Veritasium

We Might Find Alien Life In 2260 Days

People said this experiment was impossible, so I tried it

I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius

Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes

Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible

These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone

The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans | Supercut

Why People Prefer More Pain

What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color

The Terrifying Real Science Of Avalanches

Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math

Why is this number everywhere?

How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords

The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math

The Trillion Dollar Equation

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

The Rainiest Place On Earth

Do People Understand The Scale Of The Universe?

What Game Theory Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything

The podcast explores the Prisoner's Dilemma, a game theory concept, and its implications for cooperation. It begins by illustrating the dilemma's relevance during the Cold War, where the U.S. and Soviet Union faced the choice of nuclear armament. The discussion then moves to Robert Axelrod's computer tournaments, which...