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Counterintuitive
by Daniel Bojar
Counterintuitive is Daniel Bojar's journey into stories that are not what they seem to be. Episodes examine unusual events from a broad spectrum that will surprise you and then make you think. Because there's always a layer beneath.
Episodes
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Resolution – Parents, Peers, and How Millions of Twins can Turn Your World Upside Down
The notion that we have real intrinsic preferences has been dismantled. The concept of a single personality which every one of us supposedly possesses has been brought down in pieces. So what remains? Find out in this last episode in the miniseries about human nature! We will figuratively go back...
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Confrontation – How Deep is the OCEAN: Personality and Its Hidden Depths
You are who you are. In our ideal scenario of consistency, a person has a stable personality. He or she is honest, outgoing, polite, or any of the other innumerable personality traits. That's not a fluke, that's how he or she really is. But does this scenario describe our world? Are…
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Setup - You Don't Always Want What You Want
You know what you want. And even more what you don't want. Maybe you know what your family and friends like. Turns out, you're probably mistaken on all three counts. Our preferences are so much influenced by all kinds of context that they can't even be considered to be stable. Or can they? Find…
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Beauty & the Beast – Conceptions of Nature, Goodness, and the Evolutionary Reality
Did you ever stand before a meadow filled with life, basking in the sun, and wondered about the beauty of nature? You're not alone. Especially nowadays, far removed from nature as we are, we're prone to idealizing and idolizing nature and and all things natural. Here, you'll find out why nature's...
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Size Does and Doesn’t Matter – Find out Where it Counts
What do school classes, cancer prevalence, and journeys have in common? Size! Be it number, proportion, or duration, size matters. Or does it? Taking the association between class size and academic performance as a primary example, this episode takes a deep dive into sample size and provenance....
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Wind of No Change – Power, Communication, and the Race to Stand Still
How do you communicate power and determination so that you are believed? This conundrum lies at the heart of this episode, which takes place in 1989 and beyond. Equipped with game theory and good old psychology, this show will take a close look at torture and why authoritarian regimes sometimes...
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The Tullock Spike - or Why Killing You May Make You Safer
On September 3rd, 1967, Sweden switched driving lanes, from left to right, in a single day. Not only were there no casualties, 1967 had fewer fatal traffic accidents than the years before or after. Why? And what does the counterintuitive phenomenon behind this teach us about how to make the world…
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Introducing Counterintuitive
A podcast series by Daniel Bojar about things which are not what they seem to be. Visit www.dbojar.com to learn more.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Counterintuitive is Daniel Bojar's journey into stories that are not what they seem to be. Episodes examine unusual events from a broad spectrum that will surprise you and then make you think. Because there's always a layer beneath.
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Counterintuitive is Daniel Bojar's journey into stories that are not what they seem to be. Episodes examine unusual events from a broad spectrum that will surprise you and then make you think. Because there's always a layer beneath.
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