S2E16: Do You Really Understand That?

From wine to modern art to the game of cricket, we humans seem to pretend we know what is going on when we generally have no idea. Can you really taste the hint of old leather laced with blackberries from the north side of the slope? Do you really know what Discounted Cash Flow means? Yet, we all become “the great pretender” and nod our heads when in discussion about these topics. Jon and Kurt confess what they pretend to know while also discussing other examples–how does ibuprofen know to go to your hurt little toe when you swallow a pill? How does a microwave oven work? The electoral college? So, take a listen and brush up before that next cocktail party. That splattering of mud on a wall in the art gallery really does represent the long and painful past of the green cricket.