In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss our psychological tendency to overestimate our control over events, with implications for everything from gambling and paranormal beliefs to our movements through everyday life.
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The Illusion of Control, Part 2
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The Illusion of Control, Part 1
The Monstrefact: Jade Rabbit
Our Moon, with Rebecca Boyle
Listener Mail: Desperados Under the Eaves
From the Vault: Tea, Part 3
Weirdhouse Cinema: Blacula
Strange Ice, Part 2
Animalia Stupendium: The Mantis Shrimp
Strange Ice, Part 1
Listener Mail: The Reflex
From the Vault: Tea, Part 2
Weirdhouse Cinema: The Magic Sword
The Nature of the Diamond, Part 4
The Monstrefact: Ikuutayuuq, The One Who Drills
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