What I Learned Today

Tommy does a book review for Max Einstein saves the future by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.

Tommy discusses the economic theory known as the St. Petersburg paradox.

Tommy shares a quote from Robert Frost.

Tommy discusses what would happen if you fell into a black hole.

Tommy discusses what would happen if a human could travel at the speed of light.

Tommy shares a quote from Heraclitus.

Tommy discusses the false cause fallacy.

Tommy does a book review for Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

Tommy discusses the Planck Constant.

Tommy discusses the economic theory, the law of diminishing returns.

Tommy discusses the Ghost Condensate Theory.

Tommy shares a quote from Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Tommy discusses the Overton window.

Tommy discusses Rare Earth Elements.

Tommy shares a quote from Ulysses S. Grant.

Tommy discusses Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.

Tommy discusses Google DeepMind’s latest endeavour AlphaFold.

Tommy shares a quote from Sophocles.

Tommy discusses Electronegativity.

Tommy does a book review for Endling The First by Katherine Applegate.

Tommy shares a quote from Henry David Thoreau.

Tommy discusses the Nash Bargaining Problem within game theory.

Tommy discusses the Slippery Slope Fallacy.

Tommy shares a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer.

Tommy discusses Reed’s Law as it relates to network effects.

Tommy discusses elementary particles known as quarks.

Tommy shares a quote from Bertrand Russell.

Tommy discusses Present Value as relates to economics and finance.

Tommy discusses Ribonucleic Acid.

Tommy shares a quote from Abraham Lincoln.

Tommy discusses the Law of Cosmic Expansion, also known as Hubble’s Law.

Tommy discusses the OSIRIS-REx NASA mission.

Tommy completes a book review for Endling The Last.

Tommy shares a quote from Karl Popper.

Tommy discusses Path Dependency Theory.

Tommy discusses the mathematical theory known as Solomonoff induction.

Tommy shares a quote from John Archibald Wheeler.

Tommy discusses the phenomenon of theoretical White Holes.

Tommy discusses the process of Radiocarbon Dating.

Tommy discusses the story of The Competition between Athena and Poseidon.

Tommy shares a quote from Marcus Aurelius.

Tommy does a book review for The Last Battle by C.S Lewis.

In episode 400, Tommy shares some of his favourite lessons of the last 100 episodes.

Tommy shares a quote from Frederick Douglass.

Tommy discusses carbon sequestration.

Tommy discusses the logical fallacy the false dilemma.

Tommy discusses the evolutionary biology idea, exaptation.

Tommy discusses hydropanels.

Tommy shares a quote from Richard Feynman.

Tommy discusses the evolutionary biology phenomenon known as Spandrels.