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Cognitive Engineering

Summary: Welcome to the Cognitive Engineering podcast. Occasionally coherent musings of Aleph Insights. We hope you like listening to them as much as we like recording them.

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Podcasts:

 Unconstrained Hot Tubs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:17

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

 Mass Surveillance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:04

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:55

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

 Lift Buttons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:20

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

 Good Judgement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:13

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:13

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

 Ernie vs. Bert (1979) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:36

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:49

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

 Peas on Plates | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:07

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

 Unexplained Mysteries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:45

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:21

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

 Computer Interfaces | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:28

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

 Fake News | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:44

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

 False Memories | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:34

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

 Technical Obsolesence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:54

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

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