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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Listener Mail: Hasten Down the Wind
From the Vault: The Gray Whale, Part 3
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Scanners
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The Monstrefact Redux: Shad-Havar
From the Vault: The Gray Whale, Part 1
Listener Mail: Piano Fighter
From the Vault: Because It Is My Heart, Part 2
Weirdhouse Cinema: Flash Gordon (1980)
The Illusion of Control, Part 3
Animalia Stupendium: The Deep Sea Anglerfish
The Illusion of Control, Part 2
Listener Mail: Learning to Flinch
Because It Is My Heart, Part 1
Weirdhouse Cinema: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
The Monstrefact: Jade Rabbit
Our Moon, with Rebecca Boyle
Listener Mail: Desperados Under the Eaves
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