Now I Get It, with Dr. Andy

By: Andrew Winkler
  • Summary

  • I’m Andrew Winkler, a former Stanford and Columbia math professor.


    We’ll explore the most interesting insights I’ve come across, ranging across the mental landscape: math, science, personality, how we think and feel, and how we love or feel unloved. We’ll give answers to all the most confusing questions everyone has, have new books and authors, and reach new understandings.


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    Andrew Winkler
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Episodes
  • Understanding and Exploring Interaction Styles
    Nov 14 2024

    Today, we return to the concept of interaction style to cover a facet to it that I haven't addressed previously, but that turns out to be a bit more significant and well worth focusing on.


    Welcome to episode nine of Now I Get It with Dr. Andy. I’m talking about the concept of the four interaction styles and the core values that are associated with them.


    Tune in and listen as I explore how these styles can be mathematically partitioned, how they manifest in gestures and behaviors, and the distinctions between sensing and intuition and initiators and responders.


    In this episode, you will learn:

    • There are four styles of interaction (00:27)
    • Planners find it worth it to anticipate and plan ahead (02:44)
    • Commanders want to take action instantly and make things happen (03:18)
    • For optimizers it's worth it to gather all the resources and get all the viewpoints (03:38)
    • Involvers make the effort to get others involved and motivated (04:07)


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    11 mins
  • Authoritarianism and the Science of Time and Space
    Oct 31 2024

    In many countries, there is a significant difference in the perception of the culture between males and females. This is just one of the reasons why authoritarian movements have a very strong opposition to any sort of differences in sexuality, sexual identity, and sexual orientation—because many of those ideas fly in the face of a cultural value that says that these are very fundamental differences between people.


    Welcome to episode eight of Now I Get It with Dr. Andy. Today, I’m talking about the intersection of authoritarianism and the scientific understanding of time, space, and gravity.


    Tune in and listen as I explore the nature of time and space and the role of cesium clocks in establishing a precise definition of time.


    In this episode, you will learn:

    • The map isn't the territory (06:18)
    • Whatever you choose as your clock, they all scale together (10:59)
    • Most of the time, we get to live very well with the illusion that we all experience the same time and space (19:01)
    • Light is found to travel at exactly that one speed (22:53)


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    36 mins
  • The Big Picture: Understanding Thermodynamics and Life
    Oct 17 2024

    A lot of people are confused when they think about life, how life happens and how it's possible, but if you take a look at that bright yellow thing in the sky, there's a lot of energy coming from it. If you let it soak into your skin, you'll notice that there's real energy there. If you put solar cells on your house, you can see a very significant, measurable amount of energy captured.


    Welcome to episode seven of Now I Get It with Dr. Andy. Today, I’m talking about the fundamental principles of life, energy, and evolution.


    Tune in and listen as I explore the significance of kinetics and catalysts in facilitating chemical reactions essential for life and the concepts of heritability, selection, and probability.


    In this episode, you will learn:

    • Compressed gas leads to heat (00:31)
    • About kinetics and the importance of catalysts (05:54)
    • Enzymes and DNA are the mechanisms of life (09:02)
    • The concepts behind natural and sexual selection in evolution (18:04)
    • The importance of diverse skills in survival (23:56)


    Let’s connect!

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    23 mins

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