WEBVTT - How Albert Einstein's Brain Worked

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from House Stuffworks dot com? Hey, and welcome to the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a big brain, Chuck has a big brain.

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<v Speaker 1>Mine is smaller than yours. It's true. You know who

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<v Speaker 1>had an average sized brain? I do? Albert Einstein? Fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've got our segue. Let's talk about Einstein's brain, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good idea. All start apparently, all right, you're ready. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein was very well aware of his renown, right as

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he may have been a hyper intelligent person,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't think he had a big head. But

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<v Speaker 1>he was aware of the kind of cult of personality

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<v Speaker 1>that the world loves, right, he was aware of his

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<v Speaker 1>own fame. Yeah, and he didn't want to end up

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<v Speaker 1>just some you know, venerated saint of mathematics, so he

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<v Speaker 1>asked that he his body be cremated upon his death

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<v Speaker 1>in yeah, April eighteenth nifty five, the day the year

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth stood still. Um and uh, he said, specifically

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want people to come worship at his bones. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was kind of taking I thought that sounded a

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<v Speaker 1>little cocky, but a little but again, yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think he was a very cocky fellow. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>people to worship with my bones either, so it's something

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<v Speaker 1>we have in common. I could live with that. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>you could be fine. You want people to worship your bones. So, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein's wish was nine percent fulfilled if we're speaking weight wise,

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<v Speaker 1>because the brain actually makes up about two percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the body weight on average. So it sounds to me

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<v Speaker 1>like you're saying he's buried without his brains. Yes, he was,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend. Did you know that? I did. Of course

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<v Speaker 1>you did, so, Chuck. This guy, who was, as far

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<v Speaker 1>as I could tell, a pretty standard pathologist, UM, working

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<v Speaker 1>at Princeton University's hospital, was charged with doing the autopsy

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<v Speaker 1>on Einstein, and I guess he was kind of struck

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<v Speaker 1>with this moment of inspiration where he realized that he

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<v Speaker 1>was holding Einstein's brain and that surely this brain had

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of secrets to some value to be each part. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there had to be something here. This guy, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein was just as as big as it gets. He

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<v Speaker 1>he you know, so many other physicists had come before

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<v Speaker 1>him and we're we're just UM had gotten all of

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<v Speaker 1>their their genius out very early on. Newton did it,

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<v Speaker 1>and Einstein did it to a certain extent. But he

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<v Speaker 1>he also did continue working, you know, longer than was average. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And this guy just wanted to know. He just couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>bring himself to cremating the brain of the smartest man

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<v Speaker 1>of the twentieth cent I might have been with him there,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Thomas Thomas Harvey and Thomas Harvey. Thomas Harvey

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<v Speaker 1>stole Einstein's brain. No one can sue us for that

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<v Speaker 1>because it really happened. Oh it did it did so

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<v Speaker 1>Harvey basically takes Einstein's brain I imagine, throws it in

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<v Speaker 1>some fromale hide in a jar, and Um holds it

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<v Speaker 1>hostage until he gets permission from one of Einstein's sons

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<v Speaker 1>to study it. Right. I saw a head in a

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<v Speaker 1>bucket once. Tell me about ever tell you that story

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<v Speaker 1>a little sidebar. Uh, Yeah, it was when I was

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<v Speaker 1>working in the film industry in Los Angeles and I

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<v Speaker 1>was doing some work at I guess I won't mention

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital. They might not might frown upon hearing this broadcast,

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<v Speaker 1>but a hospital in l A. We were doing a

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<v Speaker 1>job there, and one of the researchers pulled me a

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<v Speaker 1>signs and, hey, man, you want to see a head

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<v Speaker 1>in a bucket? And I said, yeah, I'd love to

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<v Speaker 1>see a head in a bucket, no doubt. Took me

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<v Speaker 1>in a room, brought out a bucket and it had

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<v Speaker 1>this you know, elderly man's head floating in it. And

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't in a jet glass jar. It was an

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<v Speaker 1>open bucket with no lid. And I looked down into

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<v Speaker 1>it to this head. Was he looking up at you? Uh? No,

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't. That is the most amazing thing that anyone

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<v Speaker 1>I knows ever do. I just wanted to get that

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<v Speaker 1>out there. That is very, very surreal. That's yeah, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>bet it was slightly. It doesn't haunt me, but I

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<v Speaker 1>can picture it in my mind's eye still. And that was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, probably five years ago. Easy. How's he looking,

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<v Speaker 1>milky eyes? He looked like an old guy with you know,

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<v Speaker 1>without a body in a bucket. Wow, everybody else, no idea. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Well's brain doesn't seem nearly as cool, right, Um, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess we'll just talk about it anyway, right, So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>Harvey's got Einstein's brain in a glass jar. And now

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<v Speaker 1>he's secured permission to study it. So he cuts it

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<v Speaker 1>into like twos as far as I understand, and he

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<v Speaker 1>encases him all he preserves him in ste lloydn right. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he waited first. First he did a few um measurements,

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<v Speaker 1>just to make sure photographed, you're right, yeah, And and

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<v Speaker 1>heavily photographed, just to make sure that there was nothing

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<v Speaker 1>that stood out and nothing did it weighed about the

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<v Speaker 1>Sam's and the other brain. He also, I think, did

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<v Speaker 1>a study first of the the brain cells. They were

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<v Speaker 1>they were average sized, there was an average amount of

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<v Speaker 1>and by by all rights, Einstein's brain looked pretty average.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, Harvey quickly became obsessed with the notion

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<v Speaker 1>that Einstein's brain was not average, that there was something

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<v Speaker 1>fundamentally different about it that we could point to. And

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<v Speaker 1>who knows, I mean, maybe if we can figure out

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<v Speaker 1>how Einstein's brain was different, we can start, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. Um. So Harvey cuts the thing

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<v Speaker 1>into pieces after he's catalog did and documented it, and

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<v Speaker 1>he starts sending it to researchers whose work he finds interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>These are people around the world. Each one, I imagine

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<v Speaker 1>was contact at first, I don't think. They just got

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<v Speaker 1>a piece of Einstein's brain and the mail and they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>what the hell is this? You know? Um, So he

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<v Speaker 1>contact him and say, I think your works interesting. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got Einstein's brain. I want to send you some pieces

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<v Speaker 1>to study and compare it using your of the view

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<v Speaker 1>of your work. Yeah. I bet he didn't get a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people that decline that opportunity. No, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>think so. Yeah. So, um, he's expecting very quickly that

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein's brain is going to give up its secrets, and

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<v Speaker 1>the waiting game began. It didn't we have still to

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<v Speaker 1>this day. I'm gonna go ahead and cut to the end,

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<v Speaker 1>the big finish. We're still not entirely certain how how

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein's brain worked. But um, yeah, we'll get to that

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<v Speaker 1>in a minute. Harvey, under this obsession basically turns into

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<v Speaker 1>something of a weirdo actually, kind of the Howard Hughes

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<v Speaker 1>of pathology of brain. Yeah. Every once in a while

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<v Speaker 1>a reporter would um would look him up because he

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<v Speaker 1>basically just disappeared with the brain. UM. And one guy

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<v Speaker 1>found him living in Kansas, UM, and the brain was

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<v Speaker 1>in a jar in an old cider box behind a

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<v Speaker 1>beer cool Right. So this guy Harvey's probably you know,

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<v Speaker 1>taking orders from his cats, and Einstein's brains just sitting there, chilling,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting to, you know, be studied again. Finally, thirty years

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<v Speaker 1>after Einstein's brain is stolen by Harvey, Uh, he finds

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<v Speaker 1>out about the work of this um woman named Dr

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<v Speaker 1>Marion Diamond. You want to talk about Dr Diamond, Chuck? Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Dr Diamond worked at cal Berkeley and uh studied the

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<v Speaker 1>plasticity of the brain of rats brains and she rat,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't um. She found out that rats um that

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<v Speaker 1>had more enriching environments had more robust brains. Uh, specifically

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<v Speaker 1>the glial g l I A L. Someone pronouncing glial cells? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>is that correct? Yeah, you're right, no, neurosis surgeon, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's glial. Yeah, so we'll call it glial cells. Um. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>So they had more glial cells and aasition to their

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<v Speaker 1>other neurons. And so she thought, let me take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at Einstein's brain and see if the same thing holds. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Glial cells are basically um they they clean up this uh,

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<v Speaker 1>these potassium ions. Potassium is actually discharged by a neuron

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<v Speaker 1>when it fires right, So after time, the potassium kind

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<v Speaker 1>of builds up. It's a waste product. And if it

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<v Speaker 1>builds up enough and neuron camp fire properly shuts down.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have enough glial cells to keep the neurons clean,

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<v Speaker 1>then they should be able to fire properly. And by logic,

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<v Speaker 1>the more glial cells you have, the more um, the

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<v Speaker 1>smarter you should be, because the cleaner your neurons are. Exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is actually what she found was that Einstein

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<v Speaker 1>had a higher ratio of glia cells uh to other

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<v Speaker 1>neurons and uh. She basically hypothesized that this means that

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<v Speaker 1>he had, you know, more rapidly firing neurons and other

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<v Speaker 1>people However, yeah, asked and answered no, not quite answered

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<v Speaker 1>because she wasn't exactly comparing against like brains. Um, Einstein

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<v Speaker 1>was older than the other brains, and glial cells divide

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of your life, right, So Einstein was

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<v Speaker 1>what seventy when he died, and she was comparing the

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<v Speaker 1>average age of the brain that she was comparing Einstein's

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<v Speaker 1>brain to sixty four. So that right, there is terrible methodology.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not the end of it. That's not the end

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Um, so in theory, he would have more

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<v Speaker 1>glial cells just because he's twelve years older than these

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<v Speaker 1>other brains. And she didn't take into account i Q

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<v Speaker 1>score either. Well, she didn't even know whose brains these

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<v Speaker 1>were as far as I know exactly, so she had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea what kind of brain intelligence level that she

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<v Speaker 1>was comparing Einstein too. And even worse than that, apparently

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<v Speaker 1>there's twenty eight ways to measure glial cells, and she

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<v Speaker 1>threw out any measurement that didn't support her hypothesis. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand how this woman had funding. Yeah, she

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<v Speaker 1>was at UC Berkeley too. I mean she wasn't, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like the Mexico City upstairs medical clinic. This is like

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<v Speaker 1>what I did in my in my seventh grade sign

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<v Speaker 1>it's fair project. If the results studying glial cells, will

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<v Speaker 1>know But if the study, if whatever I was doing,

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<v Speaker 1>if the results didn't match up, I just didn't use them.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, sure, yeah, sure, yeah that is that's seventh

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<v Speaker 1>grade science fair project stuff. So yeah, this this comes out,

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<v Speaker 1>and um, Harvey, I imagine it's a little dismayed by this,

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<v Speaker 1>and I it probably ruined Dr Diamond's career. Um, but

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<v Speaker 1>Harvey was a very patient, obsessed man, as we've said,

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<v Speaker 1>and he continued to wait. And then finally about ten

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<v Speaker 1>years after the diamond thing, and this was hullabaloo. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean this is huge, Like it was touted in newspapers

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<v Speaker 1>all over the place, news media. Everybody was like, We've

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<v Speaker 1>got Einstein's brain figured out. And then it came out

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<v Speaker 1>like her methodology wasn't holding up. So you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a real high and then you know there's an equal

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<v Speaker 1>low um. And then about ten years after that, another

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<v Speaker 1>woman's work. This this woman's name was Dr Sandro Whittleson,

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<v Speaker 1>Britt Anderson. No, Britt Anderson turned Harvey onto Whittleson's work.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, britt Anderson, just for the second time I

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<v Speaker 1>cut you out of the podcast. I wanted to mention, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a guy named Britt Anderson at a University of Alabama, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you go ahead with britt Anderson. Well, britt um was

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<v Speaker 1>studying the size of men and women's brains are in

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<v Speaker 1>the differences, and yeah, you're right. He turned him onto

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<v Speaker 1>this other doctor so right, whose name was Dr Sandra Whittleson.

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<v Speaker 1>She's at McMasters University in Ontario. Our fair neighbor to

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<v Speaker 1>the north. And um, she basically she had a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of brains. Yeah, a nice collection of like brains, and

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<v Speaker 1>she had data on all of them. She knew whether

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<v Speaker 1>the people were insane, she knew what their IQs were. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>she she had a lot. Yeah, she had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of good data and some good brains to study to

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<v Speaker 1>compare Einstein's brain to um, and actually she had quite

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<v Speaker 1>a breakthrough she did. Um, there's this thing called the

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<v Speaker 1>Sylvian fisher and it's breaks your parietal lobe. Right. Your

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<v Speaker 1>parietal lobe is responsible for mathematical skills, spatial reasoning, three

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<v Speaker 1>dimensional visualization, all of which would come in handy for

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<v Speaker 1>a guy like Einstein. He was pretty much the master

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<v Speaker 1>of all those. So if the Sylvan Fisher is absent

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<v Speaker 1>or not pronounced as Dr Whittleson found, Einstein's was, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>the parietal lobe would be bigger. You could pack more

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<v Speaker 1>more brain cells in there and wider than Yeah. Sure exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>which is assuming a lot because neither of us have

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<v Speaker 1>been autopsy yet. True. So Um, basically what Dr Wilson

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<v Speaker 1>said was, Okay, we now know that uh, Einstein had

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<v Speaker 1>a fifteen percent wider parietal lobe than the average person

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<v Speaker 1>that could account for it. We don't know. Basically, what

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<v Speaker 1>she's done is set a benchmark um where brain research

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<v Speaker 1>is going to have to catch up to to either

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<v Speaker 1>prove or disprove, because we don't have the technology to say,

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<v Speaker 1>or we don't have a fundamental understanding of the brain

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<v Speaker 1>yet to say whether that's what it was or not.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's nice to know what's out there exactly the

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<v Speaker 1>physical difference. Yeah, there definitely was. Dr Whittilson basically said,

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<v Speaker 1>whenever you guys can catch up to it, here's what's

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<v Speaker 1>different about Einstein's brain disproved. Um. But our our Steam

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<v Speaker 1>colleague Molly Edmonds brought up I thought what I thought

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<v Speaker 1>was a very interesting point, um, and that is that

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<v Speaker 1>it's is it dangerous to study things like physiological abnormalities? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>She she brings up. You know, if you really look

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<v Speaker 1>at Einstein's brain, the parrietal lobe, especially with a lack

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<v Speaker 1>of understanding of what it's exactly doing, um, then one

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<v Speaker 1>could make the argument that a physician would have told

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein's mother that her son's brain was damaged, which could

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<v Speaker 1>have limited him for the rest of his life. He

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<v Speaker 1>may never become a mathematician. She may not even put

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<v Speaker 1>him in school exactly why bother you know. So I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that was a really interesting point in one worth discussing, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because well, Einstein also had a delayed speech development, and

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<v Speaker 1>so coupled with that a parent might have been, you know, concerned. Yeah. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently he used to um write his address down in

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<v Speaker 1>his arm every day, so when he inevitably get lost, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>he just kind of look and asked somebody if they

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<v Speaker 1>could take him there. Right, He was a hell of

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<v Speaker 1>a guy. Yeah, And just a nice little bow on

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<v Speaker 1>the end of this gift to our listeners. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>Harvey actually returned the brain before he died to Princeton Hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>which I thought he died in nineteen nine, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand seven at the age of ninety four, and

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<v Speaker 1>he returned the brain back to Princeton. He did. He

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<v Speaker 1>actually kind of bequeathed it to the resident pathologist at

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<v Speaker 1>Princeton University Hospital, UM, who basically now is shackled with

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<v Speaker 1>this thing totally around. UM. An extra little aside which

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was pretty interesting, A guy named Michael Paternity

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<v Speaker 1>wrote a book called Driving with Mr Albert. Michael paternity.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the way I took it. That's a great name. Yeah. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>He wrote a book called Driving with Mr Albert, I believe,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is about driving on one of the many

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<v Speaker 1>cross country trips that Harvey took with Einstein's brain. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>he did it a lot. Sounds like a movie in

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<v Speaker 1>the works. I I think so too. It's gonna beat

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday with more. I can tell you so. Stick around

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<v Speaker 1>because it is correction time, and today we have a

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<v Speaker 1>correction for me. This is not Chuck. Actually, Chuck argued

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<v Speaker 1>against what I said. I was right for a change.

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck is supported by yet another person who mistakenly thinks

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<v Speaker 1>my first name is Brian. My name is Josh. Chuck's

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<v Speaker 1>last name is Brian. But thank you anyway, Misha Bailey.

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<v Speaker 1>Misha Bailey pointed out in a podcast, Well we'll play

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<v Speaker 1>the clip. It's from how China's pollution sniffers work. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>listen this. You know, have have you ever eaten jellybelly?

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<v Speaker 1>Jelly beans? I'm not a jelly bean guy. These things

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<v Speaker 1>are not jelly beans alright. Anyway, if you get a

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<v Speaker 1>bag of this on the back, it says like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>two blueberry plus one. I think toast of marshmallow creates

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<v Speaker 1>like the flavor of like a blueberry muffin. So there's

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<v Speaker 1>different recipes. You come up with your own. It's very fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Are these the ones that are kind of nasty tooth like?

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<v Speaker 1>They have a booger andros I think you're confusing a

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Potter with reality Again. Well, uh, as it turns out,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck I was wrong, right, Jelly Belly does indeed make

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<v Speaker 1>a booger flavored jelly beans. I knew I hadn't imagined

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<v Speaker 1>that in some fantasy that I had, So basically, um,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a special edition called bean Booze Old, and Jellybelly

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<v Speaker 1>is going to the trouble of making identical looking jelly

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<v Speaker 1>beans with radically different taste like black licorice, which is

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<v Speaker 1>bad enough. Um is also there there's another one that

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<v Speaker 1>looks like the Black Liquors one, but it's a skunk spray. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And specifically there's one that's juicy pear and in other

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<v Speaker 1>cases it's Booker flavored favor. They have ten different flavors.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you Jelly Belly, and thank you Misha Bailey for

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<v Speaker 1>proving me wrong. If you want to prove either one

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<v Speaker 1>of us wrong, or tell us you know what you think,

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<v Speaker 1>what's on your mind, give us what for? Perhaps you

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<v Speaker 1>have a man crush on one or both of us.

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<v Speaker 1>You can send an email to stuff podcast at how

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<v Speaker 1>stuff works dot com. And speaking of podcast, Chuck, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to give a just a quick mention to

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<v Speaker 1>one of our other podcasts called brain Stuff from the

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<v Speaker 1>founder of our awesome company, Marshall Brain actually his real

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<v Speaker 1>last things. Yeah, he has his own podcast called brain

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff and there's a really cool one up there now

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<v Speaker 1>called what are hot Dogs Made from? Fascinating? So before

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<v Speaker 1>you get go to the next ball game and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>fown that hot dog. You should listen to this. Either

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<v Speaker 1>that or if you really want to eat a hot dog,

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<v Speaker 1>you should probably wait until after work. I would recommend that. Yeah,

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