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When lightning strikes twice is it fate, or just random chance? From a spooky tale of bizarre coincidence to the basketball lucky streak known as "hot hand", we try to make sense of the patterns we see. This hour, Radio Lab examines randomness and our faulty, human misunderstandings of it.
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Radiolab Show 601 - Stochasticity
TRT 58:59
LANGUAGE ADVISORY At 27:49 into the program, Jonah Lehrer says: pass it to kobe assholes (bleeped) because he is clearly hot.
*Breaks: Two 1:00 minute Station ID Breaks. There is music under the break. *
Seg A: 00:00 - 20:33
Incue: Wait wait, you're listening (laughs). Ok. All right.
Outcue: Thank you. Bye (click)
Break One: 20:33 - 21:33
Seg B: 21:33 - 42:35
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. And I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: This is NPR. National Public Radio (click)
Break Two: 42:35 - 43:35
Seg C: 43:35 - 58:59
Incue: Hello, I'm Jad Abumrad. And I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: (Beep) Thank you. Bye.
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Test of Faith
If you believe in fate, or events so unlikely that they can't possibly be simply coincidental, this show may be difficult for you to hear out.
It's amazing how the human mind can create consciousness out of the random chaos around us, but it's equally amazing how little our mind can recognize as randomness. Even after learning a bit about how it works, examples of stochasticity feel *counter*-intuitive despite having factual knowledge otherwise.
This episode is particularly superb for its presentation of a very challenging concept. Guaranteed to make you think twice.