Hoo boy. I had nowhere near the background I needed to do this episode justice, but I think the message is still a good one: without rigor, language & thought is messy as all hell.

It’s a common refrain: “Sorry, I’m not some sort of math-genius. I kinda suck at math & I hate it.” Actually, you probably just suck at arithmetic. Math is fun.

Usually, we think about “emotional” & “rational” as polar opposites, but is that actually true?

The “Feminist Sex Wars” are some of the most bitter & vicious arguments imaginable – why is it that movements of people who more or less agree on goals are so eager to fight amongst themselves?

Nerds like me tend to fetishize knowledge as a worthy end unto itself…but is that necessarily true?

Traditional superstition is one of the best examples of mindlessly “going thru the motions.” Many people don’t even know why these behaviors they constantly engage in are supposed to bring them good luck.

The Fermi Paradox is a famous observation about how peculiar it is that we haven’t received any broadcasts from alien species. What might it tell us about humanity’s own future?

In abstractions of the real world (like video games), it’s necessary to ignore some complexities. But do video games maybe ignore too much?

Health care is a complicated issue, regardless of the straightforward answers posed by some.