Let’s do the math | Episode - 7

Stories are great, they inspire us, frighten us, make us laugh and so much more. The problem occurs when we start figuring out a story behind instances when there isn't any. Find out this and a plethora of things you thought are related but aren't.

Winning can be both subjective (“winning in life”) and objective (“winning a science quiz”). There are many instances in life when we lose even we have supposedly ‘won’, and unfortunately, such instances are more common than you think. From situations where our overconfidence precedes us to situations where winning might be a curse, this episode explores it all.

You have feelings for her and you bid her goodbye. You look back at her and she looks back at you at the same time. Do you call it a “meant to be”situation or a “coincidence”. Even when things boil down to numbers, our irrational thinking takes us off the practical route. Advise: This episode is best experienced with a pen and paper.

Are teams better at producing output or is it just a fallacy in our thinking? Why do you tend to look up in the sky when other people are doing so? The truth is, in social settings, we are completely different beings. In this episode, we explore how’s that the case.

No matter how practical you are, when it comes to money, our emotions effect how we spend it in majority of the cases. From false sense of ownership to the Romeo and Juliet effect, find out how emotions guide the flow of money and how advertisers tap into that.

Choice is supposed to be a good thing, right? Then why finding the right person for yourself is more difficult than ever despite so many choices a swipe away? In this episode, we explore how choices influence your life as well as big businesses.

You crush a candy, you throw a bird, your clans clash with other clans and you check your Facebook feed for what’s new. You do all that again and again and again. In the digital age, we are addicted to multiple things without realizing. Find out how companies are using techniques to hook you to their products and the science behind it all.

In an age when all the information is just a click away, how do you differentiate between people who are actually knowledgeable versus people who are good at showing they are knowledgeable. From people who like to say ‘I told you so’ to recognizing real geniuses, explore it all in this episode.

No other statement describes human beings better than “To err is human”. The way we make decisions , the way we think in life is flawed in ways more than one. In the pilot episode, Diksha and Aditya find answers to questions like “Why are we more afraid of dying in a plane crash than of cancer?” and explore errors in our day to day thinking.