Episode 31: Another Channel
/What if the lines between science and religion aren't so clear?
“A typical academic psychologist ... would say, ‘You missed your best friend, and you made it all up, and that’s what people do when their relatives die: they talk to their mothers, and it soothes them.’”
Many of us put science and religion into separate boxes, assuming they're mutually exclusive. But what if it's not so simple?
On this episode, producer Maya Kroth brings us a story about something that happened on a beach in Mexico, which cast one psychologist's understanding of the world into question. It’s a story about uncertainty -- about the eerie coincidences in life that can’t really be explained through science. And finally, it’s a story about losing your best friend.
