The World and Everything You Need to Know Podcast
1) Episode 031 Correlation and Cause
Correlation is never an explanation. However, dismissing correlation as meaningless and irrelevant is ignorant and irresponsible.
2) Episode 030 Creativity
Creativity is important and indispensable. Luckily, it is neither rare nor a special ability. Everybody has creative potential, whether or not it is used is up to the individual.
3) Episode 029 A History of History
Very little is known about Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 484-425 BCE), The Father of History, despite the incredible impact he has had upon how history is viewed and recorded, and ultimately the way ...Show More
4) Episode 028 Time and Tomorrow
There are and have been an incredible number of different ways to mark the passage of time. From lunar and solar based calendars to carbon-14 dating the method that is used affects our perception of ...Show More
5) Episode 027 Ignorance is a Choice
Individuals have direct influence over what they do and do not know. It is a choice. Making uninformed decision is inconvenient at best and deadly at its worst.
6) Episode 026 Natural Selection
Survival of the fittest is an elementary principle that inherently makes sense. How does it happen? How does it work? What is the result when it is allowed to happen naturally in an unfettered envi...Show More
7) Episode 025 Digital Exploitation
Governments and corporations monitor and track the detailed information of every individual who uses the internet. The majority of individuals who involuntarily sacrifice the personal details of their...Show More
8) Episode 024 Carbohydrates Simple and Complex
Carbohydrates are blamed for weight gain when the real culprit is over-consumption. Food manufacturers have eagerly capitalized on the opportunity, creating “low-carb” alternatives.
9) Episode 023 Theory and Scientific Theory
Many people misunderstand and misuse the word theory. This gap in knowledge prevents them from recognizing what is takes for something to be a scientific theory.
10) Episode 022 Facts and Evidence
The evidentiary nature of a fact is directly dependent upon its relative relationship to a question.