Episode – 1461 : How to Lie With Statistics Podcast Transcript Mark Twain once said, ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ The reason why he […]
Episode – 1410 : City Syndromes
Episode – 1410 : City Syndromes Podcast Transcript Psychologists have identified hundreds of different psychological disorders and conditions. Some of them are rather common conditions that affect large segments of […]
Episode – 1319 : Phrenology
Episode – 1319 : Phrenology Podcast Transcript In the 19th century, a new discipline swept over the medical and legal professions. This belief held that a person’s personality could be […]
Episode – 1224 : Eponymous Laws: Part 2
Episode – 1224 : Eponymous Laws: Part 2 Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I went through a list of eponymous laws. These were laws, general rules, or sometimes even […]
Episode – 1212 : The Salem Witch Trials
Episode – 1212 : The Salem Witch Trials Podcast Transcript In 1692, in the village of Salem, Massessechuets, two young girls made claims that other members of their community were […]
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers Podcast Transcript There is a particular type of number that is so common we have keys on calculators to handle them. However, thousands of […]
Episode – 1031 : Separated at Birth
Episode – 1031 : Separated at Birth Podcast Transcript In the 1960s, a New York clinical psychiatrist and an adoption agency conducted an experiment. They separated multiple sets of identical […]
Episode – 0953 : The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Episode – 0953 : The Dunning-Kruger Effect Podcast Transcript In 1999, two social psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, published a seminal paper on a cognitive bias that can affect […]
Episode – 0914 : Questions & Answers: Volume 3
Episode – 0914 : Questions & Answers: Volume 3 UnknownThis episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/questions-and-answers-volume-3/
Episode – 0812 : The Stanford Prison Experiment
Episode – 0812 : The Stanford Prison Experiment Podcast Transcript In the summer of 1971, Stanford professor of psychology Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment to determine if cruelty amongst people […]
Episode – 0725 : Two-Year Anniversary Show
Episode – 0725 : Two-Year Anniversary Show Podcast Transcript On July 1, 2020, I published the very first episode of this podcast. Since then, it has been quite a journey. […]
Episode – 0721 : The Nuremberg Personality Tests
Episode – 0721 : The Nuremberg Personality Tests Podcast Transcript At the end of the second world war, the allies indited 24 top, surviving Nazi leaders, and put them on […]
Episode – 0688 : IQ: Intelligence Quotient
Episode – 0688 : IQ: Intelligence Quotient Podcast Transcript For ages, people have tried to categorize humans by intelligence. However, it wasn’t until the early 20th century that attempts were […]
Episode – 0686 : Correlation vs Causation
Episode – 0686 : Correlation vs Causation Podcast Transcript You have probably heard the old saying that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. There are several reasons why statistics […]
Episode – 0660 : All About Algorithms
Episode – 0660 : All About Algorithms Podcast Transcript Whether or not you know it, you use them every day. You were actually trained to use them as a child. […]
Episode – 0652 : The Real-Life Lord of the Flies
Episode – 0652 : The Real-Life Lord of the Flies Podcast Transcript In William Golding’s 1954 novel, the Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys find themselves on […]
Episode – 0489 : Paradoxes
Episode – 0489 : Paradoxes Podcast Transcript 2,500 years ago, the Greek philosopher Zeno posited a quandary. If you want wanted to travel from one place to another, you first […]
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work Podcast Transcript Casinos are fascinating places. They can make tons of money, but they don’t really have a product. While it is often […]
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518 Podcast Transcript People who love to dance are said to have dancing fever. Dancing fever is just a phrase and not […]
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all […]