Applied Curiosity Lab Radio

This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite that explores what it would look like to ditch your life and create a new one. How close are you to doing exactly what you want to do? What would be the best thing you could do with your life?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   If You Had to Disappear and Start a New Life, What Would It Look Like?    In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: Why did I steal Judy Blume's unpublished manuscript? What's my favorite tequila? It's Fortaleza! What's in my go-bag? What's the newest experience you've had? Is our life's timeline truly ours to manage? How does the Witness Protection Program work? When was the last time you experienced something new that created new neural pathways? References ShelterBox Ozark Fantasy Island Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Stanley. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring personal standards. Where do your personal standards come from? How do you judge yourself? By age? By gender? By nationality? Do you judge yourself accurately? How do you know if your standards are set too high? How do you know if your standards are set too low?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   By what standards do you judge yourself?    In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: What makes you reset your standards? What's the 3-legged stool of motivation? Which of your standards need resetting right now? Which of your standards are you most willing to reset? What's the Good Judgment Formula? How do you get good data? How do you get good information? Do you know the difference between the Judgmental vs. Good Judgment Mindset? How do you judge your marriage? How do you judge your parenting? References Good Judgment Formula Improving Your Judgment for Better Decision-Making (LinkedIn Learning online course) Negativity Bias Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Mindy Kaling. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring what it would look like to actually wage peace. Would waging peace require a new global economic paradigm? By what measure should we measure the success of humankind? What's universally optimal? What would chemical warfare look like if it was in an effort to wage peace? A Prozac bomb? What if we destroyed the things that make us unhappy, distrustful, or aggressive? What if that was at odds with what makes most people unhappy, distrustful, or aggressive? Check us out on JOTV!   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   What would it look like to wage peace?    In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: Could our economic engines run if we waged peace with the same commitment as we wage war? What would it look like to be happy, but not perceive yourself to be happy? What would it look like to be unhappy, but perceive yourself to be happy? How do you judge happiness? Do we really want peace for ourselves? Do we really want peace for others? For everyone?   References Nobel Peace Prize International Peace Congress World Happiness Report Nick Bostrom's Paperclip AI experiment Tweezerman (aka, the best tweezers ever!) Check out ShelterBox Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube

This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio is about evil and it comes with a warning. Evil can be shocking. We're not trying to be shocking, but in order to chomp on this Curiosity Bite exploring evil, we talk about things that are unpleasant. Must a person have evil intent to be considered evil? Is evil inevitable? Can evil be involuntary?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   What's your definition of evil?  What would you do if you were an evil overlord? In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: What's a modern example of Theodicy? What do you consider the different types of evil? Is evil different when it's driven by an ideology (like Communism or white supremacy)? Does an evil company require the CEO to be evil or can the idea of "evil" apply to a non-living thing? What's stupid evil? What causes science-related badnesses? Is evil a result of failure to suppress? What's the difference between a flopper and a flip-flopper? What's a pit-of-poo? References Evil in Modern Thought by Susan Neiman Indonesian plane crash news prank Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Wanda. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite exploring what we owe our distant descendants. What's our duty? What's your duty? What duty do you owe your own distant descendants? Is this different than what we collectively owe future generations? Do you owe distant descendants good intentions? Are good intentions enough?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   What do we owe future generations?  What do you own your own distant descendants? In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: Do you owe future generations something different than you owe your own descendants? How distant do your descendants have to be before you stop thinking about your duty to them? How much do intentions matter? What is a sense of duty? What do you wish past generations had done for you? What do you do when you see someone sleeping on the street? Is this the same thing you did 10-years ago? Do you contemplate death in a healthy way? Do you contemplate death at all? References Applied Curiosity Lab Radio Minimum Viable Solution to Homelessness Critical Thinking using Counterfactuals GoLocalPDX Planning to Die Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Lenny. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite exploring how we define and identify genius. Are you a genius? How do you know? What is the biggest barrier to becoming a genius? Hint: It's not lack of intellect.   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   How do you define genius?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: How do you become a genius? What are the "ingredients" necessary to be considered a genius? Why are there gender differences in who we consider genius? Why did Wolfgang become a "genius" while his talented sister "Nanner" Mozart did not? Why are children an external and internal obstacle to genius? How often do you consider the difference between what you're uninterested in versus what you're disinterested in? References Paul Graham's Bus Ticket Theory of Genius MacArthur Genius Grant   Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Janci. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite that explores why we care about how we're remembered when we're dead. Do you care about your legacy? How do you want people to remember you? For how long? Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   When will you care about how you're remembered when you're dead?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: Is it a privilege to watch someone die? Are you afraid to die? If he hadn't died young, would James Dean be famous? What does it mean to be dead? Do we care more about our legacy the closer we get to death? Would a guided psilocybin experience make one care more or less about how they're remembered when we're dead? References Gap between life and death Yale researchers restore dead pig brains Man With Two Brains Psilocybin takes us beyond the fear of death   Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Ahmed. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite that explores what's real and what's our perception of reality. Does every organism only experience their own perception of reality? Is our perception of reality like an interface that hides the real stuff from us? Why might this be good for us? How might this be bad? Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite:   Do You Witness Reality as it Really Is?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: Do you perceive a truer reality than the average person? What about the average animal? Is it more important to take dangerous things seriously than literally? Why do we feel the need to perceive reality? If everything has a consciousness, what do we owe conscious creatures? Will AI humans have different rights than plain old homo sapiens? Would the world be a better place if everyone looked the same? What does it mean to have a healthy brain? References Blindspot bias The hard problem of consciousness Panpsychism What is it like to be a bat? What is it like to be a bat (video explanation) String Theory Wormholes and Spacetime Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Fred. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite attempting to understand why and how we argue. What's the dumbest thing you've ever argued about? Why do you argue? What dumb arguments do you make? How much time do you spend training yourself how to think versus what to think? Can you control your thoughts? Try to avoid any thoughts for 30 seconds. How'd you do?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: What's the dumbest thing someone has argued with you about?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: If your sickness is all in your head, what illness has nothing to do with your head? How can you avoid having external factors influence your internal responses? What Makes You Decide to Argue? References Critical Thinking LinkedIn Learning online course 4-7-8 Breathing Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Tom. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite the explores our laws, commandments, tenets, and whether we need to make any updates. Do we need amendments to the Abrahamic commandments? What about the Hindu commandments? Buddhist precepts? Are the 10 Commandments optimized for human flourishing, human survival or something else? What's the most glaring omission in the 10 Commandments?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: If there was a book of commandments for the modern world, what should the rules be?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: What should happen to you if you post an article that you didn't fully read? When you think, "that's literally the worst," what comes to mind? What the most silly commandment you'd like to suggest adding? What's the most important commandment to add? Are there any commandments that should be abandoned? References Fantastic Fungi (movie) Why We Sleep Hindu Commandments Buddhist precepts Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Siri. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite the explores how far into the future we feel we can predict.     What's the point in the future beyond which you begin to sense that you have no idea what will happen? 5 years? 10 years? 20? By reading Nostradamus' predictions, can you figure out what he supposedly predicted? What's your favorite Sortafact?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: How do you draw the line between the possibly predictable future and the unpredictable distant future?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: What were the best years of your life? Do people of who achieved public successes earlier in life have a less positive outlook? How much of the future do you think you can reliably predict? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? How accurate do you think your prediction is? Are you better than average at predicting the future? References Brain study of amnesia in patient HM Critical Thinking online course Nostradamus Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Alexa. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite the explores how much control we have over the decisions we seem to make...and why we should or shouldn't care. If you could choose only one, would you choose to know "how" or "why" decisions are made for you? Is freedom of choice a perception more than it's a reality? Why is it different to say that I can't be a quantum physicist than it is to say that I can't be 7-feet tall? Can you have enough grit to become anything? Anything!?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: Do we have the right to know how and why decisions are made for us? Should we want to know? In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered: If you had to choose to know how things are decided for you and why things are decided for you, what would you choose? Would you allow an algorithm to make wise decisions for you? When it comes to making decisions, do you think your brain is likely to glitch less than an algorithm? Is knowing how decisions are made too much of an uncomfortable reality? References General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Choice Architecture Libertarian Paternalism Famous jam choice study Benjamin Franklin autobiography Wicked Bible Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Marnel. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite that borrows from the world's craziest sports to explore how we think others perceive us. In what crazy sport could you be considered a pro? For how long? How accurate is your self-perception? In what way are your co-workers better than you at this? If you could make up a sport that you would be considered a pro, what sport would you create? What's your roller derby name? Would you rather be a professional worm charmer or Buzkashi player?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: What sport could you play the longest in a televised game, without anyone realizing you’re not a professional athlete? In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered How long would a televised sport run until people realized you were an imposter? What are these crazy sports (see references below)? For how long could Jennifer masquerade as a professional weight lifter? References Extreme Ironing Worm Charming Octopush Chess boxing Buzkashi Competitive bird chirping Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Jemi. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back! This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio welcomes influence guru, Brian Ahearn to the lab. He joins us to chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring the hidden powers that persuade us, how to use these powers ethically, and how to avoid being manipulated by them. Can you identify when persuasive techniques are strategically used on you? Listen to this episode and you can answer, "Yes!" Are you in sales? If so, get out the notepad! What do you spend more time doing: Actively looking for reasons to like others or trying to get others to like you?   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: Looking back on your life, who persuaded you to do something you otherwise wouldn't have done and what did they persuade you to do?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered How can you use the persuasive principle of "liking" in an ethical way? Does complimenting and flattery work to persuade even when it's BS? How will Instagram removing the number of views influence the number of views each post receives? References Influence People: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical Influence People Influence: Science and Practice 100 Years 100 Stories Presuasion Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Brian. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!

Welcome back to the show notes for this week's episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring what it means and what it feels like to be an adult. What was the moment or scenario when you first felt like an adult? Are you still waiting for it? ;)   Discuss, debate, and dissect with us! The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think. This week's Curiosity Bite: How can you tell when you've become an adult?   In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered As an adult, what's your biggest concern? What are we missing when we eliminate rites of passage?   References Bullet Ant Initiation Rumspringa Quinceanera Maasai Hamar Cow Jumping Khatam Al Koran Sunrise Ceremony Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: * Leave a note in the comment section below or Tweet with #ACLR and we'll find you. * Share this show on Twitter or Facebook and your very own favorite social site. To help out the show: * Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. * Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. * Subscribe to Applied Curiosity Lab YouTube Join the Tribe of the Curious. Special thanks to Zander. Thanks for sharing Curiosity Bites research and ideas. Thanks for joining us this week. Until next time!