Cognitive Engineering

Can the call for divine intervention be a cause of harm? God only knows.

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Willingness to pay for prayers
• Hate crime advice
• Harrassment advice

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Cowboys, 49ers and Patriots - can we determine anything about a culture based on the sports it plays?

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
• Hofstede’s methodology
• All-time Olympic medal table

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Do fiery rhetoric and extreme policies help win elections?

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Kaldor-Hicks criterion
• ‘That which is seen, and that which is unseen’ (Bastiat)
• Public spending in the UK since 1900
• List of UK pressure groups

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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." Was George Bernard Shaw right about the lessons of the past?

Special Guest: Dr Kristian Gustafson https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/kristian-gustafson

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The internet provides a level of information resilience that mankind has never before possessed. But what happens if it breaks?

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Getting deplatformed from Apple
• Cloudflare outage explanation
• List of significant internet outages
• Verizon and BGP Optimizer outage

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Do not listen to this podcast. When is it permissible to ignore the voice of authority?

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Whaley Bridge residents who refuse to move

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They're persistent, irritating and difficult to ignore. Yes, Frazer, Nick and Peter discuss midges.

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Midge facts https://www.lifesystems.co.uk/news/45-facts-about-the-highland-midge and https://www.highlandtitles.com/blog/midges/
• Parasite strategies
• How successful is terrorism?

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Would it be wrong to take a set of instructional schematics to the barber? We discuss when vague requirements work, and importantly when they don't.

Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Goodhart’s Law

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While Aleph Insights is on a summer break from recording podcasts, here's an episode from our archive.

Why do some films age better than others?

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While Aleph Insights is on a summer break from recording podcasts, here's an episode from our archive.

What does tastiness tell us about fruit choice? Could we engineer the perfect fruit? Or are we just comparing apples and oranges?

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