It’s a standard tool of skeptical thinking: When presented with two hypotheses that explain the data equally well, choose the simpler of the two. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the history, nature and complexities of Occam’s Razor. (Originally published 2/13/2020)   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Vault: Occam's Razor

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.

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Listener Mail: Dirge for the Assassins

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the science of whale spout, as well as various misconceptions about just how watery, caustic or explosive these plumes really are. (Originally published 04/27/2023) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Vault: Thar She Blows, Part 2

In this special two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Michael Ironside. Long live the Zeist cut!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weirdhouse Cinema:  Highlander II, Part 2

Asexual reproduction has its advantages, but organisms that depend too much on it also face potential extinction. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss mutational meltdown and Muller's ratchet. (originally published 04/20/2023) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Vault: Mutational Meltdown

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the blue-skinned, antennae-equipped aliens of the Star Trek universe…  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Vault: Occam's Razor

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