Why do some accomplished people feel insecure about themselves? Turns out the vast majority of people who have achieved fame, success, responsibility, or other recognition feel unworthy of their accomplishments. This can be combatted by allowing yourself to acknowledge your actual failings and celebrating your achievements. The real frauds know who they are. But most people who think of themselves as frauds are actually legitimate and excessively self-critical.

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Popular neuropsychology has identified that there is increased activity in a particular network of the brain when we are "at rest." The question we ask is "what is at rest?" We express some skepticism toward this popular idea because there seem to be some foundational assumptions with which we are uncomfortable.

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Turns out we are absolutely abysmal at determining if someone is trying to flirt with us. To begin with, it is important to note that flirting is about the most appropriate way to try and begin a consensual relationship in a non-aggressive and non-coercive way. In short, if someone is trying to increase their presence in your life or your presence in theirs, then they might be trying to flirt. Not all behavior of this sort is flirting. However, it is useful to know how to tell if someone is trying to obtain your attention. Similarly, it is useful to know how to gently let them down if this is the case. Don't let that special someone pass you by! But also, don't just assume someone is trying to flirt with you because they do some of the things that we list in this episode.

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Do intentions matter to determine if an action is altruistic? Depends on who you ask. Actually, historical writers on altruism are fraught with subjective interpretations of what it is or could be. Some promote it, some dismiss it. Some even call anything but altruism immoral. Technically, doing something with intent to harm that accidentally benefits someone else could be considered altruistic. But that isn't the world we want to promote. We'll suggest altruism as a better term for what is meant by altruism.

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Yet another generation of fussy adults are concerned about how kids are so distracted these days that they have atomically-sized attention spans, rivaling that of the goldfish. This is false, also, goldfish are a poor comparison because they have pretty decent memories. Also, "attention-span" doesn't mean anything and has no definition or anchor to measurable behavior. Join us in taking down another dumb myth

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Likey to ruffle some feathers, this episode is a discussion about the science of the sensory integration therapy approach. This is NOT an indictment of occupational therapists, but a review of the philosophy and evidence around sensory integration therapy. We specifically take on sensory oral feeding and other SIT strategies and history. There are some interesting nuggets and a legitimate hypothesis at its base but with a failed execution.

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Berserkers may or may not have been real people. There is evidence to suggest they did exist. But they were elite warriors who belonged to a tribal lifestyle and were often recruited for war. In battle, they would lead the charge with little or no armor or protection. Their blind rage resulted in something like psychological warfare by frightening their opponents with their extremeness. How did they accomplish this? Probably not with mushrooms as many would have you believe, but possibly with the assistance of some other mind-altering substance. A fascinating discussion into the history and lore of these ancient warriors.

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This continues and concludes our discussion on why people do the "stupid" things that they do. Again, mostly they don't. This was particularly challenging because we challenged ourselves to confront things that we (Shane and Abraham) think of as stupid. We also recommend a book and a TV series because... why not?

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Happy New Year! To keep this a fun and easy episode, we simply enumerated some things that people do that appear to be "stupid." In an exercise in perspective-taking, and informed by behavior science, we speculate about the motivations and rationale for why people do "stupid" things.

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Happy Holidays! We didn't mention the holidays when we recorded because I wasn't sure what the publishing schedule was going to be at the time that we recorded this. Anyway, we finish up our discussion about how psychedelics might be used in clinical settings and end on a note of optimism for where applications for this might go... if they are done correctly!

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