Want to feel REALLY good? Watch this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiKxytbCWk. It’s a dull and boring video about folding towels and will make you (or at least many people) get chills and give you a “brain orgasm.” Why? No one really knows for sure but I’ll explain what is known about it as I start this episode.
How could 95% of the universe be missing? Why is it that science can’t quite explain why we need to die or how free will works? Michael Brooks joins me for a fascinating discussion on things that baffle science. Michael holds a PhD in quantum physics and is author of the book 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense : The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Times (https://amzn.to/2JSTD17) and he is co-host of the podcast series Science(ish) which looks at the scientific issues raised by popular culture fiction such as Hollywood films and TV.
A lot of the time you use the word “that” in a sentence, it is totally unnecessary. Oh, and so is “totally” as in totally unnecessary. I’ll have a list of words you probably use that you don’t really need to – in fact you really shouldn't. https://www.themuse.com/advice/15-words-you-need-to-eliminate-from-your-vocabulary-to-soundsmarter#
You may have people in your life who “gaslight” you. It is a form of manipulation and it is very toxic. Therapist Robin Stern, author of the book, The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life (https://amzn.to/2M8RzyP), joins me to explain how it works and how to defend yourself from gaslighters.
How Everything Affects Everything Else & Is Big Tech Out of Control?
Why Humans Love Robots & The Power of Confidence
How to Instantly Stop Arguments & The High Five Habit - SYSK Choice
What Is Culture? & The Problem with Fitness
How You Recognize Faces & The Way to Think More Clearly
Why Suffering is Essential & What Free Speech Really Is: SYSK Choice
Odd Differences Between The Sexes & How We Deal With Pests
Why We Have a Moon & A Better and More Fun Way to Clean
How Lifestyle Can Reverse Disease & Making Sense of Numbers: SYSK Choice
Spite: For Good and Evil & Why Memory Often Fails Us
Tightwads and Spendthrifts & Why We Love “Made in America”
3 Words for Effective Goals & The Generation Myth - SYSK Choice
How to Make Work a Little More Fun & The Science of Staying Young
What Are You Afraid Of? & The Strange and Taboo Side of Nature
SYSK Choice: How Movement Improves Your Mind & Why Privacy is Not Dead
How to Rewire Your Personality & Navigating the Fast Pace of Life
The Science of Asking for Help & How to Capitalize on Lucky Moments in Life
SYSK Choice: Backstories of Our Favorite Christmas Movies & How to Use Sarcasm Effectively
How Heredity Does and Doesn’t Work & How Your Cellphone Came To Be
The Science of Staying Young & How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
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