HeyJaredSerious Inquiries Only
Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and engaging way!
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SIO528: The Marshmallow Test Is Mostly BS, and It's Not the Only Classic Psych Test Like That (opens the original)
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Kids are weird, like really weird, but in a fun way? Dr. Jenessa Seymour is back to tell us about some classic child development paradigms that really need to be reevaluated. Depending on when you learned about these experiments, you were either taught that they were the gospel truth, with established ages where kids can and cannot pass these tests, and major consequences for late development, or maybe you heard that recent studies show it’s a bit more complicated. Still makes for some cute and
SIO527: The Science of Why We Ask Why, with Dr. Tania Lombrozo (opens the original)
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Dr. Tania Lombrozo , professor of psychology at Princeton University (affiliated with its philosophy and cognitive science departments), joins Thomas to discuss her forthcoming book Why We Ask Why : The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand . Why are humans so driven to explain things, but only some things? Why does understanding go beyond just being able to predict? And what happens when asking why makes you the social liability in the room? Are you an expert in something and
SIO526: Why Is College So Expensive? (opens the original)
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David O'Brien , higher education policy scholar with the California Community Colleges System, is back to answer the question Thomas posed last time: why is college so expensive? They get into tuition vs. total cost of attendance, the dirty little secret of private university pricing, administrative bloat, the amenities arms race, and why the people loudest about college costs are likely well-off, but getting very little financial aid. Mentioned: The Daily: College, Student Loans, and Trump Sara
Some More News Is COMPLETELY WRONG About Spider-Man Brand New Day (opens the original)
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I cannot stop thinking about Cody from Some More News's video in which he could not stop thinking about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Cody is INCREDIBLY sure that you're an idiot incapable of watching movies or consuming art if you don't agree with his conception of what the ending of Brand New Day meant. The problem is... Cody gets about a billion things wrong and his arguments are terrible. This was going to be just a Patreon bonus of Serious Inquiries Only but I wanted to put it up on YouTube so
SIO525: Dude Who Said Autism Is "Extreme Male Brain" Walks It Back (opens the original)
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... and other autism/ADHD research! So pleased to have Dr. Jenessa Seymour back - this time with a variety of studies in the Autism and ADHD realms. Jurek, L., Duchier, A., Gauld, C., Henault, L., Giroudon, C., Fourneret, P., … Nourredine, M. (2025). Sensory processing in individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder compared with control populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 64, 1132-1147. Le Cunff, A.,
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