Cognitive Engineering

Lies damn lies and profiles! You're going to exaggerate, that's a given. So what's the best strategy? Image: Carlo Chiostri via Wikimedia commons

Why do we have so many remakes? Why are some movies remade and others are not? Why are some so bad? https://stephenfollows.com/ Image: Everett Collection

Why did it take 100 years to find the #49? In a world where everything is digitized, will we ever lose anything? If things don't have a digital record, will they may as well not exist? Inverted Jenny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny Data created per day: https://blog.microfocus.com/how-much-data-is-created-on-the-internet-each-day/ How does the Wayback Machine work?: https://www.forbe...

Can you be both interesting while being professional? Will humor always offend someone? Signalling theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_(economics) Countersignalling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersignaling Image: Chris McAndrew via Wikipedia

Can big firms be innovative? Peter, Nick and Fraser are joined by a special guest Roland Hardwood. Image: Carsten Ullrich via Wikipedia

What makes a hero? Image: United States Congress

What is up with Elon Musk? Is he OK? How bad for a business is it if the CEO goes off the rails? Image: JD Lasica via Flickr See http://blog.alephinsights.com/ for shownotes more episodes and other interesting things.

What is fun? Is organised fun actually fun? Can fun be manufactured? Image: Heather Cowper via Flickr

What is balance in media? Why is it important? How do we find it? Should we give air time to climate change deniers? Image: Gridge via Wikipedia

Do you suffer from digital alzheimer's? Are young folk wired differently? Does instant communications on many platforms impact productivity? Image: The People Speak! via Flickr

What are 'Gentlemen's agreements'? How binding are they? What happens if they are broken? Why do the hold sometimes, but not others? Image: MachoCarionca via Wikipedia

Flat Earthism, what is that all about? Why do people with strange beliefs bother us so much? Do they really mean it or are they joking? Image: Orlando Ferguson via Wikipedia

What makes a cult? What makes a cult different from a religion? Are they damaging or dangerous? Image: Scientology Media via Wikipedia

Are the British stuck in the past? Why do we keep going on about old victories and defeats? Do we look back more than other nations? Image: National Media Museum via WIkipedia

What is political capital? Can you touch it, measure it? How does it work? Image: Number 10 via Wikipedia

Why do some films age better than others? Image: https://www.starwars.com/news/the-5-most-grueling-star-wars-visual-effects

Which type of english is best? Why do we prefer the sound of some language over others?

Is ticket touting wrong? Why? Is there a better way of deciding ticket pricing? Image: Mattia luigi Nappi via Wikipedia

Why is there a culture of cheating in some games and not others? Do some teams cheat more than other? Image: Mahmood Hosseini via Wikipedia

Colour and meaning: Why do some colours seem to have some inherent meaning? How is it that we have cultural standards for colour to indicate meaning? Image: BagoGames via Flickr

Virtual Reality promises great things. Headline often read along the lines of "VR will make any world possible". Is this true? Image: Maurizio Pesce via Flickr

Why are computer interfaces always so friendly? Image: Loki, provided by Rhonda Oglesby via Flickr

How does use of language affect our attitude to immigration? Image: cytis via pixabay

In light of the recent summit between North and South Korea, and the on-off bromance between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un, we ask the question whether democracies or dictatorships offer more certainty. Image: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen via Wikipedia

Future dread and hindsight relief. Why do we experience dread and relief for some events?