We experience our emotions as instantaneous reactions to the world around us, but what if fear, happiness, & anxiety aren’t the result of dedicated, h...

7 years, 200 episodes - it's been a hell of a ride.

If you're currently worrying about everything that could possibly go wrong: welcome to the club! Thankfully, engineers have been fretting about catast...

Many struggle with the seemingly inconsistent & slippery nature of morality - do moral facts exist? What are they? How can we verify them? Pragmatists...

"Humans evolved big brains to be better problem-solvers." is a popular notion, but it has some conspicuous holes. Evolutionary biologist Joseph Henric...

Medical residents & interns work absurd hours in high-stress environments with little time off for comparatively low wages. When they have nothing lef...

“Strong Opinions, Weakly Held” is a well-known mantra in tech, intended to quickly guide teams to reasonable predictions. But many have beef with SOWH...

Why is your door's latch right next to the handle? Why do you push on someone's back to help them swing, rather than on the swing's chains? Engineers ...

Occam's Razor urges us not to multiply entities beyond necessity - it seems like a decent rule, but *why* does it work? And what should we do when it ...

How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? Philosophers: "Well...it depends."