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223. What About All the Questions We Haven’t Answered?
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How can you learn to love uncertainty? Is it better to cultivate acceptance or strive for change? And, after 223 episodes, what is the meaning of life?
- SOURCES:
- Jessica Alquist, professor of psychology at Texas Tech University.
- Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at The University of Queensland.
- Raymond Carver, 20th-century American short story writer and poet.
- Stephen Colbert, comedian and late-night TV host.
- Matt Damon, actor and film producer.
- Viktor Frankl, 20th-century Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher.
- Steve Heine, professor of psychology at University of British Columbia.
- Charles Krauthammer, journalist.
- Reinhold Niebuhr, 20th-century American theologian.
- Keanu Reeves, actor.
- Elisabeth Sifton, author, editor, and book publisher.
- RESOURCES:
- Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times, by Steve Heine (2025).
- "Learning to Love Uncertainty," by Jessica L. Alquist and Roy F. Baumeister (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2024).
- "Confused or Curious? Openness/Intellect Predicts More Positive Interest-Confusion Relations," by Kirill Fayn, Paul J. Silvia, Egon Dejonckheere, Stijn Verdonck, and Peter Kuppens (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2019).
- "A Note to Readers," by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, 2018).
- "Interest — The Curious Emotion," by Paul J. Silvia (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2008).
- The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War, by Elisabeth Sifton (2003).
- "Late Fragment," by Raymond Carver (A New Path to the Waterfall, 1989).
- Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl (1946).
- EXTRAS:
- "What Makes an Idea Interesting?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Should You Get Out of Your Comfort Zone?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Do You Need Closure?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Secret o’ Life," by James Taylor (JT, 1977).
276 episodes
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How can you learn to love uncertainty? Is it better to cultivate acceptance or strive for change? And, after 223 episodes, what is the meaning of life?
- SOURCES:
- Jessica Alquist, professor of psychology at Texas Tech University.
- Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at The University of Queensland.
- Raymond Carver, 20th-century American short story writer and poet.
- Stephen Colbert, comedian and late-night TV host.
- Matt Damon, actor and film producer.
- Viktor Frankl, 20th-century Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher.
- Steve Heine, professor of psychology at University of British Columbia.
- Charles Krauthammer, journalist.
- Reinhold Niebuhr, 20th-century American theologian.
- Keanu Reeves, actor.
- Elisabeth Sifton, author, editor, and book publisher.
- RESOURCES:
- Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times, by Steve Heine (2025).
- "Learning to Love Uncertainty," by Jessica L. Alquist and Roy F. Baumeister (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2024).
- "Confused or Curious? Openness/Intellect Predicts More Positive Interest-Confusion Relations," by Kirill Fayn, Paul J. Silvia, Egon Dejonckheere, Stijn Verdonck, and Peter Kuppens (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2019).
- "A Note to Readers," by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, 2018).
- "Interest — The Curious Emotion," by Paul J. Silvia (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2008).
- The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War, by Elisabeth Sifton (2003).
- "Late Fragment," by Raymond Carver (A New Path to the Waterfall, 1989).
- Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl (1946).
- EXTRAS:
- "What Makes an Idea Interesting?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Should You Get Out of Your Comfort Zone?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Do You Need Closure?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
- "Secret o’ Life," by James Taylor (JT, 1977).
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