Experimental History
1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop
The conundrum in every classroom.
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-teacher-but-they
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Science is a strong link problem
OR: how to eat fewer asparagus beetles.
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/science-is-a-strong-link-problem
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Brain training begins in the hips
A response to a reader's question.
Original posts: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/brain-training-begins-in-the-hips
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You can't reach the brain through the ears
Why do we have to learn everything the hard way?
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/you-cant-reach-the-brain-through
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It's very weird to have a skull full of poison
A tale of ten strangenesses.
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/its-very-weird-to-have-a-skull-full
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The radical idea that people aren't stupid
The toilet spoke and I understood the truth.
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-radical-idea-that-people-arent
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The dance of the naked emperors
A followup to "The rise and fall of peer review"
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-dance-of-the-naked-emperors
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The rise and fall of peer review
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a good thing
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
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How to keep cakes moist and cause the greatest tragedies of the 20th century
Lessons from psychology's original bad dude
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-keep-cakes-moist-and-cause
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Things could be better
Eight studies reveal a (possibly universal) bias in human imagination
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/things-could-be-better
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You'll forget most of what you learn. What should you do about that?
Are we crazy, or are we missing a big secret?
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/youll-forget-most-of-what-you-learn
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Psychology might be a big stinkin' load of hogwash and that's just fine
Hello I would like to reach into your head and tear out the myths that you believe about my beloved field
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/psychology-might-be-a-big-stinkin
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Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
We've got the wrong theory about how minds work and it's driving us insane.
Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/excuse-me-but-why-are-you-eating
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Why Aren't Smart People Happier?
A new way to think about brainpower.
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You Should Not Open a Door and See Someone Pooping
Why doesn't good design win?
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Good Conversations Have Lots of Doorknobs
OR: Spiderman is my boyfriend.
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