Hi! We’re two IB graduates from Hong Kong. “The Uncommon Senses” Podcast revolves around the Theory of Knowledge(TOK), where we reflect on how we know what we claim to know. We believe that the critical thinking skills we gained from our TOK course have become increasingly vital in the 21st century, and therefore we would like to continue our TOK explorations here!

Primarily, we aim to help the current IBDP students learn more about TOK based on our own experiences and research. Hopefully, we can also reach out to other people who’s interested in our  philosophical, psychological and social discussions to see the world beyond our so-called common senses, and reconsider: to what extent are our common senses ‘common’?

By the way, for our cReDEntiALs:

Telia: 45/45 in IB, grade A in TOK :)

Joshua: 30/30 in TOK :)

Timestamps for Episode #3:

0:00 Opening

01:14 How senses affect how we see the world: sales; car crash experiment

06:51 The theory of mind: Sally-Anne test, universality of emotions?

23:29 Qualia: inability to communicate our experiences

Music Credit:

aeseaes - All Things Devour, Black Swan

(they are such a cool band! Go check them out!)