Sunday, December 22, 2013

Big Picture Science for 12/23/13 - Group Think

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Big Picture Science - Group Think

ENCORE: If two is company and three a crowd, what’s the ideal number to write a play or invent a new operating system? Some say you need groups to be creative. Others disagree: breakthroughs come only in solitude.

Hear both sides, and find out why you always have company even when alone: meet the “parliament of selves” that drive your brain’s decision-making.

Plus, how ideas of societies lead them to thrive or fall, and why educated conservatives have lost trust in science.

Guests:

This encore podcast was first released on April 30, 2012

Permalink: http://radio.seti.org/episodes/Group_Think

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