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Science Talk

By: Scientific American
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  • Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.
    Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc.
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Episodes
  • Episode 5: How Do We Know Anything?

    Episode 5: How Do We Know Anything?
    May 1 2024
    On this show, we’ve been talking about uncertainty from a variety of different angles. We’ve heard how uncertainty can be a spark for creativity and scientific discovery. We’ve discussed how uncertainty can go unseen and make science really difficult. And we’ve explored some of the research techniques and habits of mind that researchers use to deal with uncertainty. Today we’re going to end with two final questions: If science is always uncertain, how can we ever know anything? How can we have confidence in science if there’s always underlying uncertainty? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Episode 4: This Simple Strategy Might Be the Key to Advancing Science Faster

    Episode 4: This Simple Strategy Might Be the Key to Advancing Science Faster
    Apr 24 2024
    Science is an iterative process. Progress comes from people coming up with ideas that are sort of right and then new evidence and ideas coming in to update them to become even more correct. Underlying this process is a willingness by scientists to accept that they might be wrong and be open to updating their ideas. It turns out that social scientists have a term for this mindset. To find out more, I talked with two researchers who are studying this thing they call “intellectual humility.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Episode 3: When Uncertainty Hides in the Blindspot of Overconfidence

    Episode 3: When Uncertainty Hides in the Blindspot of Overconfidence
    Apr 17 2024
    Today’s episode of Uncertain is about the ways that studies can leave us overconfident and how “just-so stories” can make us feel overly certain about results that are still a work in progress. And sometimes studies get misleading results because of random error or weird samples or study design. But sometimes science gets things wrong because it’s done by humans, and humans are fallible and imperfect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
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