Episode 6: Slumbering on a Knife's Edge
The week is all about the stress response, confirmation bias, and the theatrics of consciousness.
Episode 5: The Idea Olympics
We dive into the subconscious mind and consider what selection criteria the brain is using when deciding which ideas are worth putting in the big game of consciousness and which should stay in the locker room.
Episode 4: Funhouse Mirrors of Consciousness
This week we start out with what our minds have led us to believe is a 120% accurate exploration of the evolution of self-deception.
Episode 3: Planet of the Indecisive Apes
Anxiety can keep us out of danger, but what utility might depression have? If it doesn’t have utility, why is it pervasive in so many species? If it is so bad for us, why hasn’t evolution gotten rid of it? If it’s good for us, why does it suck so much?
Episode 2: Sumitting Mt. Nowhere
As social animals, we tend to overemphasize the strength of someone’s beliefs more than the substance of the actual belief itself.
Ramin talks about the two extreme sides of the motivational coin… carrots and sticks… bootstrappers and manifestors. We explore how dogma gets in the way of otherwise useful tips.