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Roko’s Basilisk — The Thought That Dooms You
Season 1 Episode 253
What if the future could punish you… for what you didn’t do today?
In this episode, we explore Roko’s Basilisk—one of the most disturbing thought expe…
3 months ago
The Fungus Theory - From a fungus to interstellar travel — with Mark L. Christensen
Season 1 Episode 252
What if consciousness isn’t static… but something that must grow?
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I sit down with Mark L. Christensen, author …
3 months ago
The Ring of Gyges — Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
Season 1 Episode 251
What would you do if you could act without consequences?
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we descend into one of the most unsettling thought ex…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Chinese Room: Are we just machines?
Season 1 Episode 250
What does it really mean to understand something?
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most unsettling philosophical t…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Heinz Dilemma: When Morality Has No Clean Answers
Season 1 Episode 249
In this gripping episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we step into one of the most uncomfortable yet revealing questions in all of moral psychology: The H…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Gambler’s Fallacy
Season 1 Episode 248
In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most seductive illusions in human psychology: The Gambler’s Fallacy — the belief that after a streak of…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Blitzkrieg Strategy
Season 1 Episode 247
In this episode, we break down one of the most misunderstood yet powerful principles of strategy: Blitzkrieg — often translated as “lightning war.” B…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Overton Window: How Society Decides What You Think
Season 1 Episode 246
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive into one of the most powerful—and most invisible—forces shaping your worldview: The Overton Window.
Yo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Vocabulary: The Architecture of Thought
Season 1 Episode 245
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most overlooked performance enhancers in human development: vocabulary.
Your voca…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Placebo Effect
Season 1 Episode 244
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most misunderstood — yet most powerful — forces in human psychology: the placebo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago