Channel Title: Stuff to Blow Your Mind - HowStuffWorks Channel Description: Join Robert and Joe as they gauge the limits of scientific understanding, unravel the human condition and stare deep into the future. <video> The Fallacy of Alignment: Fundamental Attribution Error, Part 1 - 4/30/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Fallacy of Alignment: Fundamental Attribution Error, Part 1” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-fallacy-of-alignment-fundamental-attribution-30907739/ Episode description: How do we consider and predict the actions and intentions of others? How much do we lean on an individual’s presumed internal disposition versus the particulars of their situation? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe consider the fundamental attribution error, which breaks down the errors and even dangers of causal cognition. </video> <video> From the Vault Burned from the Mind’s Eye, Parts 1 & 2 Description: From the VHS horrors of “The Ring” and claims of psychic photography to cutting edge research into neuro technology, humanity continues to wrestle with the notion of the mind’s eye. In this two-part Stuff to Blow Your Mind exploration, Robert and Joe dive into the mystifying world of the mental image. (Originally published 10/10/2019) </video> <video> Q2: Bones of the Plumed Serpent - 6/6/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “Q2: Bones of the Plumed Serpent” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/q2-bones-of-the-plumed-serpent-45767304/ Episode description: In the Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode “Quetzalcoatl: The Winged Serpent,” Robert and Joe discussed the feathered snake god of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica -- as well as the giant pterosaur named after it. In this episode, fossils and myth come together in a discussion of Adrienne Mayor’s geomythology take on the plumed serpent. </video> <video> The Imp of the Perverse - 4/18/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Imp of the Perverse” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-imp-of-the-perverse-30844450/ Episode description: In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a tale about a man overcome by the compulsion to confess to the heinous crime he sought to keep secret. The conundrum pops up in other Poe tales as well, but the so called “Imp of the Perverse” also invades the human mind with alarming regularity. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe attempt to understand just why, considering Freud, neuroscience, Ironic Process Theory and more. </video> <video> The Fallacy of Alignment: Fundamental Attribution Error, Part 2 - 5/2/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Fallacy of Alignment: Fundamental Attribution Error, Part 2” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-fallacy-of-alignment-fundamental-attribution-31002138/ Episode description: How do we consider and predict the actions and intentions of others? How much do we lean on an individual’s presumed internal disposition versus the particulars of their situation? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe consider the fundamental attribution error, which breaks down the errors and even dangers of causal cognition. </video> <video> Deep Sea Ecology with Diva Amon - 5/21/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “Deep Sea Ecology with Diva Amon” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/deep-sea-ecology-with-diva-amon-42997950/ Episode description: In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe chat with deep sea marine biologist Diva Amon about life in the deep ocean -- from the wonderous organisms that thrive there to the human activities that threaten their future. </video> <video> Weirdhouse Cinema Troll 2 Description: “Troll 2” is a titan of b-movie goodness -- but it’s also overflowing with weirdness. In this edition of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss this 1990 tale of vegetarian goblins -- as well as a couple of additional films written and/or directed by Claudio Fragasso and Rosella Drudi: “Night Killer” and “Robowar.” </video> <video> Silent Running - 6/18/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “Silent Running” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/silent-running-46213963/ Episode description: It’s time for another movie episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and this time Robert and Joe are talking about 1972’s “Silent Running,” in which Bruce Dern and his robot pals are caught in an endless chase. It’s a discussion of sci-fi, space botany, environmentalism and the relationship between humans and the forest. </video> <video> Anthology of Horror, Volume 6 Description: The Halloween tradition continues -- even as Halloween comes to a close. Robert and Joe dive into the rich history of TV horror and sci-fi anthology series to focus on the STBYM topics they might not otherwise get to discuss on the show. This year, they examine episodes of the 1990s Outer Limits revival, The Hammer House of Horror, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, Creepshow and Are You Afraid of the Dark. </video> <video> The Facial Feedback Hypothesis - 6/20/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Facial Feedback Hypothesis” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-facial-feedback-hypothesis-46266996/ Episode description: To what extent does the act of smiling generate happiness in the mind of the smiler? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Facial Feedback Hypothesis and what it means for our complex human emotions. </video> <video> From the Vault The 2019 Ig Nobel Prizes Description: Yes, it’s time once more for us to cover the Ig Nobel prizes. This year on Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider cubical wombat poop, truly dirty money, diaper-changing robots and much more. (Originally published 11/7/2019) </video> <video> The Sacred Mountain, Part 2 - 4/25/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Sacred Mountain, Part 2” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-sacred-mountain-part-2-30878571/ Episode description: Why do sacred mountains exist in so many cultures and myths? To what extent could high altitude conditions contribute to the way our mind processes these breathtaking environments? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the wonder and science of sacred mountains. </video> <video> Melt With Me Description: From the horror of “melt movies,” in which the melting human takes on nightmarish qualities, to far more benign and even sublime takes on the concept of the melt, there does seem to be something to our fascination with personal phase transition. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe try to figure out what it all means as they round out 2020’s Halloween offerings. </video> <video> Roman Extinctions - 6/27/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “Roman Extinctions” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/roman-extinctions-46474656/ Episode description: Humans are capable of amazing technological and societal feats, but we’ve also brought much misery, death and destruction to our world. We are currently in the midst of the sixth great extinction event -- the Holocene extinction -- and the ravages of human activity extend back throughout our history as a dominator species. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe focus in on some of the key extinctions that occurred during the Roman Empire. </video> <video> The Sacred Mountain, Part 1 - 4/23/2019 Description: Listen to the beginning of this episode of “The Imp of the Perverse” from Stuff To Blow Your Mind. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/the-sacred-mountain-part-1-30867730/ Episode description: Why do sacred mountains exist in so many cultures and myths? To what extent could high altitude conditions contribute to the way our mind processes these breathtaking environments? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the wonder and science of sacred mountains. </video>

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