A common theme that many of us like to explore is how do we get better at making decisions?

How do we be better thinkers?

How do we improve our ability in critical thinking and scientific thinking?

And really, the goal of being an evidence-based practitioner or using scientific thinking,

the whole purpose is to allow us to make better

decisions because it allows us to approximate closer to what is likely going to be accurate

and correct. And so scientific thinking has been an important concept that we've discussed

on this podcast before, but it's also a topic that

has come up many times in conversations with a very close friend of mine, Kieran O'Regan, who is

today's podcast episode guest. Kieran, as well as coaching here at Sigma Nutrition, also works in

the field as a strengthening coach in Cork, Ireland,

where he predominantly works with rugby teams amongst other athletes.

And he's recently began a professional doctorate under John Kylie of the University of Central

Lancashire.

And his undergraduate degree is in sport and exercise science. And some of you may be

familiar that Kiran has written several pieces on the Sigma Nutrition website relating to some of

the concepts around science-based thinking, navigating uncertainty, and how we can essentially

try and strive to be better scientific thinkers and the pitfalls of not doing so.

And recently me and Kiran caught up, we had a conversation and this one took a turn as similar to many of our conversations that are not recorded.

And so this will give you a glimpse into the types of topics and discussions we tend to have quite often.

And so I think it also will showcase some of the conclusions and thoughts that Quran has came to in some of these areas around scientific thinking, uncertainty, ignorance, navigation, and all those good stuff that we get into.

Now, before we get into today's discussion, let me give a quick mention today's show sponsor,

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