Upon Reflection

by Nick Byrd

A podcast about what we think as well as how and why we think it.

5 Episodes

PhilosophyScienceSocial SciencesSociety & Culture

Episodes

Ep. 17 - More Antibiotic Obligations Than You Think?

Every year, many people receive antibiotics they don't need or they take them for longer than necessary. You might think this isn't a problem. After a...

10h 11m

•Aug 28, 2026

Ep. 16 - Strategic Reflectivism In Humans & AI

In late 2025, artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI automated the process of determining which model is best for a task. This allowed users to...

•Oct 8, 2025

Ep. 15 - A Two-Factor Explication Of ‘Reflection’

You may have heard me drone on and on about this thing called "reflective thinking". We philosophers and cognitive scientists are preoccupied with it....

•May 19, 2025

Ep. 14 - Analytic Atheism & Analytic Apostasy Across Cultures

You may have heard that atheists tend to score better on reflection tests than theists? But why do scientists find this "analytic atheism" correlation...

•Apr 2, 2025

Ep. 13 - Reflection-Philosophy Order Effects and Correlations Across Samples

Suppose you glance at a clock that, unbeknownst to you, is broken, showing the same time all day. Nonetheless, you happened to look at the clock preci...

•Mar 5, 2025