You Are Not So Smart

What have scientists learned about the social infrastructure of megachurches that not only explains their growth but also their resilience, and how can what we've learned be applied to institutions that are not megachurches?

We explore why strange and harmful behavior can follow from the fact that, on certain issues, most people believe that most people believe what, in truth, few people believe.

Jesse Richardson wants to improve our critical thinking about AI risk through the gamification of our rampant speculation. In this episode he explains AI safety isn't just one thing, there are a bunch of different risk profiles and each needs to be considered critically.

We return to The Dress and the psychological lessons offered by one of the most viral moments in the history of the internet via an episode of Decoder Ring in which David McRaney shares some insights from his book, How Minds Change, with Willa Paskin, the host of Decoder Ring.

Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would actually be like to travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars.