Thunk Puns and episode table.

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Episode	Pun / Intro
0. Metavideo	[Episode 0 doesn't have an intro]
1. Argumentation	Have you ever seen a kid scream for hours on end about something absurd? Well, a lot of internet-arguments are just like that. Only, instead of being limited by the need to breathe, only character counts and finger cramps can stop them.
2. Cartesian Dualism & the Mind	Hi Internet, my name's Josh, and this is THUNK. I THUNK, therefore I am.
3. Sci Fi and A.I.	Computers allow you to make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.
4. Privacy and Surveillance	If you have private information that you want to keep private, just stick it in an EULA. Nobody is ever going to read it.
5. Patents and Open Source	The thing about investing money in open source projects is that programmers often buy things that distracts them from coding
6. Genetic Engineering	If you wanted to see if your unborn child has the genetic makeup of a football superstar and you failed the first three times, should you use a punt-it square?
7. Game Design & the Hedonic Treadmill	The players in a chess tournament recently got kicked out of a hotel, it turns out the manager just can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.
8. New Year's Resolutions & Daoism (Taoism)	Feliz año Nuevo de Costa Rica, I have no idea why Santa wears a fur suit here, it's hot outside.
9. The Appeal to Nature Fallacy	If your sheet music has a really bad misprint where a note isn't marked with a #, is that a natural disaster?
10. Social Darwinism (and Star Wars)	If there was a deathmatch between all of the bounty hunters in the star wars universe, would it be a case of 'survival of the fettest'?
11. Geek Culture	If I knew, on average, how many days between hailstorms in my area would I know my handling frequency?
12. Language	Left Josh: 'Knock Knock' Right Josh: 'Whos there?' Left Josh: 'To!' Right Josh: 'To who?' Left Josh shakes head: 'To whom.'
13. Time Travel	When Doc Brown went back in time and helped the 1955 version of himself to setup his 'weather experiment'... was that a pair-o-docs?
14. Google Glass & Augmented Reality	Josh: 'OK Glass check out these sweet shelves.' Glass: 'Those are some pretty sweet shelves.'
15. Speedrunning	Speedrunning is kind off like the olympics of video games, if... every two years some country discovered an entirely different method of skating that cut the worldrecord in half and inexplicably turned the romanian judge into a cone.
16. Culture & Bias	If you genetically engineered a tree specifically so that shorter people couldn't reach the fruit that it grew, would that be a bigger tree?
17. Ender's Game	There are just so many puns to chose from. Which one should I use? Senders game? Benders game? Renders game? Menders game? holds up blender and turns it on
18. Skepticism & Empiricism	If there was a topical gel that made people believe that ghosts exists. Would it be an anti-skeptic?
19. Cosmic Inflation Theory	You really shouldn't trust anything that a quark says. They make up everything.
20. The Matrix & Artificial Reality	Operator Josh: 'Okay, what do you need?' Neo-Josh: 'Puns. Lots of Puns.'
21. Simplicity, Complexity, & Democracy	I have a hard time finding my way around groups of clustered buildings. They just seem to complex.
22. Do You Have Free Will?	Martin Luther was a big guy and he had a truly epic debate with Erasmus where he said that God knew all human decisions before they were made. He really didn't appreciate Erasmus' Free-Will-y comments.
23. Concerts & Consent	An orgasm is a lot like a bass solo. By the time you know it's cumming, it's pretty much to late for anyone to stop it.
24. What the Bleep We Do Know (about Quantum Physics)	Heisenberg wasn't a big hit with the ladies. When he had the position, he never had the momentum. And when he had the energy, he never had the time.
25. Mailbag!	You might think that complementing my stamp collection will get you on my good side but trust me, philately will get you nowhere.
26. How Dollars Become Votes	Whenever an authoritarian dictator is making a speech to their people, they always do it from some sort of really tall platform. Haven't they heart that no ledge is power?
27. Gödel and the Black Hole of Mathematics	No matter how hard I try, my Kurt Gödel jokes always seem incomplete. Or recursive. Very much like my Kurt Gödel jokes.
28. You are a Designer	When someone decided what the thousand dollar bill should look like, was that the grand design?
29. In Defense of Imperial Units	If you gave a diploma to a tube, would it be a graduated cylinder?
30. War & Game Theory	If we got to the point where noone could make their tweets any more searchable, would we have reached a hash equilibrium?
31. Pascal's Wager	Warning! The following episode may contain geeking out about 17th century polymaths. If you wish to continue, please print out & sign: Pascal's Waiver
32. Assassin's Creed & Serendipity	Just after I bought this sticker for the back of my car, some jerk decided to scratch up my paint job. I guess I must have been assassins keyed.
33. Does Philosophy Matter?	Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?
34. Should Big Data Run the Country?	If you made the loveable android from 'Star Trek: The next generation' into a bioshock miniboss, would he be a 'big data'?
35. Health Care Rhetoric	I think Obama should hire more radiologists as political consultants - you can try charming or manipulating them, but those guys see right through you.
36. Morality & Choice in Video Games	Whenever I play a star wars video game, I inevitably turn evil the moment that I climb aboard a starship. I guess I just don't know the power of the dock side.
37. Fermi's Paradox & Avoiding Apocalypse	Are people really going to get upset if I make an apocalypse joke here? I mean, come on! It's not the end of the world!
38. Superstition & Mindfulness	I was expecting an important call last night, so I left my cellphone under my pillow. And when I woke up this morning, it was gone. The only thing that was there, was this: holds up coins. Freakin' bluetooth fairy.
39. When is Ignorance Better than Knowledge?	Some banks in Switzerland offer total anonymity for their customers and will even deny that they know who those customers are. I guess that ignorance is swiss.:flag_ch:
40. Why Does Feminism Turn on Itself?	If a women was ever arrested for the unenforced New York state law forbidding 'body hugging clothing' would it be a Miss Demeanour?
41. Emotions & Rationality	If you're ever wondering if one of your ideas is crazy, try writing it as a ratio of whole numbers. If you can't, it's probably irrational.
42. The Meaning of Life, the Universe, & Everything	Josh: Hi, my name's Josh and this it Thunk~Kierkegaard what's the matter? Søren Kierkegaard: (Long sigh) Nothing...
43. You Don't Suck at Math	An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one says 'I'll have a beer' The second one says 'I'll have half a beer.' The third one says 'I'll have a quarter of a beer' At which point the bartender cuts them off, pulls out two beers and says 'Come on guys, know your limits.'
44. Thinking Clearly & the Origins of Analytic Philosophy	An analytic philosopher sits down in a bar and asks for a coffee with no cream. The waitress says 'I'm sorry but we're out of cream, how about with no milk?'
45. You Should be Making	I was having some trouble getting my Arduino working, until I talked to a friend of mine who does IT for the navy. Turns out that he really knows his ports.
46. Fiction Lag: Becoming a Character	If you speed read a bunch of family literature just so you can impress a family that comes from old money aren't you just...putting on heirs?
47. Economics is Hard	The Japanese don't really export Nato, and that's probably a good thing. Best to keep it as a gross domestic product.
48. Is Trolling Anti-Geek?	Anyone who makes an account on the NRA forums just to start a flame war about homicide statistics is clearly a gun con-troll
49. Theism, Atheism, & Culture	If you've ever heard your doorbell ring and there wasn't anyone there when you opened: That was actually an atheist Jehova's witness.
50. Settlers of Catan & Social Capital	Josh: 'So if my roll of a 4 gets me enough wheat so that I can combine it with the ore I already had in my hand to turn a settlement into a city... would that mean -' Starship::notes:We built this city on rock and roll...🎶 Josh: 'Nice!'
51. What's in a Workweek?	Einstein almost got fired from the patent office for developing the theory of relativity when he was supposed to be filing. His boss just said he worked to much over time.
52. One Year Anniversary	If I wanted to make a call to my genus, should I use a homophone?
53. Christmas Creep & Wars of Attrition	There are so many food puns to be thankful for! Turkey puns! Pie puns! It's like a ... cornycopia
54. Shark Attacks, Red Shirts, & Statistics	Sharks thankfully are restricted to the oceans. They can't get up on land because they don't have legs and they don't live in the sky, because that's JET territory.
55. "Turn Down for What?" & Buddhism	If you combine Lil John with Lil Wayne, would you get a full sized John Wayne?
56. Attention, Nerd Sniping, & Flow	If I showed up to a costume party as a half-man half-horse, would I be the centaur of attention?
57. Free Speech & Nuance	Many of the advocates for free speech claim that offensive language is really just trying to push the envelope. Which is kind of counterproductive, because as everyone knows, envelopes are stationery.
58. The Problem of Induction	A friend who's in liquor production has a still of astounding construction. The alcohol boils through magnetic coils. He says that it's proof by induction.
59. Anti-Vax & Conspiracies	I think that vaccines should be given at night to be the most effective. Why? Just a shot in the dark.
60. Blind Empiricism: When Thinking Sucks	If you housed all of your army's chief strategists in just one armored vehicle - would it be a think tank?
61. On Nonconformity	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX5wN_rNRZU
62. Lo-Fi Sci-Fi & the Future	It seems like there is some sort of force that slows down STEM graduate students and keeps them from graduating. I guess you could call it 'Science friction'.
63. Metaethics: Moral Realism & Antirealism	Believe it or not, my hair used to be bigger when I was a kid. Deciding when I was too old and needed to cut it was kind of a Euthyphro dilemma.
64. The Argumentative Theory of Human Reason	Every time I eat italian food, I can't help but wonder if it's why humans evolved brains in the first place. I mean, penne for your thoughts?
65. The Real Dangers of AI	Josh: 'How many superintelligences does it take to change a lightbulb? Syntethic voice: 'New directive confirmed' - 'what?' - 'Engaging matter transmutation process.' electronic wiring 'Matter transmutation complete'. Josh looks at new bulb: 'Oh crap'.
66. Lockpicking & Security	If you want to keep your bagels safe, make sure you put decent lox on them.
67. Good Guys, Bad Guys, & Fallacies	The NYPD has recently come under fire for widespread corruption. Even among it's commanding officers. These guys should really police their brass.
68. Star Wars, Canonicity, & John Dewey	Have you ever had to take shelter in a Taun-Taun during a blizzard? I hear that they are luke warm.
69. #blacklivesmatter & Dual Process Theory	If you have a hunch that a particular psychological experiment would be best carried out by observing real people in real scenarios in the world, would that be using your in-situ-ition?
70. Hume's Fork, Logical Positivism, & Quine	British empiricism, Hume's fork, the analytic synthetic distinction, the rise of logical positivism and Quines refutation of it. If I get all of this done in less than 10 minutes, I'm going to say that it was Schlick as a whistle.
71. Memory Palaces	If you ever wake up and find that one of your limbs has been removed and you don't know how: Put it in some ice, go to a hospital and try to re-member.
72. Logic (Critical Thinking, Part 1)	If you constructed a bullet-proof argument why someone should put ice-cream on their apple pie would you ala-modal logic?
73. Rigor (Critical Thinking, Part 2)	Sometimes when I go dancing I do this really embarrassing thing where I put on a huge burst of energy just as the song is ending. I really got to stop jumping to conclusions.
74. What Reason is For (Critical Thinking,	If he had been a baker, instead of a sculptor, would his name have been Donutello?
75. The Problem of Evil	I remember reading something... I think it was about Leibniz going on an epic journey across ancient Greece to proof that is was rational to believe in God. What was it called? Theodicy?
76. The Copernican Principle	There must be records, somewhere, of satellites that have fallen to earth. And I really hope they are called 'orbituaries'.
77. Why Go to Space?	At my last stargazing party, I was going to make a vegetarian pizza. But it turns out that those guys like something meteor.
78. Steampunk, Babbage, & Lovelace	People who are into steampunk are always combining weird stuff into new ideas. Like heavy metal and airships. I mean, what would that even be? A lead zeppelin?
79. Science, Pseudoscience, & the Demarcation Problem	There are some people who absolutely mastered linux. Who can make it do anything they want using some sort of sudo-science.
80. Political Correctness	If apple got in trouble for some sort of racist faux pas during a press release, would it be a case of 'Mac vs. P.C.'?
81. Optimism Bias, Anticipation, & STAR WARS (Now with fixed audio!)	They laughed at me when I was a child. Told me that star wars is for dorks. I wonder who's laughing now. I tried to tell them: You don't know the power of the dork side.
82. Special Relativity	I got a fantastic print of Einstein for christmas, but I can't decide how much of a mat I want to put on it. I need some sort of reference frame.
83. CRISPR & Genetic Engineering	shivering It's getting late into january and the weather is getting CRISPR. I better put my codon.
84. Why Prejudice is Impractical	I've been trying to convince people that mechanical pencils are superior because they let you fix your mistakes. But everyone just loves writing with the G2. That's fine I guess. I don't want to come off as some sort of erasist.
85. Evolution & the Purple Sock	If DDR skills were beneficial for survival, would we eventually have some sort of dance dance evolution?
86. Cognitive Biases & the Socratic Method	I read somewhere that the edge of Socrates's toga was always coming unraveled. I guess he really needed some sort of hem-lock.
87. Encryption & Quantum Computing	If I used the characters A1 to encode some block of text, would that be steakonography?
88. Hume's Guillotine & Rational Morality	Okay, I'm going to talk about David Hume again, but I'm not going to lead with any jokes about analytic statements or induction. After all, they weren't funny the first couple of times.
89. The Just World Fallacy	A dark knight - he waits, Gotham has many shadows, And evil fears them. Josh: 'Hows that for poetic justice?'
90. Science vs. Philosophy: An Ancient (Non-)Debate	I wasn't really surprised when Ken Ham got totally schooled in that debate. After all, creationists generally don't have a great response to Nyehilism.
91. Spanking & Anecdotal Evidence	This video is about disciplinary action for children, not about foreplay. Don't get cheeky. 🍑
92. Fermat's Last Theorem	I have a hilarious joke about Fermat's last theorem. Unfortunately it's a little to long to include here.
93. Math: Discovered or Invented?	This episode might be a little complex. / THUNK + 2𝑖 / You might want to square the last half of it, just to be on the safe side. / THUNK + (2𝑖)^2 /
94. #parsimonygate & Occam's Razor	If you want to make a biologist friend feel special, just send them a clad-o-gram. What kind‽... Uhh...
95. Duverger's Law & Ingroup Bias	I wouldn't follow any links to articles encouraging you to join an exclusive group. I mean, they're obviously cliquebait.
96. The Replication Crisis & Belief Perseverance	In Star Trek: The Next Generation you just know that if Captain Picard ever failed to get his 'Tea - Earl Grey - Hot', engineering was about to go through some sort of replication crisis.
97. Autonomous Vehicle Ethics...?	If somebody steals your Tesla, does that make it an Edison?
98. Mixed Reality & "Game" Design	You probably shouldn't play Pokemon Go in the shower. The last thing you want is some pervert trying to catch a peek at you.
99. Braitenberg's "Vehicles" & the Chinese Room	What worries me the most about the development of strong AI is that it's going to be really, really easy to push it's buttons.
100. Q & A	wiggling around a cardboard tube with a big 'U' on it Honestly, I've been watching this thing for hours and I don't see what the big deal is.
101. "The Martian" & Problem-Solving	Some critics have mashed the martian. Saying that it's plot is half baked or that it's science isn't golden. But whose opinion are you going to trust? Chris Hadfield or some common tater?
102. On Rand-Bashing (Please Read Video Description)	There are three things that scare me enough to make me flee as far away as I can get: Bad 80s music, someone trying to give me a bad haircut, and Ayn Rand. Ayn rand ... so far away.
103. Dimensional Analysis	I think that we should add a unit of measurement for emotional mass. Based on that depressing feeling you get when you see yourself in a really bad selfie. I give you: The instagram.
104. Ethics Overview & Moral Voting	I hear that Obama studied some really esoteric moral philosophy while he was at Harvard. I'm glad that we finally have a president with some ethic diversity.
105. Why Elections Suck	Imagine arguing bitterly with your friends about which magazine photos to cut out and paste together - only to have some stranger do it for you once you'd made up your minds. The result? An electoral collage.
106. The Toulmin Method of Argumentation	A 'Hello Internet' fan who uses a rational rhetorical framework to sell people clothing alterations: Tim the Toulmin Tailor.
107. Graham's Number & Number Sense	wincing at plain crackers Ugh...I was going to a visual gag about Graeme's number but...I've only eaten a googolplex of these things and I don't know if I can go through with it
108. Statistical vs. Clinical Significance	We could discuss the holiday season, but I think for right now, we should just talk about statistics. You know, this will be a normal episode.
109. Psychology, Transparency, & Journalism	The Great Emu War was a real battle between the royal australian artillery and several thousand emus in 1932. It doesn't really have anything to do with today's episode, but I just heard it's responsible to disclose any conflicts of interest.
110. Physicalism & Decoding Minds	Philosophy, video games, and the single most important question in neuroscience. How's that for a brain teaser?
111. Populism	Godwin's Law, there I said it myself and I don't want anyone to say they did not see it coming.
112. Quantum Entanglement & the Cosmic Bell Test	Han Josh-lo: She's fast enough for you old man, what's the cargo? Josh Kenobi: Only particles...myself, Du Broi and no questions asked. Han Josh-lo: Heh, what is it? Some sort of local realism? Josh Kenobi: Let's just say we'd like to avoid any quantum entanglements...
113. Memetics & Punching Nazis	typing sounds Some people tell me I should take a break from creating dank memes, get off my phone and just look at the world around me. I keep telling them; seeing is for meme'ing
114. Shades of Skepticism	I was getting into Cartesian Skepticism for a while before my credit card company called me, apparently I had...maxDoubt
115. The Motte & Bailey Fallacy	You shouldn't confuse a 'Motte and bailey' argument for valid reasoning, just like you shouldn't confuse Mott's and Bailey's for dinner.
116. The War on Science	Gunfire and explosions COMMAND! Command, the base is under a Tac, I repeat the base is under a Tac
117. SETI & Dyson Spheres	Psst...could you help the Dyson sphere with its homework. It's not very bright.
118. The Antikythera Mechanism	If you ever see someone stealing ancient Greek ruins you should probably call the~uh...umm....camera pans over the ruins of the Pantheon Hang on, I had something for this.
119. The Limits of Order & Harmony	I once saw a guy on netlfix ,whose who's lymmerics ran to line six, He never did know, how far they should go And he never bothered to fix them at all.
120. Business Networking	I try my best to network with other engineers but they always run away before I can get the other side of the CAT-5 plugged in...
121. Teleological Bias	I try to convince other people not to use teleological arguments where they're not warranted but a lot of them just don't see the point.
122. The Stochastic Model of Scientific Discovery (Desaturated Version)	Whenever I go dancing, my motions are more or less at random...you might say I 'trip the light stochastic'.
123. Personal Identity & the Transporter Paradox	I don't really understand why everyone makes such a big deal about the transporter and personal identity, isn't it just when Jason Statham hits you on the head and you wake up somewhere else?
124. Play Theory	(Sips coffee while reading phone, looks up) What were you expecting? Some sort of wordplay?
125. What Is Consciousness?	My mind went some really weird places when I imagined Gandalf riding Mr. Ed rather than Shadowfax...Don't switch horses mid-stream of consciousness.
126. Debiasing: How to Change Your Mind	Josh's internal monologue: Oh crap, it's THUNK day and I haven't thought of a pun yet...well sometimes I can come up with something clever on the fly. Maybe if I pretend like that's what gonna happen this time it will actually happen. That should bias some time.
127. Overfitting & Reference Class Forecasting	Man...do you guys remember in the eighties when this squiggle was on absolutely everything? It really was a sort of 'trend line' wasn't it?
128. Boredom	Elon Musk's Hyperloop tunnelling machine is like a mechanical engineers fantasy made real. It's such a beautiful piece of machinery it kind of makes me want to cry...tears up a bit Talk about being bored to tears.
129. Immortality	On phone Uh huh...gestures to wait a moment at camera Wassat? Frank want's to know where to drop off the cellular degeneration treatment? Well...Telomere's good.
130. Bayesian Epistemology & Predictive Processing	I'd probably love to go but you know that I can't do Thursdays, that's me and my Bayes date night. I'll ask but I don't think I can pry her away from that new Star Trek.
131. Puzzles of Epistemology	Man it's going to take me an extra half hour to get to the airport. Apparently the construction crews are debating whether knowledge is even possible and so there's been some sort of 'epistemic closure'.
132. On Understanding Others	You know I've watched Stephen King movies before but I don't know if they really live up to all the hype, I guess I just don't get IT:TM:
133. Game Theory & Power Structures	Engaged in game of Settlers of Catan Josh 2: If someone gives me 1 sheep now I'll give them 2 wood next turn. Josh 1:Ac..Actually you can't do that, that's not a legal tra~ Josh 2: Puts on emperor Palpatine hood I will make it legal. Josh 1:Heavy sigh Not this crap again...
134. The Problem of Universals	Before Plato started doing Philosophy he tried to open a sandwich shop but just couldn't get the paperwork together. Apparently he had a real problem with 'forms'.
135. Aumann's Agreement Theorem & Arguing to Learn	I originally thought getting a new island for the kitchen was going to be too expensive but I have to say...you do have a good 'counter argument'.
136. Engineering Wisdom: Tolerance & Failing Gracefully	Designing mechanical linkages can be a really difficult and finicky process but I have to say...it does have its moments.
137. Embodied Cognition	I've sometimes felt like my consciousness is being held prisoner inside my own body, I guess it makes sense it is made of 'cells'.
138. Misinformation	I'm really sorry the video is so late this week, I could blame having to do laundry but that would be a 'fabrication'. I could blame being forced out of my old apartment but that would be 'a fiction'. I could even blame all the mental energy I've had to spend coming up with new ideas for technology in my new job but that would be an 'invention'.
139. Good Faith	I asked Sauron to help me move but...well just look at the way this box is packed. Hats, tools, games...I guess the lord moves in mysterious ways.
140. The End of History Illusion & Introspection	You know, moving is kind of like a microcosm for making decisions about life. Oh I'm sorry, was that not really clear? Let me unpack it for you.
141. Von Neumann Probes	I made sure to lookup the pronunciation of Von Neumann before I started recording this after all there's no reason to sudden screen split with two Josh's speaking unison make myself look like a fool.
142. "Rogue AI's" of the Present Day	Josh: Reading on phone Hah, that's funny...Hey Google, Google assistant beeps make me a sandwhich. Google AI: You got it, engaging nanobot matter reconfiguration engine. 10% complete. Josh:Turns around in confusion with face now half bread
143. Newcomb's Problem: Evidential & Causal Decision Theory	If you ever find yourself trying to figure someone out, try mentioning boxing. If they start talking about Christmas they're British, if they start talking about Muhammad Ali they're a sports fan, if they start ranting angrily about one-boxing and two-boxing? They're probably a nerd.
144. Thinking Like a Bayesian	Josh's internal monologue Man...I do not have the cards to back that last bet up, my butt is really on the line here...I guess I should've calculated my 'posterior probability'.
145. Tit for Tat & Zero Determinant Strategies	A convicted criminal once tried to escape jail by threatening the guards with some painted fruit, claiming that it was a grenade, but it was pretty clearly a 'prisoner's dyed lemon'.
146. Mental Illness & Creativity	Layers of Fear? Isn't that game about the painter who slowly slips into madness? Yeah I'm not 'crazy' about it.
147. Grice's Maxims of Conversation	You keep sending me weight lifting workouts and pictures of super muscled people. Just what are you 'in-sinew-ating'?
148. Aristotle's Infinite Regress & Intuition	I once asked my Philosophy professor why on earth we were learning about Artistotle's infinite regress argument. He just looked at me and said...'in-tuition'.
149. Solution Space & Tiling Trees	I had a cool idea for a problem solving technique, where you call someone and ask them if they know the answer to your problem. If they don't you ask them to call someone else and see if they know. I call it a 'dialing tree'.
150. Mutual & Common Knowledge	We're going to play the two third's game and it's going to be awesome. If you can predict the right answer that'll definitely be...no 'mean feat'.
151. Systems, Law, & Rules/Standards	Looks around conspiratorially I have a really bulletproof method of making Chop Suey that involves a feather. I call it my 'system of a down'.
152. Prediction Markets & Superforecasting	If you were somehow able to use detailed information about the future to make a ton of money, even if you donated it all to charity, I think you still technically have to list yourself as being 'for prophet'.
153. "The Culture" & Hedonism	Man...I get a deliciously indulgent pleasure from watching these caligraphy videos. The sumptuous spread of the ink, the slow motions of the pen, talk about 'epic curly cues'
154. The Ethics of Placebo-Controlled Trials	I enrolled in a study to see if I couldn't make the opening joke as funny as possible, but unfortunately I think we're in the control group...
155. Combinatorial Explosion & Flu Shots	If I had to choose between some bird waking me up at 6am every morning or being deathly ill for two days I'd probably take 'one flu over the cuckoo's nest'.
156. Less Wrong, Rationality, and Logicbros	Josh: OK, eye of newt, wool of bat, lizard's leg, add basil...stir with...Roko's Basil Whisk? Whisk: YOU HAVE NOT SUFFICIENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENTS LEADING TO MY PROGRAMMING. YOU MUST SUFFER. [DEATH RAY NOISES]
157. Issues With Infinity	I'm sorry this episode is a week late, but I've had a sore throat that just felt endless. Good thing I brewed myself some infini-tea.
158. On the Virtues of Wiggle Room	Bruce Lee had a way of making everybody feel kind of okay about their mistakes. And I can appreciate that. I think we could all use a little bit more Lee-way.
159. Theories of Truth, Part 1	I see you're expecting me to say something... tilts head to reveal a statue ..humerous?
160. Theories of Truth, Part 2	Is it true that my cars tires will be underpressured because it's cold outside? As of right now, all I have is a deflationary theory.
161. "13 Reasons Why" & Compatibilism	Holding the complete works of Shakespear One of my friends offered to GIVE me this book and I was like, of course! I love Shakespear already and you know I'm into 'free Will'.
162. Minimalism	I really want to see a movie were a giant ape terrorizes New York city, knocking down old buildings that nobody really likes anymore. You could call it King KonMari.
163. Hacking vs. Design	Scientists have discovered a way to create an entire artificial respiratory system. That's amazing! But you have to admit that their apparatus looked a little bit cobbled together. Talk about hacking up a lung.
163.5. The First THUNK Survey!	How likely would you be to drink a beverage, if it was handed to you like this? puts a giant pink straw into a pint Sorry, I just always wanted to take a straw poll.
164. Survey Results	I counted and tabulated each and every pub and saloon in the local area. But I have to say, I'm not really impressed with this bar chart.
165. Local Maxima	If you balanced a sixteen-wheeler upright on its end, I guess it would some sort of semi-stable equilibrium.
166. How to Ask Good Questions	Whenever I go camping I feel like I'm always the guy who has to ask if we're pitching the tents to close to the campfire. I guess I always have the same 'burning question'.
167. False Vacuum	Sometimes my robot vacuum cleaner will get caught on a ledge between rooms and sort of rock back and forth until it can free itself. It's a kind of vacuum metastability event.
168. Camp - So Bad, It's Good	A pirate impression that's so bad it's good? Hold on, I got this: [pirate noises]
169. Aesthetic Obligation	How well can I appreciate beautiful things? Well...Camera pans over gorgeous landscape 'pretty well'.
170. Moral Foundations Theory	I had this idea that all of Isaac Asimov's books contain the same lesson. That knowledge is a virtue for its own sake. I call it my 'Moral Foundation Theory.'
171. Echoes of Analytic/Continental Philosophy	I stayed in a hotel for a couple of days and every morning I found myself thinking about the cultural, historic and economic context of the free croissants and coffee I was enjoying. It was a real 'continental breakfast'.
172. "Engineer's Syndrome" & Learning Techniques	I've been studying a lot of poetry recently. I just really want to become well-versed in it, you know?
173. Against the Three T's	Other people might take forever to heat up their bagels, or burn it to a charred mess. But not me. I'm a real toastmaster.
174. On the Origins of Bookishness	I'm sorry if I'm posting a day late My car got towed because my meter expired finger counting Damnit!
175. The Aesthetic of Programming	I've been working non-stop to get this episode together in time. It's a real... java script.
176. The Lead-Crime Hypothesis	You know, I wasn't sure about this book about how civilization arose due to alcohol. But I'm really glad I gave it a shot.
177. A Philosophy on Philosophy	My friend Phillip just doesn't get enough calcium in his diet. I'm starting to worry about his bones to be honest. I bought him some supplements just to get Phil ossified.
178. Multiplication Menagerie	Some of my nerd friends asked me what my favorite mathematical operation is. And I keep on coming back to powers. Times after times after times.
179. Rationality Without Justification	I don't know. I just started a new job, the apartment is a mess - can I really justify doing thunk right now? Wait a second. What am I talking about? Just look at it [waives at THUNK shelf] it is justified!
180. On Chalk & Cognition	I wonder why mathematicians love blackboards so much. Personally, I’d chalk it up to a silly tradition, but there’s no way I’m going to get on their bad side by trying to make them change - I can read the writing on the wall.
181. Issues of Utilitarian Ethics	Have you ever noticed how Godzilla always seems to target things like powerlines and dams? He's a real Utility Monster.
182. Lessons From "The Mythical Man-Month"	You know they say that one month out of the year, you can see manta rays off the coast of Kauai. But personally, I don't believe in any mythical manta month.
183. Indirect Speech	I hate playing escape rooms with that one guy who just absolutely refuses to ask for a clue even though everybody else in the group is clearly frustrated and rolling their eyes. It's like... come on man, take a hint!
184. Disaster Preparedness	After I bought that flat of toilet paper from Costco people treat me I'm like royalty. Like I'm some sort of Prince Charming.
185. Bounded Rationality	I'm trying to write a song to welcome people into the THUNK community, but I can't really decide how it should go. I mean... should I use that cord 🎶? ... Discord 🎶?
186. Natural Kinds	I kant believe that Steam has Myst tagged as a 'Walking Simulator'. I mean genres mean something, damn it! This is a clear violation of some sort of categorical imperative.
187. F@#$ Nuance	People get on my case for not having a hard and fast rule for when I should wear a sweater and when I shouldn't. I mean, it's a matter of degrees!
188. Knowledge-How - Knots	Winding up a rope Being stuck at home with COVID, I've read everything in the house, I've done all sorts of crafting... Sort of feeling like I'm at the end of my rope... Hm!
189. The Reference Class Problem	I had a physics teacher in highschool who used to make jokes about 'all your base are belong to us' while he was teaching. It took me a little while to realize that this wasn't your typical reference class.
190. Scientific Realism	I hate it when philosophers make up beliefs that nobody actually has to prove a point. Like last-thursday-ism. Like, C'mon, at least use some sort of real "ism".
191. Refactoring the Real World	I just change all these variable names to reference chocolate. I know that it seems silly, but I heard that it's good to have a fudge factor?
192. Three Modes of Inquiry	There are some days where I just can't stop thinking about a particular kind of food until I eat it. Like a tasty pizza with black olives on top. I just get stuck in a pie olive mode.
193. Honing Occam's Razor	I know that we've talked about Ockhams razor before. But I really want to get into some of the details. You know how I like to split hairs electric shaver buzzing
194. Load Path Analysis	I promise we'll start recording in a little bit.I just have to figure out how to keep this light from rotating like this. I need a moment.
195. Strong Opinions, Weakly Held	I just started a DnD campaign with a guy who plays as a wizard who specializes in prophecy. You know, for the foreseeable future.
196. "Burnout" is Abuse	Josh inspects a carton wrapper for handsoap. Then puts it on the ground I mean, I'll stand on this, but I don't really see how that's supposed to help [Ion says: Join a union!]
197. Cultural Evolution Theory	After reading so much about it online, I finally decided to make my own sourdough starter. I just thought it would be nice to have a little bit of culture around here, y'know?
198. Pragmatic Ethics	An ethical pragmatist might tell you that it's probably not a good idea to steal a lady's purse. Why? Well, it's just not likely to go well for you.
199. FMEA - Dodging Disaster	It can be a little intimidating trying to predict what disasters the future might hold. But you should always at least hazard a guess.
200. Retrospective	Episode 200 has no intro pun.
202. The McNamara Fallacy	I like eating noodles out of this thermos. It's got a pho metal jacket.
203. Bullsh*t & Truthlikeness	I don't know about you, but when someone tells me that they are really into bull fighting, for me that's kind of a red flag.