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Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: belief
5 Mar 2025 Conversations with Tyler Carl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We Breathe
“You’re just endorsing the mainstream, and I would agree with that. I think whales might be smarter than humans.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- belief
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- 5 Mar 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Yes. You’re just endorsing the mainstream, and I would agree with that. I think whales might be smarter than humans. That’s a non-mainstream view I have. What are your non-mainstream views? It’s interesting that I’m drawing a blank on that, simply because I am just so dazzled by so much that I learn about in terms of the scientific world. The scientific mainstream can be quite mind-blowing to everybody else. If I just say offhand, “Oh yes, there are billions of microbes in that cloud you see in the sky,” people say, “You’re crazy.” I’ll be like, “I’m not crazy.” So, I am a scientifically mainstream sort of person, I guess, and to everybody else, I seem a little crazy.…
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