Columbia University
About Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's College by royal charter under George II of Great Britain on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.
On the show — 9 mentions total
There was a psychologist from Columbia University who said that crossword puzzles satisfied the 45 fundamental desires of the human species.
from 387: No Such Thing As The Northern Lights, 2021-08-20 at 00:09:37 · read transcript
Other times Columbia University came up
Yeah. I think you have an amazing psychiatrist, actually, because she went to a psychiatrist to say, what shall I do? Whereas usually, I guess you'd say have these antidepressants and maybe try some CBT. The psychiatrist basically said, why don't you apply to this Earth Observatory at Columbia University? That's what you need, isn't it? Great psychiatrist, terrible rabbi. Because the rabbi said, what right do you have to have these science jobs that are meant for men?
387: No Such Thing As The Northern Lights, 2021-08-20 · listen
I think maybe that's where argument came in of one of them, the judge is actively killing someone versus just not saving people, wasn't it? She was like, that's quite slightly different. It's very confusing. Then Daniel Battles of Columbia University says this is all bullshit because these dilemmas are really engaging situations that people enjoy thinking about, but in real life you wouldn't enjoy it at all. If you had to make that decision, you probably would be a bit. A bit stressed.
No Such Thing As A Dice The Size Of The Universe, 2024-03-21 · listen
Exactly. I personally experience it every week on this podcast. Two astronomers at Columbia University have taken this seriously, and they've developed the idea of two lasers that we would put out into space. What we would do is we would blast a continuous 30 megawatt laser for about 10 hours once a year. What that would do is it would cloak us into invisibility from any outside planets.
No Such Thing As Train Jam, 2016-09-09 · listen
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