Cognitive Engineering

As summer arrives there is change in the air. We are ready to take on the day, plunge into new hobbies or revive old ones and explore the world around us. But do you need to live through winter to properly experience summer? Is it the case that sunny weather is objectively better? What is the perfect weather or is there no such thing? In this week’s podcast, we discuss optimal weather. We share our experiences in the extremities of temperature, discuss data on the ideal temperature for humans, evolution and natural selection, British weather and construal level theory. Finally, we share some things we like about bad weather. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: - Climate and Happiness https://www3.nd.edu/~nmark/Climate/Rehdanz_Maddision_2005.pdf - Hate The Cold? These Destinations Have Never Even Seen Snow https://www.thetravel.com/which-countries-never-get-any-snow/ - Bad Weather is Good for You https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/29/bad-weather-is-good-for-you-take-a-walk-in-the-win