130 - The Half LIfe of Facts (rebroadcast)

130 - The Half LIfe of Facts (rebroadcast)

In medical school they tell you half of what you are about to learn won't be true when you graduate - they just don't know which half. In every field of knowledge, half of what is true today will overturned, replaced, or refined at some point, and it turns out that we actually know when that will be for many things. In this episode, listen as author and scientist Sam Arbesman explains how understanding the half life of facts can lead to better lives, institutions, and, of course, better science.

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247 - Narcissism (rebroadcast)

247 - Narcissism (rebroadcast)

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246 - Ideaflow - Jeremy Utley

246 - Ideaflow - Jeremy Utley

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245 - The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind - Tim Harford

245 - The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind - Tim Harford

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244 - Quit - Annie Duke

244 - Quit - Annie Duke

I recently sat down for a live event and Q&A with the great Annie Duke to discuss her new book, Quit: The power of knowing when to walk away. This episode is the audio from that event. Quit is all abo...

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243 - Psychological Tweetathon with Jay Van Bavel

243 - Psychological Tweetathon with Jay Van Bavel

In this episode we sit down with NYU psychologist Jay Van Bavel who is very good at Twitter. His feed is always overflowing with the absolute latest and greatest research from psychology with links to...

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242 - Survival of the Richest - Douglas Rushkoff

242 - Survival of the Richest - Douglas Rushkoff

In this episode we sit down with Douglas Rushkoff, a media scholar, journalist, and professor of digital economics who has a new fire in his belly when it comes to the world of billionaire preppers, w...

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241 - The Status Game - Will Storr

241 - The Status Game - Will Storr

In this episode we welcome back author Will Storr whose new book, The Status Game, feels like required reading for anyone confused, curious, or worried about how politics, cults, conspiracy theories c...

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240 - QAnon and Conspiracy Narratives (rebroadcast)

240 - QAnon and Conspiracy Narratives (rebroadcast)

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