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Happily Confused

Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel happy today? How about happily disgusted? Maybe sadly surprised, or sadly disgusted? Human emotions are complex. But at least they’re the common language that unites us all – except when they don’t. A tribe in Namibia might interpret our expression of fear as one of wonderment. And people with autism don’t feel the emotions that others do. So if you’re now delightfully but curiously perplexed, tune in and discover the evolutionary reason for laughter … how a computer can diagnose emotional disorders that doctors miss … and why the world’s most famous autistic animal behaviorist has insight into the emotional needs of cattle. Guests: Scott Weems – Cognitive scientist, author of Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why Brian Malow – Science comedian Aleix Martinez – Cognitive neuroscientist at The Ohio State University Maria Gendron – Post-doctoral researcher at Northeastern University Temple Grandin – Professor of animal science, Colorado State University, author of 
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0:31.4

The corporate world is like the ocean. It's alluring, but it's also full of deadly

0:35.6

creatures that can shred you to pieces. It becomes kind of like a game of

0:39.2

throne's political arena where everyone's trying to murder you to get your job.

0:44.0

My family doesn't come from corporate background, so I didn't have any sort of guidance in that.

0:48.2

This is not your typical work podcast.

0:50.4

Sometimes you need to be empathetic.

0:52.0

And then there are times that you ask for input input but you don't really give a shit.

0:55.0

Listen to the and the award-nominated podcast, surfing corporate.

0:58.0

Stretch opportunity. What is it?

1:00.0

Yoga class? Get out of here.

1:01.0

It's the advice you always hear before giving a public talk open with a joke. The right

1:06.8

joke can get you off to a roaring start, although this guy would probably settle for

1:11.0

a sputtering one. In our galaxy there are roughly a trillion

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