ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
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When we say save the bees, which bees are we talking about? What happens when you repeat a word and it loses meaning? And how could you design an experiment to figure that out? And what is speed running and why do we all love it?
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We also learn about: solitary bees dance in their spare time, 25000 species of bees, send your enemies bees in the post, Bombus terrestris, human centric beekeeping, the billion pound honey market, honey bees are important, but also bad sometimes, local bee jobs stolen by foreign invaders, bee to bee pathogens, save ALL the bees, hanging out in the park and repeating words words words, good experimental design, the meaning test tube, tuning out meaning, Zeus, pitfalls of psychology, introspection, “familiar feels”, neutral words, clever Hans, the observer expectancy effect, dream of good experiments goodnight, don’t use flash when taking a picture of your screen, Dragster, Atari, Doom, pacifist runs, Quake done quick, games done quick, lowest percent, link stares at a rupee for 17 hours, bullet time bounce
Sources:
Caroline's Paper on the Western Honeybee
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Sheila Black's Semantic Satiation Review
Titchener's Early Description of Meaning Loss
Semantic Satiation for Poetic Effect
Jakobovits Naming Semantic Satiation
Bassett and Warne Introspective Study
Lambert and Jakobovits Semantic Polarity Experiment
Schultz Constructively Criticizing Semantic Satiation
Smith Category Verification Experiment
Neural Analysis of Semantic Satiation
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A Brief History of Speedrunning
A Quick History of Speedrunning
Marimoto Super Mario Bros 3 Speedrun
Zikubi! Super Mario Bros 3 Speedrun
The Speedrun Where Link Stares at Rupees for 17 Hours
What is the hardest trick in Speedrunning?
Psychonauts Devs React to Speedrunner
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