It isn’t easy to separate the guilty from the innocent, but a clever bit of game theory can help.
He’s an economist who studies even weirder things than Steve. They discuss whether economics is the best of the social sciences, and why it’s a good idea to get a tattoo of a demand curve on your bicep.
Steve usually asks his guests for advice, whether they’re magicians or Nobel laureates. After nearly 60 episodes, is any of it worth following — or should we just ask listeners instead?
Curses and other superstitions may have no basis in reality, but that doesn’t stop us from believing.
Curses and other superstitions may have no basis in reality, but that doesn’t stop us from believing.
Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising things about ourselves.
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