THUNK

This election is divisive, both in and between parties. Unfortunately, our brains don’t work too well in groups.

Video: http://youtu.be/K1v8zK39MIY

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/06/29/95.-Duverger's-Law-and-Ingroup-Bias.html

Occam’s Razor is an important philosophical tool, and it played a central role in the #parsimonygate kerfuffle on Twitter. Learn exactly how it works!

Video: http://youtu.be/2TszS9CyK_8

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/06/15/94.-Parsimonygate-and-Occam's-Razor.html

Is mathematics discovered or invented? Is it the language which encodes the cosmos, or an imaginary human tool? Does mathematics, in its pure abstraction, tap the inherent nature of the universe…or is it just our imagination? In the longest THUNK video yet, we dive into the metaphysics of mathematics, & the seemingly unanswerable questions therein.

Video: http://youtu.be/Jwrf59L-xsM

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/06/01/93.-Math-Discovered-or-Invented.html

Fermat’s Last Theorem: a fairy tale of dramatic mathematics.

Video: http://youtu.be/q1wjWlJ53nc

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/05/18/92.-Fermat's-Last-Theorem.html

A recent study shows spanking probably isn’t a good idea, but almost everyone has a story that says otherwise. Learn where anecdotal evidence is useful, and (perhaps more importantly), where it isn’t.

Video: http://youtu.be/-hlGKudCCnc

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/05/04/91.-Spanking-and-Anecdotal-Evidence.html

Many scientists call philosophy pointless pondering. They may not know they’re reading a very old script. Learn about the empiric & rationalist schools of medicine from ancient Greece, & how their ideologies play into thought in the modern world.

Video: http://youtu.be/8CGQrt_5n60

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2016/04/20/90.-Science-vs.-Philosophy-An-Ancient-(Non-)Debate.html