Overthink

The Unconscious

5 snips
Apr 26, 2022
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
INSIGHT

Freud's Unfalsifiable Psychoanalysis

  • Freud aimed to ground psychoanalysis in empirical science but ended up with speculative ideas.
  • Karl Popper critiqued Freud's theories as unfalsifiable and thus unscientific.
ANECDOTE

Subliminal Numbers Affect Choices

  • Stanislas Dehaene's experiments showed subliminal numbers can influence conscious decisions.
  • Presenting a conflicting subliminal number delays or confuses responses in a conscious number task.
ANECDOTE

Unconscious Math Insight Process

  • Mathematician Jacques Hadamard describes problem-solving in stages: action, incubation, illumination.
  • Discovery often emerges after unconscious brain activity during unrelated tasks or rest.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app