Armen

Host of The Armen Show
Science, Nonfiction, Insight

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A lot of social mistakes happen because people try to appear both highly capable and highly humble at the same time.

Övül Sezer’s research on “impression mismanagement” explores why humblebragging, hiding success, and performative sincerity often backfire.

@ovulsezer

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@Coyote443 @PerezOnPoint @RaminNasibov This is the truth it would be 2 AM with the late night crew and all variations of matches for people to do

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@PerezOnPoint @RaminNasibov Years and years of great gaming

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@arkinterli @RaminNasibov Some great pathos in that game

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@GnykkaCodes @RaminNasibov Great game with a lot to explore

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@damian_miranda @RaminNasibov I mentioned Jazz Jackrabbit to someone I saw programming a computer game at a coffee shop , be other day , and he knew of it as well, because he was making a platform game

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"How Life Works" by Philip Ball

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Hard Medicine episode 5 with @AzraRazaMD , hosted by @ilanayurkiewicz

[Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD @ilanayurkiewicz]

If you’re looking for a long listen this weekend, I’m thrilled to drop Hard Medicine episode 5 with oncologist and scientist @AzraRazaMD.

What if an approach that prioritizes “cure” above all else is costing us thousands of lives and untold suffering?

https://t.co/pXs3iAKfOA

[Mary Childs @mdc]

Mary in America is coming soon. to find out more about my new podcast, i went right to the source:

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“We are more than the numbers.”

Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein - @platobooktour - on how modern life increasingly reduces human worth to metrics, attention, and quantification, while meaningful living exceeds measurement.

Ep. 461 of The Armen Show.

https://t.co/cirs7hg0F2

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All there

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They may subtly shape social conformity through autocomplete, majority influence, and flattening effects on expression.

Really thoughtful discussion on:
• cultural evolution
• conformity
• LLM behavior
• polarization
• agency
• diversity of thought

From episode 456

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Dr. @KaledaDenton on AI, conformity, and individuality:

“It’s maybe turning us into less dynamic and complex individuals and slightly reducing our individual agency.”

One of the central ideas in our conversation:
AI systems don’t just provide information.

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The value of free speech is to be reminded of at times so as to keep the concept fresh.

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Check it out at:

https://t.co/qb70sRAZvM

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In episode 442 of The Armen Show, I spoke with @h_chandlerwilde , author of Lost & Found, about what objects mean after loss.

Photos, letters, books, diaries, and small keepsakes are not just “stuff.”

They can be memory keys, connecting us to identity, relationships, and home.

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Check it out at:

https://t.co/b04hWwdXSU

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“The brain learns over time when predictions and signals align.”

Re-sharing a conversation with neuroscientist Dr. @camillalnord about predictive processing, mental health, motivation, and why the brain is constantly trying to balance expectations against lived experience.

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You have a limited amount of decision-making ability available each day so hand it off to categories that mean something to you.

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There is room to reach people like yourself in some ways