Ep. 246 - AJ Jacobs: The Puzzler

1

Introduction

00:00 • 3min

2

Crossword Puzzles - Are They a Waste of Time?

03:11 • 2min

3

Are You Quitting Puzzles?

04:57 • 3min

4

How Puzzles Can Teach You Lessons

07:34 • 2min

5

Do You Want More?

09:26 • 2min

6

The Anti-Brute-Force Framing

11:23 • 3min

7

Brain Puzzles

14:46 • 4min

8

The Psychology of Solving Problems

18:25 • 2min

9

Managing Your Emotional State

20:13 • 2min

10

How to Solve a Scavenger Hunt

21:59 • 2min

11

The Local Maximum Is the Enemy

23:33 • 2min

12

Is This a Sitting in Place Book?

25:11 • 2min

13

The Joy of Surprise

26:51 • 2min

14

The Sleeping Beauty Problem

28:24 • 2min

15

The Monty Hall Problem

30:00 • 2min

16

Should I Read the Monty Hall Puzzle?

31:56 • 2min

17

The Sleeping Beauty Problem

34:11 • 3min

18

Should She Say Half?

36:53 • 3min

19

If She's Woken Up Once on Monday, but or Once for Heads and 100 Times for Tales?

39:50 • 4min

20

I'm Just Like Laughing as I Go Through This Book

44:03 • 4min

21

You Don't Want Surprise

48:04 • 2min

22

The Puzzler by Greg Pliska

49:35 • 3min

23

The Local Maximum Podcast - AJ Jacobs

52:05 • 2min