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\title{Science AMA Series: I'm Chris Cogswell, a PhD and host of the Mad
Scientist Podcast. I am trying to promote science by talking about the
history and philosophy of science and how it fits with modern/historical
pseudoscientific beliefs. AMA!}



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  \date{April 23, 2026}


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I'm Chris Cogswell, a PhD in Chemical Engineering and host of ``The Mad
Scientist Podcast'', a show that discusses scientific concepts by
teaching the history and philosophy of pseudoscience! I'm here to answer
any questions you have about scientific outreach to the public through
non-conventional means, my research background (both scientific and
non-scientific), and any skeptical or weird science questions you may
not normally get to ask. I received a Bachelors of Science in Chemical
Engineering and Philosophy from the University of New Hampshire in the
spring of 2012, where in Chemical Engineering I did research on
electrochemical plating methods for computer chip design. In the realm
of philosophy I did a lot of research on the conversion from science to
pseudoscience, and why the public accepts some technologies while others
lag behind due to political, economic, and sociological barriers. In the
fall of 2012 I joined Northeastern University for my PhD studies under
Dr. Sunho Choi, where I performed research on the creation of
nanomaterials for a variety of applications in the realm of green
chemistry and sustainability. The materials I worked on include Metal
Organic Frameworks (MOFs), a class of self-assembling porous structures
with extremely high surface areas and chemical activity, and lamellar
(layered) silicates such as zeolites and clays. I like to tell people
that MOFs are like K'nex, while the lamellar structures are like Lego.
While in my PhD I realized that what was really important to me was
scientific outreach to the public. I had members of my own family and
friends who believed all number of wacky theories, and would argue with
me constantly about them. I had also spent a lot of time with
undergraduate students as a TA and then as a lab manager for our
research group, as well as middle school and high school students
through lab tours and outreach events. Through these teaching
experiences I saw that students loved to learn about these myths and
legends, and how they fit into the larger narrative of scientific
history. Probably what put the final piece of the puzzle together for me
was working with Dr. Lucas Landherr, aka Dante Shepard of the webcomic
Surviving the World! His research group is attempting to find
interesting new ways to teach STEM through art or the use of
non-conventional tools. We wrote a comic together on the use of
assumptions in Engineering, which has been really well received in the
engineering education community, and this caused me to attempt to start
up something of my own. In the final year of my PhD I started The Mad
Scientist Podcast, and have been teaching science through the history of
pseudoscience ever since. I'm really excited to answer any questions you
have on the way technologies change over time, pseudoscientific topics,
engineering, nanomaterials, doing something unconventional with your
science training, and podcasting as a means of education! As long as I
keep getting questions I will keep answering them, so feel free to ask
whatever. You can find my show here:
https://audioboom.com/channel/themadscientistpodcast Or on our website!
https://www.themadscientistpodcast.com/ You can find our webcomic and
the work of Dr. Landherr here:
https://www.northeastern.edu/landherr/stem-comics/science-comic-assumptions/
And we are part of two podcast networks, the Dark Myths collective and
Blank for non-Blank (an educational network). EDIT: Well, looks like
things are wrapping up! Thanks to everyone who took the time to ask a
question and read my responses. I'm on Reddit all the time on my regular
account, so I'll be sure to pop in and continue answering questions as
you have them! Thanks to the Mods for setting this up! -Chris%
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