Matter Over Mind
Aimed at enthusiastic, but sometimes baffled, listeners to science podcasts, Matter Over Mind (we like to call it MOM) is the essential guide to the secrets of the Universe, as revealed through physics and psychology. So if you've been listening to a 'science communicator' talking about the AdS CFT Correspondence, but it still sounds like a News Agency to you, or you think the Legrangian is a character from The Matrix, but you really want to understand it, MOM's the word. Confusion is not limited to physics though, so if you're conscious that you don't know about the unconscious, or you don't know what to think about claims about archetypes and essentialism, or if you want to understand what the experts are saying about proposed links between quantum physics and consciousness, then again it's MOM you need.
Hosts are Thomas Vincent, an experimental physicist at the University of Oxford with a Masters degree in Theoretical physics, and currently working towards a PhD in Atomic and laser physics and Stephen Mather, Business Psychologist, with a Bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Organizational Psychology from the University of London. In each episode Stephen and Thomas take turns to ask the questions about the chatter in the science podcast and YouTube ecosystem, and try their best to make sense of it all. Oh and to spice things up a bit more, Stephen is Thomas' soon-to-be father-in-law!
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2025
Beating Tricks of the Scammers
Con artists and scammers use psychological tricks to manipulate us. In this episode, Stephen and Thomas explore how it works and how to avoid becoming a victim.
Paper: Modic, D., & Lea, S. E. (2013). …
What is The Standard Model of Particle Physics?
What is the Standard Model of Particle Physics? What is a fundamental particle? What are Quarks? What is the Higgs field? And more Lagrangian talk!
Dad asks physicist son-in-law the fundamental questi…
3 Seconds is All We Have: The Science of Now, Part 1
How do we experience 'Now'? It's a psychology episode today, although Thomas throws in some physics teasers too. How do we perceive what is happening right now and how does our brain construct our re…
Are the neutrinos really mutating? Movie physics lies.
Are the neutrinos really mutating? Physicist Thomas points to some funny mistakes in the movies. Thomas and his father-in-law, Organizational Psychologist Stephen, argue about faster than light trave…
Human Minds in Deep Space: The Psychological Frontier
How might a trip to Mars change your brain? Mars is nine months away. No escape. No return. Can your mind handle it? In this episode, we dive into the psychological toll of the journey to Mars and ho…
Does Chameleon Gravity Hide in Cosmic Voids?
Are these the voids you're looking for?
Season 2 kicks off with a bang! Thomas explains a paper he co-authored in the Journal of Cosmology and Particle Physics, exploring the question of whether chame…
Bonus: Separating Quantum Science From Quantum Woo
Primordial Matter Over Mind. A recording with Thomas and Stephen as part of the Cult Hackers podcast. Quantum physics, separating the science from the woo.
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Is God all in the mind? And does that matter?
In this, the final episode of the season, Thomas, an experimental physicist and Stephen, Organizational Psychologist explore the psychology of a belief in God. Have we evolved to believe? Is god a ty…
Is God in the Math?
Does Math and Physics prove or even suggest a God or first cause? Experimental physicist Thomas gives his thoughts along with some of his own speculation about the beginning of the Universe.
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Mind Mythbusters: TV & Film’s Biggest Psychology Lies
TV and Film introduce us to all sorts of psychological concepts and ideas. Are they true? Or is it a case of mental misinformation?
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Playing with Plasma: Thomas' Experiment
Thomas plays with plasma! Exciting stuff! He talks about his experiment for his PhD in plasma physics.
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At last! The Self Revealed
Stephen makes a big claim this week! He thinks he knows what the 'self' actually is - it's probably not what you thought.
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Is the Universe a Donut? And Other Existential Questions
A listener request today. What shape is the Universe?
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OCEAN's Five: An explanation of self?
In their continuing mission to understand the self Thomas asks Stephen to explain how trait based theories work and the use of psychometrics.
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Fusion Confusion
Dad asks Thomas: exactly what is nuclear fusion? And is it still 20 years away?
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What is the Lagrangian? Also a bit of Higgs Field talk.
Dad keeps hearing science podcasters talk about The Lagrangian, but it sounds like a character from the Matrix to him. Thomas takes his future father-in-law on a journey, with stops along the way at…
What is Consciousness?
Thomas asks Stephen to explain the 'small matter' of consciousness. Stephen focuses upon the element of consciousness sometimes called a subjective experience. There is a lot of talk about this quest…
The Fast and the Massless: The Science Behind the Speed of Light
After watching a Sabine Hossenfelder video on YouTube claiming it might be possible to exceed the speed of light, Stephen asks Thomas whether this could be true, and just why it seems to be impossibl…
Me, Myself and Us: Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
What is an archetype? What did Jung mean when he talked about them? How did Jung draw on, and then adapt Freud's ideas about the unconscious? What is the collective unconscious? This time of Matter O…
Introducing Matter Over Mind
Welcome to Matter Over Mind, your essential guide to help you make sense of the science chatter. This is a short introduction.
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