Wild Conjecture

In this ep we learn about cognitive biases, the subconscious inner workings of decision making, and how they shape the decisions we make. Listen to this episode! Everybody's doing it....

Where does energy come from? What are the different sources of energy that exist today? What about the future? How am I able to charge my phone at night so easily? And what happens when that system collapses? We get to the bottom of this, well, we go somewhere with it, AND WE USE A LOT OF ENERGY TO GET THERE.

It's the topic du jour, r/WallstreetBets, Wallstreet, Stocks, Reddit, tik tok is out and short squeezing is in. We try to unpack what happens when Reddit meets Wallstreet and where it all goes from here. This is not investing advice folks!

What's your optimal way to work? Is it sitting? Standing? Laying? Walking? With so many people working from home, ergonomics is playing a more critical role than ever. We crack open what ergonomics mean to us and maybe help you understand what it means to you too. 

We've all heard stories about buried treasure in one way or another. In this episode we talk about modern day tales of buried treasure and a specific modern day hunt that Matt is involved in that may or may not be the next Fyre Festival scam. Grab Nicholas Cage and let's find some treasure!

Making Eye contact, facing forward on an elevator, tipping your server - these are all social norms that we adhere to and if we don't we get put in social jail. We explore what social norms really are, how they come about, and what future norms might come about based on current trends.

In this episode we go deep into the subconscious and explore our dreams, nightmares, and meaning behind it all. How much can we really know about something that happens when we sleep? Are we recharging? Processing? Are we predicting the future? We explore these ideas and more!

In this episode we finally get to chipping away at the mountain of mail we get from our many dedicated listeners all around the globe. We rip through as many as we can and it makes for a lot of great wild conjecture. Thanks for all the great questions guys!!!!

We're all doing what we can to survive the pandemic by staying healthy both physically and mentally. Part of mental game might be sacrificing some of the physical game...by eating our favorite awesome snacks. (hands up emoji)

In this episode we are joined again by MSU Professor of Mechanical Engineering Patton Allison as he tells us about his life abroad in the UK. His stories offer refreshing insight into his days at Cambridge carrying out some of the oldest (if not the oldest) traditions in academia and traveling around Britain and the UK as an Ex Pat.