What Do We Even Know Anyways

Ryan Hockstein and Anand Srinivasan

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In What Do We Even Know Anyways, hosts Ryan Hockstein and Anand Srinivasan explore interesting math and science topics that you may know nothing about. In our short 10-20 minute episodes, we will present facts and stories about a single topic as we delve into the worlds of science and mathematics!

03/05/2021

Life on The Red Planet

In the episode, "Life on the Red Planet," we talk about the possibility and challenges to life on Mars and look into the Perseverance rover's recent mission. We also interview our Physics teacher, Christopher Allen to hear about the plausibility of the book and movie, The Martian. For sources and more information visit our website: https://whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com/

17 min
09/02/2021

Our Biased Brains

In the episode, "Our Biased Brains," we follow up on our discussion on how our eyes deceive us by exploring the ways in which our brains are biased. We interview our special guest Aydin Bandukwala to show how cognitive biases like loss aversion and base rate neglect can affect anyone. For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

21 min
07/10/2020

When Perception Becomes Deception

In the episode, "When Perception Becomes Deception," we discuss the science of the eye and perception. How do we perceive shapes and colors? When do our eyes fail us? Are we actually seeing reality, or does reality change from person to person? For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

21 min
08/09/2020

Planet X

In our fourth episode, "Planet X", we discuss the story of Pluto from its discovery to its reclassification, to what we know about the dwarf planet today. We meet with our first special guest Matthew Propp, who explains the backstory of Pluto and the evolution of our solar system. For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

21 min
10/08/2020

Music and Our Minds

In the episode, "Music and Our Minds" , we unpack the science and psychology behind music. What makes us love music? How did we discover our musical notes? How does music bring us together, and how does it extend beyond humans to the nature of our world and beyond? For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

15 min
20/07/2020

Random

In the episode, Random, we explore the counter intuition that people commonly have about randomness. Why is randomness so hard to grasp, why are random numbers so important, and how do we get them? For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

17 min
14/07/2020

Episode Zero

Our first podcast episode! In the aptly titled Episode Zero, we dive into the history of the number zero. Why did it take us so long to discover the number zero? You'll hear stories about how both humans and monkeys interact with zero and learn why our whole calendar may be completely wrong! For sources and more information, visit our website: www.whatdoweevenknowanyways.wordpress.com

14 min

7 Episodes

In What Do We Even Know Anyways, hosts Ryan Hockstein and Anand Srinivasan explore interesting math and science topics that you may know nothing about. In our short 10-20 minute episodes, we will present facts and stories about a single topic as we delve into the worlds of science and mathematics!

Creator

Ryan Hockstein and Anand Srinivasan
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

7
Rating

Clean
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What Do We Even Know Anyways

What Do We Even Know Anyways

Episodes

Life on The Red Planet

Our Biased Brains

When Perception Becomes Deception

Planet X

Music and Our Minds

Random

Episode Zero

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