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Apr 2025
28m 18s

Real Science or Total Scam? A Game for M...

Sarah Levinger
About this episode

Sarah and Nate are back with a lightening round that will put Nate's knowledge of psychology to the test! We dive into heuristics (mental shortcuts) and do a bonus round on a little-known mental bias that might have Nate stumped…

 

CoHost: Nate Lagos

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Tactical and Practical Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tactical-practical/id1752915534

 

Learn more at: https://www.tetherinsights.io/

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Thanks to Cytrus for the theme song, "Sky High" You can follow and find them on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/1oKGDsxjRdQlf2xHLZsiSJ?si=8fbd275dbbb54cbf

 

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