Curious.ly: Recent Episodes

Shobhit Nagpal

I want to know a lot of things(basically everything). This is my digital diary of interesting stuff I get to know added with understanding my thoughts.

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In this episode, we find out about Kerckhoffs' Principle about how an algorithm shouldn't be the secret but instead the key should be kept a secret.

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Understanding what is steganography and cryptography along with few stories in history of how they were used

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A lesson from the book of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'

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A concept you might come across while learning JS. Understanding what really is non-blocking and asynchronicity.

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From crisis to capital.

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Cohabitation effect is where when couples move in together before marriage, they're more likely to have problems and get divorced after they get married.

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A philosophy by the Chinese.

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Number of photos a device can take in a second. Something handy in video editing.

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Tendency to like (or dislike) everything about a person - including things you don't know about them.

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When you tend to value new information at the cost of neglecting the base understanding you have.

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Aristotle for some reason thought that earth was the center of the universe itself and more.

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The Greeks, including Aristotle, proposed 3 reasons on why the Earth is round back in 340 BC. 

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The core definition of physics.

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The unusual feeling you get when you think about conflicting ideas.

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The area in the brain where our desire comes from.

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The actual definition of philosophy.

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Exposure breeds familiarity. Repetition breeds trust.

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When you see/know something new, you see it everywhere. 

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Exerting mental energy by doing tasks and putting effort. 

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Ideomotor effect is an effect based off of priming effect. Make sure to understand priming effect before listening to this one. 

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One of the most mind-blowing and dangerous concepts that exist. 

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An illusion you and many people you know have experienced. Truly understanding what "change is the only constant" means.

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ENIAC is the first ever modern computer that was built in 1945. I also talk about what could happen in the future with all the tech advancements happening. 

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A concept in cybersecurity. CIA stands for Confidentiality Integrity Availability. 

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Some snippets I got to know from the book 'Thinking Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman.

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A new buzzword called 8D Audio is in town. Let's understand what it is though. 

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Basics of what goods and services are.

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We understand what is a web browser that we use everyday of our lives.

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What really is the World Wide Web and URL?

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Only 20% of your actions matter the most.

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We get to know why was the 7 day a week model adopted over 8 day a week or 10 day a week.

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Understanding what a markup language is in computers.

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People are more motivated to complete a task when they're shown progress.

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Earn an amount which covers your basic living expenses.

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What's limited is valued more.

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In this we talk about a brief overview of what is heuristics and the types of it. It's a concept in psychology and it's being used in various places on purpose as well as when one is not aware of it.

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In this episode, we get to know about one model which is used to describe and understand the behavior of human beings, to really understand why humans behave the way they do.

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Fun fact about Lobsters and then some thoughts on status and wealth.

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Just a super random and re-occurring thought on probability being the start of the everything. From our daily lives to the universe itself.

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A concept related to content marketing.

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Curse of Knowledge I talk about is related to psychology here.

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Hey, I talk about something called an Item Response Curve. If you're a student or teacher, this might be pretty interesting to you.