In this podcast, we try to calibrate our bullshit detectors, learn to think better and make better decisions by exploring topics from fields like cognitive and social psychology, heuristics and biases and instrumental rationality.
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In this podcast, we try to calibrate our bullshit detectors, learn to think better and make better decisions by exploring topics from fields like cognitive and social psychology, heuristics and biases and instrumental rationality.
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11/28/2020
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February 26, 2021
Ep7: Availability Heuristic
<p>In this episode of Cerebral, we will briefly explore how "Availability Heuristic" or "Availability Bias", a mental shortcut that we use to assign likelihoods of a particular event or behavior, leads to irrational fears and makes us vulnerable to exploitation through mass propaganda. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links: </strong></p> <p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic</p> <p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_cascade</p> <p>Bill Gates ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready?language=en</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Music: </strong></p> <p>Bio Unit - Idiophone</p> <p><br></p> <p>For questions, concerns of feedback, write to cerebralpodcast@protonmail.com</p>
February 15, 2021
Ep6: Halo Bias
<p>In this episode of Cerebral, we explore the halo bias. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Music: </strong></p> <p>Ketsa - No-Light-Without-Darkness</p> <p>Blear Moon - Learning from kids</p> <p>Bio Unit - Chase</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links: </strong></p> <p>https://www.thelawproject.com.au/insights/attractiveness-bias-in-the-legal-system</p> <p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect#Marketing</p> <p>Expectations, Impressions, and Judgments of Physically Attractive Students: A Review https://www.jstor.org/stable/1170486</p> <p>http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2012/09/little-evidence-of-health-benefits-from-organic-foods-study-finds.html</p> <p>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.842</p> <p><br></p> <p>Feedback and questions? Write to cerebralpodcast@protonmail.com</p>
January 18, 2021
Ep5: What is "Thinking"?
<p>In this episode of Cerebral, we unpack "thinking" and understand various components involved in it using the framework described by Jonathan Baron in his book Thinking and Deciding. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Resources: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2466179.Thinking_and_Deciding">Thinking and Deciding</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Music: </strong></p> <p>Audiobinger - Isolation</p> <p>Keta - Coming Storm</p> <p>Siddhartha Corsus - Ta Da! </p> <p><br></p> <p>Questions, feedbacks or concerns? Write to cerebralpodcast@protonmail.com. </p>
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