Cognitive Engineering

Peter, Fraser, Chris and Nick discuss mass surveillance. Is it a good thing, allowing better analysis or is it a dangerous erosion of privacy.

Nick, Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the trolley problem in relation to the terrorist attack in Stockholm.

Do you show your frustration by hammering the lift call button? Peter, Nick and Fraser discuss the urge.

Nick, Peter and Fraser speak with special guest Michael Story of Good Judgement Inc about the uptake of good analytical practice.

Fraser, Nick and Peter talk about interfaces. What does the Blackberry keyboard tell us about generalisation and specialisation?

Peter, Nick and Fraser scrutinize the infamous distribution of pie between Bert and Ernie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am1FSGV5wRg

Peter, Fraser and Nick discuss the thought experiments of Derek Parfit.

Chris, Fraser, Peter and Nick explore how social conventions make decisions for us.

Nick, Peter, Chris and Fraser discuss the point at which mysteries become unexplained and when should you stop looking for something lost.

Nick, Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the purpose of BMI

Chris, Peter, Fraser and Nick ponder the nature of computer interfaces.

Chris, Peter, Fraser and Nick discuss Fake News. Can we believe a word of it?

Fraser, Nick and Chris consider why we remember things that didn't happen.

Chris, Fraser and Peter discuss the rates of change and life cycles in technology.

Chris, Peter and Fraser discuss the insurance industries use of social media data to assess risk in individuals.

Peter, Fraser, Nick speak with special guest Andres about what Funes's affliction tells us about thinking and perception.

Fraser, Nick and Peter experiment with their own biases, by comparing their pre-US election forecasts with their post-event beliefs.

What will automation and artificial intelligence mean for the future world of work?

Nick, Peter and Fraser disucss how much you can read into an election result.

Chris, Fraser, Nick and Peter talk about the technology of the Star Wars galaxy. Can you really have all that hardware but so little software? Why didn't R2D2 just commit the Death Star plans to Github? And what's the point of science fiction?