Archive for December 2023

770. Charge, Pi, Light, and 137

Chatting about the events of the week and that fine-structure constant 1/137 from the YouTube video “Why is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems in Physics” by Pbs Spacetime

769. Fat, Sugar, Salt, and Ultra Processing

Reviewing the article “Fat, Sugar, Salt… You’ve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong” by Matt Reynolds

768. Churchill, Sacrifice, Civilization, and Sacrifice

Reflecting on the Jordan Peterson Podcast interviewing Niall Ferguson

767. Looks, Desires, Judgement, and Marketing

Reviewing the articles “WHy Can’t We Give up the Notion of the Ideal?” and “On Recognizing My Thin Privilege When I’ve Never Been Thin.”

766. Innuendo, Indirect Aggression, Losing Face, and Differences

Reviewing the podcast “The VIcious Ways Women Compete” by Dr Tracy Vaillancourt