Rational Delusion

Rational Delusion
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Two millennials conversing about anything; from the factual to the whimsical. Tune in as we speak from the ever-summer island - Singapore. "An attempt to rationalise life while trying unsuccessfully to avoid delusion." Website: https://rationaldelusion.wixsite.com/listen

Episodes

  1. 09/10/2024

    12 - Far-Flung Destinations

    Hazel and Vale talk about OpenCert, traveling tips, as well as Black Mirror Season 3 Episodes 3, 4, and 5. ShowNotes: Fake University Certificates | CNA OpenCert Discussion: How often do Singaporeans travel? | Reddit WikiVoyage Northern Lights Flight | YouTube National Geographic Expedition to Antarctica Facebook Marketplace Propnex Scams

    1h 11m

  2. 10/15/2023

    11 - Cry First

    Hazel and Vale talk about ANC earbuds, everyday carry items, and emergency protocols.  ShowNotes: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Carousell Protection Policy  Carousell Common Scam Patterns   I am a killer | Netflix Serial Season 3 == What really happened in Playtest

    1h 22m

  3. 04/09/2023

    10 - Ctrl + Shift + Down

    Hazel and Vale talk about running marathons, new smartwatches, codeswitching, MBTI personalities, and Black Mirror: White Christmas.  ShowNotes:  Hazel’s Half-Marathon Experience Cardiac Stress Test | Mayo Clinic NAPFA Standard KFC Double Down  Christmas Cooking Session MBTI Type Indicator

    1h 55m

  4. 12/31/2022

    09 - Screwing Up Consistently

    Hazel and Vale talk about body fat composition, performative streaks, and Black Mirror Season 2. Homework for the next episode: Black Mirror S2E4 - White Christmas ShowNotes XiaoMi Body Composition Scale Bioelectric Impedance Analysis Wikipedia’s own take on whether it’s ok to cite wikipedia Urban Dictionary Know Your Meme Vale’s 1216 day streak on DuoLingo Duo the DuoLingo Owl | KnowYourMeme — Turtle Talk with Crush Natalie Tran - Asians in Media Talk

    1h 32m

  5. 12/12/2022

    08 - Have a Good Night's Rest

    Hazel and Vale talk about weight tracking, smartwatches, a deep dive into sleep research, and Black Mirror Season 1. Homework for the next episode: Black Mirror Season 2 ShowNotes: Contact urticaria caused by the Apple Watch - A case report How to wear your Apple Watch What to do when skin irritation develops while using Samsung Gear Sport? Sleep Chronotypes | Hazel’s Medium How much sleep do we really need? | National Sleep Foundation Randy Gardner Sleep Deprivation Experiment | Wikipedia Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) | Wikipedia Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) | PIC Documentary — Dogme 95 Film Standards

    2h 11m

  6. 11/13/2022

    07 - You Slept for Nothing

    Hazel and Vale talk about sleep tracking, pure mathematics, and credit cards. Homework for the next episode: Black Mirror Season 1 ShowNotes: Revenge Bedtime Procrastination | Wikipedia Notebook with inspirational quote Money Explained | Netflix

    1h 14m

  7. 10/02/2022

    06 - Running Is the Solution to Everything

    Hazel and Vale talk about running goals (again), sleeping goals, data driven solutions, humour and optimistic nihilism. Vale orders coffee in bulk How many Singaporeans actually sleep for at least seven hours? | YouGov XiaoMi Weighing Scale How many (close) friends do we need? Episode lengths correlate almost perfectly to a linear model Four Humour Styles Optimistic Nihilism | Kurzgesagt

    1h 18m

  8. 09/03/2022

    05 - Alternate Universe Careers

    Hazel and Vale talk about running goals, vlogging, potential alternative careers, and forcing yourself to get things done even if you’re not in the mood. Relationship between sleep deprivation and dementia  Vale does poledancing | TikTok The Monty Hall Problem | MessyWorkings Synthetic Division | MessyWorkings Not in the Mood and How to Get Things Done Anyway | Hazel's Medium Guzheng | Wikipedia

    1h 13m

  9. 08/09/2022

    04 - "Look at my Masterpiece"

    Hazel and Vale talk about their earliest childhood memories, smartwatches, and Never Losing the Spark Within. Running Graph Childhood memories tend to be characterised by distinct emotion Children are more likely to recall memories in the language they spoke or are exposed to at the time the memory was formed Children must have developed a coherent sense of self Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory Childhood amnesia and systematic bias in age estimates of early memories Serial Season 1 Memory Implantation Confabulation Never Lose the Spark Within | Hazel’s Medium

    1h 31m

  10. 05/30/2022

    03 - Turtles Are Gonna Hate This

    Hazel and Vale talk about work life balance, space telescopes, and plastic straws. ShowNotes Cities with best (and worst) work life balance | Kisi 2021 Number of ATMs per hundred thousand adults | World Bank “I don’t know what the point of being a human is, but I know that somewhere close to the root is curiosity. We want to KNOW. We want to LEARN. We want to look really deep into ourselves, into our world and into our universe.” - Hank Green Hank Green talks about the James Webb Space Telescope James Webb Space Telescope Launch | Official NASA Broadcast Single Income, Single Identity  McDonalds is getting rid of straws: Here and here. The Straw Chart Content Creation Guide | The Woke Salaryman (TWS)

    1h 20m

  11. 05/14/2022

    02 - Don't Call Vale

    Hazel and Vale talk about taking breaks, and how to work sustainably without losing the spark within. ShowNotes The Woke SalaryMan | I feel guilty about resting, and it’s a problem. Never Lose the Spark Within | Hazel

    1h 4m

  12. 04/26/2022

    01 - Pilot

    Hazel and Vale discuss embarking on a new podcasting adventure together, and their other projects outside this podcast. ShowNotes Write the “Good” in your “Good Life” Rubber Duckie Programming MessyWorkings - Vale’s Site

    57 min
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Two millennials conversing about anything; from the factual to the whimsical. Tune in as we speak from the ever-summer island - Singapore. "An attempt to rationalise life while trying unsuccessfully to avoid delusion." Website: https://rationaldelusion.wixsite.com/listen

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  • Creator
    Rational Delusion
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rational Delusion
  • Show Website
    Rational Delusion