Jeff discusses the importance of developing the capacity for careful planning combined with skill at improvisation; both in the martial arts and in life.

Jeff discusses the concept of ‘scienciness’ and how it is used to take advantage of the scientifically illiterate, including in the martial arts.

Hyper-diffusionism is the misguided idea that ALL the world’s important cultural achievements, indeed all the world’s CULTURES came from a single particularly superior civilization and then diffused out to the rest of the world.

Jeff draws comparisons between ‘scientific literacy’ and what he terms ‘martial arts literacy.’

Jeff discusses several logical fallacies, including one that is peculiar to the martial arts.

Jeff discusses the human propensity for thinking in absolute rather than relative terms.

Jeff discusses the importance of slowing down your movements in training.

Jeff continues his three part treatment of skepticism, both in the martial arts and in the rest of life.  In this episode he discusses how we know what we know.

Jeff concludes his three-part discussion of skepticism as it applies both to the martial arts and to life.

Jeff draws a comparison between two attributes often associated with the martial arts.