Cognitive Engineering

Chris, Nick and Fraser wonder if Switzerland is as boring as people say.

Nick, Chris and Fraser discuss whether one can reasonably expect a modern gentleman to own tan colored shoes. What can you tell about a person from their shoes?

Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss risk and outsourcing. Is it possible to reduce the risk through outsourcing?

Peter, Fraser and Nick discuss what macaque selfies tell us about the fundamentals of ownership.

Fraser, Nick, Peter and Chris discuss computer games and simulations. How are they useful to real life decision makers?

Nick, Fraser, Chris and Peter talk (soberly) about prohibition of harmful substances.

Fraser, Chris, Peter and Nick discuss what sibling rivalry. What's it for?

Chris, Peter and Fraser talk about being late and being early. Which is worse?

Peter, Fraser and Nick talk about the £2.42bn fine levied against Google by the European Commission for manipulating search results. Are monopolies in the tech world necessarily bad?

Chris, Nick and Fraser explore why the humbling of important public figures is particularly satisfying.

Was Theresa May right to call the general election? When sound decision making does not necessarily guarantee the outcome you want.

Peter, Nick and Fraser lament about the amnesia of humanity. How do you communicate with people in the future? How do you makes sure that important things don't get forgotten?

How much can we trust online rating systems? What can we infer from them? Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss.

Following the exposure of Facebook's content filtering rules, Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss censorship and ethics in data science.

Chris, Fraser and Nick discuss the public perception of WannaCry and what it tells us about how people perceive risk.

What are the Heebie Jeebies? What purpose do they serve?

Fraser, Nick, Chris and Peter discuss the their certainty in general election results.

Nick, Fraser, Chris and Peter discuss whether Cold is worse than Hot.

Chris, Peter, Nick and Fraser talk about what the seemingly idiotic behavior of flies tells us about the choices that human make.

Nick, Fraser, Chris and Peter discuss what the removal of constraints means for behaviour.