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Episode 136: Michael Golding on Mental Illness and Universal Explainers
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- The Theory of Anything
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- Mar 31, 2026
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Summary
This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Golding, M.D, who is a psychiatric physician. He is also heavily influenced by the philosophical ideas of David Deutsch and Karl Popper. At one point he calls himself a proponent of homeschooling and Taking Children Seriously. Together we wrestle with what critical rationalism and the universal explainer hypothesis suggests about mental illness and human creativity. Steven Peck's "My Madness" Support us on Patreon X: @mgoldingmd