Pros & Concepts
The podcast that introduces and explains concepts that are relevant to our world
We found 2 episodes of Pros & Concepts with the tag “science”.
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Episode 47: Need for Cognition - Is Thinking a Pleasure or a Pain?
September 12th, 2022 | 45 mins 28 secs
personal development, philosophy, psychology, science
In this episode, Phil explains what Need for Cognition is, most easily defined as a scale ranging from enjoying thinking and finding it as something internally motivated, down to something that is a reluctant chore that requires external motivation. Most notably, someone can be highly intelligent but low need for cognition.
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Episode 28: Historiography ft. Matt Beat - The Ever-Changing Past
December 8th, 2021 | 54 mins 8 secs
epistemology, historiography, history, philosophy, politics, science
In this episode, we welcome Mr. Beat, a Youtuber who focuses on American history and politics. We discuss Historiography - the study of how we understand history and how it's an ever-evolving process.