Did Adam fake having a girlfriend when he appeared on Come Dine With Me?

Adam's Substack called 'Experimental History'

Good conversations have lots of doorknobs

What can people learn from improv comedy?

Why did Adam start his Substack? / A discussion of academia, alternative ways of doing science, and the problems with academic publishing

Start discussing Adam's paper 'Do conversations end when people want them to?'

What makes for a good conversation?

Some words of advice from Adam

Adam Mastroianni is a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Business School. In this conversation, we talk about his work on conversations, his Substack/blog, his article Things Could Be Better and why he chose to publish it this way, improv comedy, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. In 2022, episodes will appear irregularly, roughly twice per month. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).  Timestamps 0:01:20: Did Adam fake having a girlfriend when he appeared on Come Dine With Me? 0:08:51: Adam's Substack called 'Experimental History' 0:10:51: Good conversations have lots of doorknobs 0:15:33: What can people learn from improv comedy? 0:23:10: Why did Adam start his Substack? / A discussion of academia, alternative ways of doing science, and the problems with academic publishing 1:12:26: Start discussing Adam's paper 'Do conversations end when people want them to?' 1:27:28: What makes for a good conversation? 1:29:59: Some words of advice from Adam Podcast links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod">https://geni.us/bjks-pod</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt</a></li></ul>Adam's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/mastroianni-web">https://geni.us/mastroianni-web</a></li><li>Substack: <a href="https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/">https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/mastroianni-scholar">https://geni.us/mastroianni-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/mastroianni-twt">https://geni.us/mastroianni-twt</a></li></ul>Ben's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-web">https://geni.us/bjks-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-scholar">https://geni.us/bjks-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-twt</a></li></ul>Links Rowan Atkinson saying words in a funny way: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UhHrtKx8-s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UhHrtKx8-s</a> Substack article on conversational doorknobs: <a href="https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/good-conversations-have-lots-of-doorknobs">https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/good-conversations-have-lots-of-doorknobs</a> <a href="https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/">https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/</a> Episode with Joe Hilgard about scientific fraud: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-hilgard">https://geni.us/bjks-hilgard</a> Get me off your mailing list: <a href="https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam">https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam</a> Dan Quintana's YouTube with Tutorials: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dsquintana">https://www.youtube.com/@dsquintana</a> Adam's Rhodes speech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H68w3543lk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H68w3543lk</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html</a> References Gilbert (2009). Stumbling on happiness. Mastroianni, Gilbert, Cooney, &amp; Wilson (2021). Do conversations end when people want them to? PNAS. Mastroianni, AM &amp; Ludwin-Peery, EJ. (2022). Things could be better. <a href="https://psyarxiv.com/2uxwk">https://psyarxiv.com/2uxwk</a> Schwartz (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science.

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