582. Boulders, Lightening Strikes, Strokes, and Bar Fights
Reviewing “The Mystery of Why Some People Become Sudden Geniuses” By Zaria Gorvett
581. Incidents, Deaths, Fear, and Endings
Reviewing the article “How Pandemics End,” by Gina Kloata
580. Religion, Secularism, Science, and Glory
Reviewing the article “Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It,” by Peter Harrison
579. Star Wars, Origins, Oxygen, and Simiplicity
Discussing the article “Volcanic Rock Discovery Calls Theories About Life’s Origins Into Question” by Yasmin Tayag
578. Disgust, Delight, Respect, and Love
Reviewing the article “A Therapist’s Simple Rule Transformed My Marriage,” by Jancee Dunn
577. Sidetrips, Costumes, Trolls, and the Flesh
Reviewing the week and talking about Billie Eilish’s continuing lament over internet trolls
576. Dog Bites, Bad Rules, Reality, and Analogies
Quickly reviewing the article “Why Physicists still don’t know what reality is,” by Jed Brody and chatting about the week.
575. Facts, Color, Experience, and Consciousness
Chatting about the TED-Ed talk “Mary’s Room: A philosophical thought experiment” by Eleanor Nelsen
574. The Unchangable Past, The Unpredictable Future, Our Attitudes, and Their Effects
Chatting about our approach to the future.
573. Walks, Viruses, Water, and Mercies
Chatting about the week