115 - Machine Bias
We've transferred our biases to artificial intelligence, and now those machine minds are creating the futures they predict. But there's a way to stop it.In this episode we explore how machine learning...
20 Nov 201754min
114 - Moral Arguments (rebroadcast)
In this divisive and polarized era how do you bridge the political divide between left and right? How do you persuade the people on the other side to see things your way?New research by sociologist Ro...
5 Nov 201752min
113 - Narrative Persuasion
One of the most effective ways to change people’s minds is to put your argument into a narrative format, a story, but not just any story. The most persuasive narratives are those that transport us. On...
23 Okt 201736min
112 - Change My View (rebroadcast)
For computer scientist Chenhao Tan and his team, the internet community called Change My View offered something amazing, a ready-made natural experiment that had been running for years.All they had to...
8 Okt 20171h 11min
111 - Collective Intelligence
If you wanted to build a team in such a way that you maximized its overall intelligence, how would you do it? Would you stack it with high-IQ brainiacs? Would you populate it with natural leaders? Wou...
25 Sep 201741min
110 - Sleep Deprivation and Bias
If you could compare the person you were before you became sleep deprived to the person after, you’d find you’ve definitely become...lesser than. When it comes to sleep deprivation, you can’t trust yo...
10 Sep 201732min
109 - The Search Effect (rebroadcast)
What effect does Google have on your brain? Here's an even weirder question: what effect does knowing that you have access to Google have on your brain?In this episode we explore what happens when a h...
27 Aug 201750min
108 - Pandora's Lab
The facts don't speak for themselves. Someone always speaks for them. From the opioid crisis to the widespread use of lobotomies to quiet problem patients, celebrity scientists and charismatic doctors...
14 Aug 201755min
