Cognitive Engineering

Preserving History 07.07.2017 26:14 ↓

Peter, Nick and Fraser lament about the amnesia of humanity. How do you communicate with people in the future? How do you makes sure that important things don't get forgotten?

Online Rating Systems 30.06.2017 24:23 ↓

How much can we trust online rating systems? What can we infer from them? Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss.

Facebook Censorship 23.06.2017 28:19 ↓

Following the exposure of Facebook's content filtering rules, Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss censorship and ethics in data science.

WannaCry and risk perception 16.06.2017 24:01 ↓

Chris, Fraser and Nick discuss the public perception of WannaCry and what it tells us about how people perceive risk.

Heebie Jeebies 09.06.2017 27:28 ↓

What are the Heebie Jeebies? What purpose do they serve?

General Election 02.06.2017 24:41 ↓

Fraser, Nick, Chris and Peter discuss the their certainty in general election results.

Cold vs Hot 26.05.2017 24:43 ↓

Nick, Fraser, Chris and Peter discuss whether Cold is worse than Hot.

Stupid Flies, Stupid Humans? 21.05.2017 19:17 ↓

Chris, Peter, Nick and Fraser talk about what the seemingly idiotic behavior of flies tells us about the choices that human make.

Unconstrained Hot Tubs 12.05.2017 22:17 ↓

Nick, Fraser, Chris and Peter discuss what the removal of constraints means for behaviour.

Mass Surveillance 05.05.2017 28:05 ↓

Peter, Fraser, Chris and Nick discuss mass surveillance. Is it a good thing, allowing better analysis or is it a dangerous erosion of privacy.

Trolley Problem 01.05.2017 25:56 ↓

Nick, Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the trolley problem in relation to the terrorist attack in Stockholm.

Lift Buttons 21.04.2017 24:20 ↓

Do you show your frustration by hammering the lift call button? Peter, Nick and Fraser discuss the urge.

Good Judgement 10.04.2017 30:13 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser speak with special guest Michael Story of Good Judgement Inc about the uptake of good analytical practice.

Blackberry keyboards and UIs 31.03.2017 27:13 ↓

Fraser, Nick and Peter talk about interfaces. What does the Blackberry keyboard tell us about generalisation and specialisation?

Ernie vs. Bert (1979) 24.03.2017 24:36 ↓

Peter, Nick and Fraser scrutinize the infamous distribution of pie between Bert and Ernie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am1FSGV5wRg

Derek Parfit - Rational Irrationality 17.03.2017 26:49 ↓

Peter, Fraser and Nick discuss the thought experiments of Derek Parfit.

Peas on Plates 10.03.2017 24:08 ↓

Chris, Fraser, Peter and Nick explore how social conventions make decisions for us.

Unexplained Mysteries 03.03.2017 22:45 ↓

Nick, Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss the point at which mysteries become unexplained and when should you stop looking for something lost.

Body Mass Index 24.02.2017 24:22 ↓

Nick, Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the purpose of BMI

Computer Interfaces 20.02.2017 23:29 ↓

Chris, Peter, Fraser and Nick ponder the nature of computer interfaces.

Fake News 10.02.2017 25:45 ↓

Chris, Peter, Fraser and Nick discuss Fake News. Can we believe a word of it?

False Memories 03.02.2017 28:34 ↓

Fraser, Nick and Chris consider why we remember things that didn't happen.

Technical Obsolesence 28.01.2017 26:54 ↓

Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the rates of change and life cycles in technology.

Facebook and Insurance 21.01.2017 24:26 ↓

Chris, Peter and Fraser discuss the insurance industries use of social media data to assess risk in individuals.

Funes the Memorious - Jorge Luis Borges 13.01.2017 26:36 ↓

Peter, Fraser, Nick speak with special guest Andres about what Funes's affliction tells us about thinking and perception.