Cognitive Engineering

Cognitive Engineering

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Cognitive Engineering episodes

  • Off-pitch referees

    What's wrong with off-pitch referees? Do they make the game less beautiful? Do off-pitch refs make better or worse decisions? What effects does devolving decision-making have?

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    26 min
  • Seagulls

    Why do we get so worked up about our territory? Where does the sense of what is ours come from? What is ownership anyway?

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    23 min
  • Driving Licences

    Are older drivers less safe than younger drivers? Does just having a licence indicate you are more able to drive? What is the point of certification?

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    24 min
  • Optimized Fruit

    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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    24 min
  • Nostalgia isn't what it used to be

    In a world were everything is available on demand, will we miss out on the pleasure of nostalgia? What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/science/what-is-nostalgia-good-for-quite-a-bit-research-shows.html?pagewanted=all

    Why the Past Always Seems Happier Than the Present https://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-markman-phd/past-less-intense-than-present_b_987726.html

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    26 min
  • National Identity

    What are the giveaways that tell you you're in another country? What is national identity?

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    23 min
  • Gun control and ideological tribalism

    What does the gun control debate tell us about ideology? Do peoples believes cluster into similar groups? If I tell you I'm pro-life, what can you predict about me?

    Evolution Explains Why Politics Is So Tribal - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/

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    31 min
  • Condiments

    The culture of condiments: Why don't we find wasabi in fish and chip shops? What do they tell you about national culture? Why salt and pepper and not cumin and nutmeg? Why is ketchup the king of the sauces? What determines the optimal condiment arrangement? We’ve got a load of sauces and chutneys for christmas, so link it to this?

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    21 min
  • Animals music

    Why do some animals like music, even though they don't make it? Why do we like music? Does it have a purpose?

    • https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/watch-seal-pups-being-soothed-954976

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    19 min
  • Alpha Zero

    What does it mean? Is it a big step or a small one? How could we know?Is Artificial Intelligence becoming a massive anticlimax? Is it inevitable that AI will be better than us?

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    21 min

About Cognitive Engineering

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Welcome to the Cognitive Engineering podcast. Occasionally coherent musings of Aleph Insights. We hope you like listening to them as much as we like recording them.