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The Dawdler's Philosophy The Dawdler's Philosophy
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4.5 • 17 Ratings
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Most hustlers won’t wait to put off to tomorrow what they can do today. Not us! We can’t wait to put off to tomorrow what we can do today. We’re overripe fruit of the late bloom. Dawdlers. But all things must come to a partial end and this is partially it! ...a whimper into the abyss...
We do a podcast we call The Dawdler's Philosophy. It's just two of us, Harland and Ryan (maybe not making it even if we try). We mostly talk about ideas and science and stuff. We also talk about things. Stuffing!
We try to define the terms we use and, well, we try to be nice to each other.
Expect content. We aren't interested in spectacle or forced passion and drama. But we're also as advertised.
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E47: On Margin Haunting - Quo Bros, Margin Haunters, & Secular Gurus
Dawdler’s Classic is back!
In this episode we discuss margin haunting in light of the Decoding the Gurus "gurometer." Then we tour a couple frameworks Ryan has come up with for margin haunting. Plus we unveil a neologism you will want rush out right away and use in the world as soon as you learn it! Yes!
HAVE A GREAT DAY
-Dawds
00:03:23 - Evaluation of margin haunters with Decoding the Gurus podcast “gurometer.”
00:44:42 – Margin haunters are substandard to any paradigm.
01:09:01 – Wave fronts, memetic drift, and memetopoles. -
Shorts - E33: The World
Episode never sent.
This time we release upon the world...The World. Back when we took a year long break without telling anyone we had some recordings we never did anything with. Here is one of these recordings.
Harland and Ryan have different styles of thinking about things and that includes "everything." So enjoy this brief excursion into our past.
Besides everything and what we make of it, what's The World to you? -
Dear Dawdler - E5: To Every Philosophy There Is A Season
Oh, the philosophical times they are a-changin'!!
"But HOW!?" you ask.
With the seasons...
And you thought it was all footnotes. Silly philosopher... -
E46: 10 Things To Hate About Nonfiction Books
Preeeetty self-explanatory this time. Ryan goes over 10 things he hates, doesn't like, despises, etc., in nonfiction books. Harland does his best to disagree.
Next episode: 10 things Ryan hates about devil's advocacy! Jk.
-Dawds
#1 Maps & Legends - Chapter Maps
#2 Show, Don't Tell, Nonfiction-style
#3 Style & Substance - Epigraphs
#4 In The End - Footnotes & Endnotes
#5 Size Matters - Book Length
#6 E-mail Is Fine - Interviews & Narratives
#7 Story Time - Stories, Yes; Dialogue? Nah
#8 Apology Unaccepted - Using kid gloves with the reader around technical material.
#9 The Elephant In The Room - Little-to-no acknowledgement about popular and comparable ideas.
#10 Big Words, Little Context - Using uncommon phrases, words, and acronyms without giving them the appropriate context and slowing the pace and flow of the reading. -
E45: Dawdler Review - Triamonds, Episodic Synchronies, and NME Skeptics!
Whoo boy! Ryan is back in the swing of things with his kids in school and sports and ballet and covid and everyone's FREAKIN OUT! Harland is on a journey through the red states lookin' for a poker game or two. Apparently, Austin is nice...and hot. But they're back with your best interests in mind. Except there is no "mind" and they don't know what your interests are, let alone your best ones, because you won't tell them.
That's why they're doing a review of some core ideas. Now that they have 27.7 listeners they have to onboard all 26.7 of you newbies!
They cover a framework they call "Modes of Inquiry." Then there's Ryan's baby, "Episodic Synchrony." And last, and very much least, Dr. Ought-opus and his idea, NME skepticism. Catch 'em all while you can!
And tell your friends!
Outside, triple masked, and 20 feet apart,
The Dawdlers -
Dear Dawdler - E4: We Live in a Context (So I See)
"Make a clear concise description of your podcast" they advise for this input. Umm... good luck with that.
Customer Reviews
Really good stuff
I love this show, especially the emergence episode of it. It’s a good, humorous discussion about a topic that definitely needs more airtime. Excited to hear more.
Great show
I found the podcast by searching for “spandrels” so episode 2 where they talk about Gould and Lewontin was my first episode. I think they did a excellent job at explaining the paper and would be interested in more topics discussing these “intellectual dark web” clowns. The field of evolutionary psychology seems to have many of the same problems the spandrels paper is talking about (i.e. just so stories) so that might be a cool idea for a future episode! Looking forward to listening to the rest of the catalog.
Good Balance
The Dawdlers do a great job of taking their time to chew on big ideas. By not letting each other or ideas off the hook easily, but also keeping things light enough for this history teacher to follow, they get to the core of big questions. They’ll entertain you while you listen, and give you something to think about long after you’re done.