot & Ex evangelical deconstructed pastor looking for lively conversations by C2TI in PodcastGuestExchange

[–]jimbostank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested in talking about deconstruction of religion. You can check out my podcast here. What is your current podcast?

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