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Book Review: Max Einstein Saves the Future.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 1:51


Tommy does a book review for Max Einstein saves the future by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.

St. Petersburg Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 1:52


Tommy discusses the economic theory known as the St. Petersburg paradox.

Favourite Quote Friday #127

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 1:32


Tommy shares a quote from Robert Frost.

Into a Black Hole

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 2:18


Tommy discusses what would happen if you fell into a black hole.

The Speed of Light

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 2:04


Tommy discusses what would happen if a human could travel at the speed of light.

Favourite Quote Friday #126

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 1:33


Tommy shares a quote from Heraclitus.

Logical Fallacy- False Cause Fallacy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 1:45


Tommy discusses the false cause fallacy.

Book Review: Black Beauty

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 1:42


Tommy does a book review for Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

Planck Constant

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 1:33


Tommy discusses the Planck Constant.

Law of Diminishing Returns

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 1:55


Tommy discusses the economic theory, the law of diminishing returns.

Ghost Condensate Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 2:02


Tommy discusses the Ghost Condensate Theory.

Favourite Quote Friday #125

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 1:33


Tommy shares a quote from Ludwig Van Beethoven.

The Overton Window

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 1:49


Tommy discusses the Overton window.

Rare Earth Elements

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 1:51


Tommy discusses Rare Earth Elements.

Favourite Quote Friday #124

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 1:34


Tommy shares a quote from Ulysses S. Grant.

Investing: SPACs

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 2:06


Tommy discusses Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.

AlphaFold

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 1:49


Tommy discusses Google DeepMind’s latest endeavour AlphaFold.

Favourite Quote Friday #123

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 1:33


Tommy shares a quote from Sophocles.

Electronegativity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 1:36


Tommy discusses Electronegativity.

Book Review: Endling the First

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 1:53


Tommy does a book review for Endling The First by Katherine Applegate.

Favourite Quote Friday #422

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 1:31


Tommy shares a quote from Henry David Thoreau.

Game Theory: Nash Bargaining

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 1:45


Tommy discusses the Nash Bargaining Problem within game theory.

Logical Fallacy: The Slippery Slope

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 1:51


Tommy discusses the Slippery Slope Fallacy.

Favourite Quote Friday #139

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 1:39


Tommy shares a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer.

Reed’s Law

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 1:42


Tommy discusses Reed’s Law as it relates to network effects.

Quarks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 1:45


Tommy discusses elementary particles known as quarks.

Favourite Quote Friday #138

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 1:31


Tommy shares a quote from Bertrand Russell.

Present Value Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 1:44


Tommy discusses Present Value as relates to economics and finance.

RNA

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 1:56


Tommy discusses Ribonucleic Acid.

Favourite Quote Friday #137

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 1:28


Tommy shares a quote from Abraham Lincoln.

Law of Cosmic Expansion

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 1:38


Tommy discusses the Law of Cosmic Expansion, also known as Hubble’s Law.

OSIRIS-REx

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 1:45


Tommy discusses the OSIRIS-REx NASA mission.

Book Review: Endling The Last

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 1:44


Tommy completes a book review for Endling The Last.

Favourite Quote Friday #136

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 1:38


Tommy shares a quote from Karl Popper.

Path Dependency

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 1:38


Tommy discusses Path Dependency Theory.

Solomonoff Induction

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 1:43


Tommy discusses the mathematical theory known as Solomonoff induction.

Favourite Quote Friday #135

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 1:34


Tommy shares a quote from John Archibald Wheeler.

White Holes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 1:52


Tommy discusses the phenomenon of theoretical White Holes.

Radiocarbon Dating

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 2:08


Tommy discusses the process of Radiocarbon Dating.

Greek Mythology- The Competition: Athena and Poseidon.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 2:14


Tommy discusses the story of The Competition between Athena and Poseidon.

Favourite Quote Friday #134

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 1:34


Tommy shares a quote from Marcus Aurelius.

Book Review: The Last Battle

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 1:49


Tommy does a book review for The Last Battle by C.S Lewis.

Lessons of 400.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 2:09


In episode 400, Tommy shares some of his favourite lessons of the last 100 episodes.

Favourite Quote Friday #133

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 1:27


Tommy shares a quote from Frederick Douglass.

Carbon Sequestration

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 1:49


Tommy discusses carbon sequestration.

Logical Fallacy: False Dilemma

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 1:54


Tommy discusses the logical fallacy the false dilemma.

Exaptation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 1:47


Tommy discusses the evolutionary biology idea, exaptation.

Hydropanels

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 1:46


Tommy discusses hydropanels.

Favourite Quote Friday #132

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 1:33


Tommy shares a quote from Richard Feynman.

Spandrel

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 2:00


Tommy discusses the evolutionary biology phenomenon known as Spandrels.

Asch Conformity

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 1:51


Tommy discusses Asch Conformity experiments.

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