Dark Mind Radio Podcasts

Placebo-Nocebo (Part 2) - DRH025

Everybody has heard of the Placebo effect - the ability of the mind to heal through simple belief (from the Latin for “I will please”).

Well, it has a dark side, an ability to cause physical harm purely through suggestion - this is called the Nocebo effect (from the Latin for “I will harm”).

This week’s show is Placebo - Nocebo Part 2. During this show discover some interesting stories related to the use of Placebo and Nocebo.

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Placebo-Nocebo - DRH024

Everybody has heard of the Placebo effect - the ability of the mind to heal through simple belief (from the Latin for “I will please”).

Well, it has a dark side, an ability to cause physical harm purely through suggestion - this is called the Nocebo effect (from the Latin for “I will harm”).

This week’s show is Placebo - Nocebo. War of the Worlds, MKUltra, Mass mind control and other related subjects are discussed and we have the following question for you:

Have you ever experienced either of those effects? If yes, which one and what happened?

Share your experiences with us!

Full show notes at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh24

Science News for July - DRH023

Time for some Science news!

Once a month Rafa and Karl present their personal take on the science news that caught their attention...

So, with that in mind, here are their choices for July:

Full shownotes at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh23

Blue Pill or Red Pill (Part 2) - DRH022

Simulation or not we were melting during this episode! And so to part two of - Blue Pill-Red Pill - where this time around we take a peek at the science! But before all that, if some enlightened company out there would like to support Karl’s weather information slot at the top of the show please don’t hesitate to get in touch! After all it’s not everyday that a brand can sponsor the weather forecast in Transylvania! In this episode we welcome back a special guest: Professor Horia Pop - head of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Babes-Bolyai University, here in Cluj-Napoca. Full show notes at: http://darmindradio.com/rh22

Blue Pill or Red Pill? - DRH021

Are you sure what you see is what you get? Do you think our reality could be a simulation?

There is a long philosophical and scientific history to the underlying thesis that reality is an illusion. This skeptical hypothesis can be dated as far back as ancient Greek philosophy.

This time we explore what many would already call the Matrix, as reference to the movie.

During the show we talked about various conspiracy theories that could lead us to believe that our reality is being altered and we also talk about movies and books related to the topic.

What do you think? To real or not to real? That… we don’t know…

Check more at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh21

Super Strength (Part 2) - DRH020

Super strength in medical terms is called ‘hysterical strength’ or ‘excited delirium’.

In this show we dive into the science and just give you the facts about its cause - the Adrenaline rush.

How can a young woman lift a car? That would be a ‘dead lift’ of some 3000lbs/1360kgs! Considering the official world record for deadlifting stands at just 1155lbs/524kg, how can everyday folks heft three times that amount?

Full shownotes at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh20

Super Strength - DRH019

Can you lift a car? What about in an emergency? You may have guessed already - today we are talking about super-strength!

Super strength, sometimes also called ‘hysterical strength’ or ‘excited delirium’, is largely thought to be caused by an Adrenaline rush brought about in situations of extreme stress.

In today’s show we will be checking out a 20th Century conspiracy theory, along with mythical and fictional characters renowned for being super strong.

Full shownotes: http://darkmindradio.com/rh19

News for June - DRH018

Even if the weather is crazy nowadays, we have some of the latest news related to science and we went down the rabbit hole with the following topics:

• Hubble Just Discovered A New Moon Hiding In Our Solar System.
• Newly Discovered Planets May Host Infrared Based Life.
• NASA Just Detected Oxygen in the Martian Atmosphere.
• Ingestible Sensor Can Monitor Vital Signs From Inside Your Gut.
• World's tiniest engine small enough to enter living cells.
• Emotion detector: Facial expression recognition to improve learning, gaming.
• First gene therapy successful against human aging.

If we missed any news that you consider we should have discussed, let us know by commenting below or sending us a message.

Enjoy!

http://darkmindradio.com/rh18

The Science of Nudge (Part 2) - DRH017

Have you noticed we always start talking about the weather?!

Part 2 of the Science of Nudge. This time we have a special guest:

• Elena Hurjui - Strategic Partener at The Heraldist & Wondermarks
  

Elena explains a bit what Herdalsit is about. If you are curious go visit their website!.

What else could we say about nudge? We started like last week with a small definition just in case someone just started to listen to this podcast right in this episode (in such case you should definitely should go and check the previous show: http://darkmindradio.com/rh16): nudge theory (or Nudge) is a concept in behavioural science, political theory and economics which argues that positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to try to achieve non-forced compliance can influence the motives, incentives and decision making of groups and individuals, at least as effectively – if not more effectively – than direct instruction, legislation, or enforcement.

We go again about the example of Nudge related to the Lecturer in an University where half the class pad all the attention and participated while the other half just behave bad, talked was distracted. This lead the Lecturer to simply turn himself to the part paying attention ignoring the other side of the class.

More at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh17

The Science of Nudge - DRH016

Manipulation? Good or Bad? This week's topic is the Science of Nudge.

We started the show by establishing an easy definition that will let us start to discuss all the possibilities related to the topic.

Therefore we mentioned that the nudge theory (or Nudge) is a concept in behavioural science, political theory and economics which argues that positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to try to achieve non-forced compliance can influence the motives, incentives and decision making of groups and individuals, at least as effectively – if not more effectively – than direct instruction, legislation, or enforcement.

We also talked about few stories and how people can play with your mind.

More at: http://darkmindradio.com/rh16