Episode 02: Why Teaching Doesn't Work

Not being boring about actual information can be a challenge, but herein, we try. How we are informed about the happenings of the world is important to how firmly and reliably we understand the outsid...

15 Helmi 202129min

We construct a narrative that paints us in a pleasing light, not matter how far we may stray from the ideals that we think we hold dear. Our brains are excellent at doubling-down on bad decisions in a...

6 Helmi 202134min

We have a high degree of confidence in ourselves; in our opinions, our understanding, and our daily version of the world that we see around us. We also have a high degree of confidence in the experts ...

26 Tammi 202133min

Why do we bother with the formality of skepticism and the scientific method? These ideas seem so familiar as to represent basis of how we normally think, but this falls into yet another one of those c...

17 Tammi 202124min

Common Sense is often relied upon for making big decisions. In many, everyday ways, it serves well because you are navigating a world that is familiar and even repetitive. However, when interacting wi...

10 Tammi 202130min

Being smart is great. But even a smart person is open to misinformation, poor thinking, and crappy decision making. Thinking skills are not hardwired, but are systems that are taught and learned, even...

4 Tammi 202134min

In the Season One Finale, we wrap up any loose ends and solve every problem that had been left on the table in the previous 13 episodes. Okay, not quite, but we do talk about our overall notion of rea...

9 Marras 202038min

While striving to be better and to learn how to make things better is a great thing, perfectionism has a tendency to stop people in their tracks. The idea that perfection exists and is attainable is m...

6 Marras 202035min