The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4
Categorias: Ciência e Medicina
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Robin Ince and Brian Cox ask why some people always seem to win as they investigate the science of gambling. They hear how playing monopoly is no way to make friends, but don’t worry, because psychologist Richard Wiseman claims that it’s never really good fun anyway. In fact, games are mainly a form of social bonding and studies show deception could even be essential to human behaviour, which may just explain why so many people cheat. So should we even bother playing them? Well, it just so happens that solving maths problems can help us in other areas of life, so the team tackle a conundrum involving a goat, a cabbage and very hungry wolf, before becoming side-tracked by a debate over why the three were ever on a trip together in the first place, let alone trying to cross a river.
New episodes will be released on Wednesdays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF
Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem
Episodes featured: Series 15: How to Beat the House and Win Series 3: Randomness Series 11: Deception
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212 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gambling Wed, 01 May 2024
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211 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Gods Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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210 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Talking to Aliens Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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209 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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208 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love Wed, 03 Apr 2024
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207 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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206 - Higgs Boson Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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205 - Cats v Dogs Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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204 - Poison Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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203 - Asteroids Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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202 - Could it be magic? Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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201 - Egyptian Mummies Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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200 - The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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199 - Jo Brand's Quantum World Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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198 - Hollywood in Space Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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197 - The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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196 - How I is AI? Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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195 - The Science of Coincidence Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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194 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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193 - Octopuses! Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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192 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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191 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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190 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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189 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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188 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries Wed, 04 Oct 2023
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187 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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186 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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185 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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184 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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183 - Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... Tue, 05 Sep 2023
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182 - Cosmic Dust Sat, 05 Aug 2023
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181 - Ancient DNA Secrets Sat, 29 Jul 2023
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180 - The Secret Life of Sharks Sat, 22 Jul 2023
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179 - The Magic of Mushrooms Sat, 15 Jul 2023
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178 - Bees v Wasps Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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177 - Supervolcanoes Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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176 - Are we what we eat? Sat, 24 Jun 2023
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175 - Magic Materials Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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174 - How Far Can the Human Body Go? Sat, 18 Mar 2023
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173 - How to Commit the Perfect Murder Sat, 11 Mar 2023
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172 - How to think like a mathematician Sat, 04 Mar 2023
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171 - Australia’s Scary Spiders Sat, 25 Feb 2023
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170 - Southern Skies Sat, 18 Feb 2023
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169 - Why does wine taste good? Sat, 24 Dec 2022
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168 - The Deep Space Network Sat, 17 Dec 2022
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167 - The Age of Conspiracy? Sat, 10 Dec 2022
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166 - Can we cure ageing? Sat, 03 Dec 2022
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165 - Hunting for Exoplanets Sat, 26 Nov 2022
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164 - Exploring our solar system Sat, 19 Nov 2022
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163 - What have we learnt from Covid? Sat, 12 Nov 2022