Understanding The Wonders Of Science - Neil deGrasse Tyson - #581

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01/26/23

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator.

The universe is filled with mystery. Science has answered a lot and yet there's still so many fundamental questions which we seem no closer to understanding. What is consciousness? Are we alone in the universe? And why do people argue so much on the internet?

Expect to learn what would happen if the moon disappeared, how Neil has dealt with the fallout from Patrick Bet David's podcast, why Sir Christopher Wren was an architect troll, Neil's best answer to the fermi paradox, why the world of astropolitics will be very complicated, why your colon bacteria doesn't think very highly of you and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (02:35) Change the World By Being Effective (06:40) Neil’s Experience with Patrick Bet-David (11:00) Should Kids Study Maths Until They’re 18? (22:05) Society’s Need to Separate Opinion from Expertise (28:12) Dealing with the Harsh Truths of the Universe (30:30) Is There Consciousness Elsewhere in the Universe? (37:03) Should We Fear Living Microbes on Mars? (46:00) The Value of Metals & Rock from Other Planets (50:56) Consequences of our Moon Disappearing (54:13) Why Seasons are so Different in Game of Thrones (57:19) The Habitable Worlds Observatory (1:01:44) What Neil is Working On

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What Use Are Female Friendships? - Dr Tania Reynolds - #580

January 23, 2023

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78m

Dr Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of New Mexico whose research focuses on women's intrasexual competition, biases in moral evaluations and social and sexual selection.

Ancestrally, men needed to go to war and hunt. Given this, it would be rather useful to be friends with the spear-wielding bloke next to you so that you know he's got your back. Women's use case for friends is much more subtle and difficult to determine however, and today we try to decipher the underpinnings of female friendships.

Expect to learn why women dislike working underneath a female boss, the painful social existence that very attractive women have to endure, why both men and women bias seeing women as victims and men as perpetrators, why women develop opposite-sex friendships, the most common ways women derogate their rivals, why sexual gossip is a ruthless precision engineered tool and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:26) Why Women Don’t Like Female Bosses (09:06) Are Female Friendships More Vicious? (19:04) How People Respond to Male Suffering (28:22) What Women Get From Friendships (32:02) Why Women Develop Opposite-Sex Friendships (45:18) The Useful Weapon of Gossip (55:50) Tania’s Research into Slut-Shaming (1:02:09) The ‘Bless Her Heart’ Effect (1:08:00) How Female Competition Impacts Self-Image & Diet (1:13:22) What is Driving the Increasing Sexualisation of Society? (1:16:40) Where to Find Dr Reynolds

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Next Episode

TikTok Dancing Through The Apocalypse - Zack Telander - #582

January 28, 2023

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73m

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.

TikTok may be a colossal waste of time, but at least most people consider it to be harmless. A recently blog post made me think differently and today we look at the world's first digital weapon of mass-destruction through pleasure rather than pain.

Expect to learn why Digital Dementia is a real phenomenon, how young girls are developing tourettes-like tics from watching videos, the dangers of atrophying focus through watching too much TikTok, why Grammarly and ChatGPT are no longer impartial, the awkwardness of vlogging a day in the life at Google when you get laid-off, whether calling a man bald is sexual harassment and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:22) TikTok Is Destroying the West (20:46) Grammarly Has Turned Woke (24:58) The Political Bias of AI Chat (34:18) Google & Meta’s Adult Daycare Ends (40:41) Calling a Man Bald is Sexual Harassment in the UK (46:21) Floyd Mayweather’s Return to the Ring (51:36) Dick Durbin’s New Supplement Law (1:00:16) Should You Approach Women in the Gym? (1:10:48) What’s Next for Zack?

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Gurwinder’s article - https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/tiktok-may-be-a-chinese-bio-weapon

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