Intellectually Curious
Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,600 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.
Inspiration for this podcast:
"Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson."
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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Intellectually Curious
Veronica the Tool-Using Cow
A 13-year-old Swiss brown cow in Austria named Veronica wields a long-handled deck brush with precision, flipping it to use bristles or the smooth handle to scratch different body parts. This episode explores how her multipurpose tool use reveals executive function, planning, and sophisticated problem-solving in cow, challenging the 40-year-old 'Cow Tools' joke and underscoring the importance of environment in unlocking hidden animal minds. We also discuss evidence of bovine memory and social intelligence, and why observation gaps may hide remarkable intelligence across species.
Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information.
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