S2E06: The Information Cycle
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 Feb 202129min
S2E05: Our Cognitive Biases
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 Feb 202134min
S2E04: Our Picture of the World
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 Jan 202133min
S2E03: The Academic Conversation
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 Jan 202124min
S2E02: Meet Your Brain
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 Jan 202130min
S2E01: Thinking and Intelligence
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 Jan 202134min
Episode 14: Building a Better Reality
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 Nov 202038min
Episode 13: Perfection Sucks
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 Nov 202035min
