Doubtful News, Geology, Investigating Paranormal Groups, and Thinking Scientifically with Sharon Hill
I had the change to speak with well known Sharon Hill (@idoubtit) for the first episode of 2015. We discuss a number of interesting topics including the contributions Doubtful News makes to getting sc...
3 Jan 201531min
[MINI] Belief in Santa
In this quick holiday episode, we touch on how one would approach modeling the statistical distribution over the probability of belief in Santa Claus given age.
26 Des 20149min
Economic Modeling and Prediction, Charitable Giving, and a Follow Up with Peter Backus
Economist Peter Backus joins me in this episode to discuss a few interesting topics. You may recall Linhda and I previously discussed his paper "The Girlfriend Equation" on a recent mini-episode. We s...
19 Des 201423min
[MINI] The Battle of the Sexes
Love and Data is the continued theme in this mini-episode as we discuss the game theory example of The Battle of the Sexes. In this textbook example, a couple must strategize about how to spend their ...
12 Des 201418min
The Science of Online Data at Plenty of Fish with Thomas Levi
Can algorithms help you find love? Many happy couples successfully brought together via online dating websites show us that data science can help you find love. I'm joined this week by Thomas Levi, Se...
5 Des 201458min
[MINI] The Girlfriend Equation
Economist Peter Backus put forward "The Girlfriend Equation" while working on his PhD - a probabilistic model attempting to estimate the likelihood of him finding a girlfriend. In this mini episode we...
28 Nov 201416min
The Secret and the Global Consciousness Project with Alex Boklin
I'm joined this week by Alex Boklin to explore the topic of magical thinking especially in the context of Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret", and the similarities it bears to The Global Consciousness Project...
21 Nov 201441min
[MINI] Monkeys on Typewriters
What is randomness? How can we determine if some results are randomly generated or not? Why are random numbers important to us in our everyday life? These topics and more are discussed in this mini-ep...
14 Nov 20143min
