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TBD with John and Aaron - Episode 5 - Teaser trailer

Episode 5 - Teaser trailer

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05/23/21 • 1 min

TBD with John and Aaron

Is there anything more deceptive than an obvious fact? Catch the fever!
@tbpod1
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Is there anything more deceptive than an obvious fact? Catch the fever!
@tbpod1
[email protected]

Previous Episode

undefined - Episode 4 - Drawing a clear line. (Featuring guest Aoife Abushaqra)

Episode 4 - Drawing a clear line. (Featuring guest Aoife Abushaqra)

On this episode: Why is it so difficult to identify a clear line between accepted and disputed knowledge within a discipline?

Diversions/Explorations include:

  • A Guest! The fantastic robot legged, Irish Khaleesi Aoife Abushaqra
  • Some feedback from a loyal listener
  • Art world controversy
  • Avril Lavigne conspiracy theories
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Power and knowledge

Get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @tbdpod1

Aoife’s podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-the-tok/id1537824943

Sources you might like:

  • McCafe statistics:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-warnings/maccas-crushes-coffee-snobs-in-reply-to-advertising-complaint/news-story/8de5da54428e08ae13a7660ad4158b85

https://qsrmedia.com.au/research/news/mcdonalds-mccafe-most-visited-coffee-shop-report-says

  • Marcel Duchamp’s urinal:

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573

  • Was math invented or discovered?

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/was-maths-invented-or-discovered/#:~:text=This%20is%20true%20for%20all,is%20both%20invented%20and%20discovered.

  • Banana Art

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/man-eats-120-000-piece-of-art-a-banana-taped-to-wall

  • Avril Lavigne clone

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/may/15/avril-lavigne-melissa-cloning-conspiracy-theories

  • Cognitive Dissonance Theory

https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/Cognitive-Dissonance-Intro-Sample.pdf

Next Episode

undefined - Episode 5: Obvious Deception

Episode 5: Obvious Deception

On this episode: “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” (Arthur Conan Doyle).

Diversions/Explorations include:

  • The snake ripping your throat out is the one to worry about
  • Some great discussion defining ‘obvious facts’
  • The King of Red
  • We are not chemists
  • Barry Schwartz’s Paradox of Choice
  • Francis Fukuyama and ‘The End of History’

Get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @tbdpod1

Sources you might like:

Canadian Snow Plow Names

https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/plowy-mcplowface-austin-plowers-among-winning-names-chosen-for-barrie-s-snowplow-fleet-1.5306888

Sir Ernest Rutherford

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1908/rutherford/biographical/

Atomic Structure https://www.arpansa.gov.au/understanding-radiation/what-is-radiation/ionising-radiation/atomic-structure

How Scientists View Quantum Physics

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/how-scientists-view-quantum-physics/

Paradox of Choice

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en

The End of History - Francis Fukuyama

https://www.embl.de/aboutus/science_society/discussion/discussion_2006/ref1-22june06.pdf

But What If We're Wrong?

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533521/but-what-if-were-wrong-by-chuck-klosterman/

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