Our understanding of heredity and genetics is improving at blinding speed. It was only in the year 2000 that scientists […]
Episode 8: Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes Read More
Both words in the phrase “liberal democracy” carry meaning, and both concepts are under attack around the world. “Democracy” means
Episode 7: Yascha Mounk on Threats to Liberal Democracy Read More
Poker, like life, is a game of incomplete information. To do well in such a game, we have to think
Episode 6: Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities Read More
If you scale up an animal to twice its height, keeping everything else proportionate, its volume and weight become eight
Episode 5: Geoffrey West on Networks, Scaling, and the Pace of Life Read More
According to atheism, God does not exist. But religions have traditionally done much more than simply proclaim God’s existence: they
Episode 4: Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community Read More
The human mind loves nothing more than to build mental boxes — categories — and put things into them, then
Episode 3: Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice Read More
Quantum mechanics and general relativity are the two great triumphs of twentieth-century theoretical physics. Unfortunately, they don’t play well together
Episode 2: Carlo Rovelli on Quantum Mechanics, Spacetime, and Reality Read More
For the first full episode of Mindscape, it’s an honor to welcome social psychologist Carol Tavris. Her book with co-author
Episode 1: Carol Tavris on Mistakes, Justification, and Cognitive Dissonance Read More
I’ve decided to officially take the plunge into the world of podcasting. The new show will be called Mindscape, and
Welcome to the Mindscape Podcast! Read More