WEBVTT - Are humans wired to survive?

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<v Speaker 1>to the podcast. Josh Clark here with Chuck Bryant, Paara

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<v Speaker 1>staff writers from how Stuff Works dot Com. How's it going, Chuck, Good, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>just a pair of pair of writers. I see you're

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<v Speaker 1>still rocking your braves, Kathy, even after you said I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not so sure I'm watching anymore this season. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>the hair's getting lost. Well, I just thought you were

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<v Speaker 1>going to say you're a true fan. I am a

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<v Speaker 1>true fan. So Chuck, you know the braves might not

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<v Speaker 1>be doing that. Well, it's almost like they've lost their

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<v Speaker 1>will to survive. That's really great set up, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much, Chuck. You know that if they have lost

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<v Speaker 1>their collect the will to survive, that is flying in

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<v Speaker 1>the face of evolution. In the opinion of many supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>we are wired for survival. Yeah, I believe we are.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should give the example of the Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>hiker Mitsu Taka Yuchi Koshi. I love that guy's name. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's great, He's a good guy. This is just a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of years ago, and uh, this guy was hiking

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<v Speaker 1>with his friends in western Japan went off. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he went to go down the mountain by himself for

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<v Speaker 1>some reason, and he tripped. As as good as I

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<v Speaker 1>can tell is he tripped, was not unconscious. The last

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<v Speaker 1>thing he says he did was fell asleep in a

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<v Speaker 1>grassy field. And you might say, to yourself, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. The big deal is he woke up twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four days later. Yeah, he was awakened by rescue workers.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty four days later. He was unconscious supposedly the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole time. He when they found him, he was

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<v Speaker 1>a cool seventy one degrees fahrenh height, which is basically

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<v Speaker 1>the temperature of an average corpse that has not been refrigerated.

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<v Speaker 1>His his organs were almost completely shut down, almost no heartbeat.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, he lived because they surmise that he almost

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<v Speaker 1>went to a state of hibernation like a barwood. So

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<v Speaker 1>then that we're not supposed to be able to do that. No,

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<v Speaker 1>we're definitely not supposed to be able to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've tried that. I have to Actually I usually

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<v Speaker 1>do it every winner, but it's unsuccessful and successfully I

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<v Speaker 1>can rarely get my body temperature down. That low seventy

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<v Speaker 1>nine is the lowest I've ever gone, and that took

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of willpower. So, UM, yeah, you use this

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<v Speaker 1>guy as an example in your article are humans Wired

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<v Speaker 1>to survive? Uh? And I think it's a sterling example.

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<v Speaker 1>I I I we are um seemingly programmed to continue

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<v Speaker 1>to live, to protect our genes, to protect our offspring. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And you get some great examples. This is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those wonderful articles where somebody in one of our editorial

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<v Speaker 1>brainstorm meetings came up with this idea. It was based

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<v Speaker 1>on zero research. Um. When I was doing supplemental research

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<v Speaker 1>for this podcast, I went on typed in humans wired

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<v Speaker 1>survived nothing? There's nothing out there, there's no study that

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<v Speaker 1>this was based on. It was Chuck using his own

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<v Speaker 1>brain and you know, drawing all of these conclusions from

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<v Speaker 1>existing UH data, And I thought it was beautiful try.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that. You know. When I when I went

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<v Speaker 1>to do this research, I did the same thing you did,

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<v Speaker 1>and I really didn't find much and nothing. I decided

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<v Speaker 1>that really the only way to research if we're actually

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<v Speaker 1>wired naturally to survive is to see what human instincts

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<v Speaker 1>we naturally have that we don't think about. They're just

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<v Speaker 1>in us that helped keep us alive, and not just instincts.

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<v Speaker 1>You also mentioned biological processes like our old friend fight

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<v Speaker 1>or flight, Right, Chuck, I, I wrote an article on

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<v Speaker 1>the theory of everything when it was about this guy

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<v Speaker 1>who figured out these this lead group that's really mind

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<v Speaker 1>boggling math. Uh, that that was the answer to everything.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the underlying cause. I think based on our podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>the fight or flight response is the theory of everything.

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<v Speaker 1>We always come back to it. Yeah, it does come

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<v Speaker 1>up a lot. Yeah, So we'll we'll go over all

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<v Speaker 1>more time, real quick, shall we. Okay, So, basically, you're

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<v Speaker 1>confronted with danger, your brain releases or send signals for

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<v Speaker 1>your body to release hormones like adrenaline, which act on

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<v Speaker 1>your cells, and basically, uh, energy is taken from digestion

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<v Speaker 1>and put towards enlarging your pupils, increasing your respiration, your

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<v Speaker 1>heart rate, basically getting you ready to either you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pound somebody or run away from a pounding. And the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that this happens involuntarily, that we don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>think about it, that you can't really control it, even

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<v Speaker 1>if you do try to think about it, because people

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<v Speaker 1>try to and you can't. Right. It's it's that that

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<v Speaker 1>in and of itself is kind of evidence for for survival,

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<v Speaker 1>based at the very least on Darwin's theory of evolution,

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<v Speaker 1>which which is very much about well almost all about

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<v Speaker 1>natural selection, right right, and uh, you know, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>it all sin is really a pretty basic concept, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can illustrate it to you guys like you did

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<v Speaker 1>my article. Let's say you have red worms and brown worms,

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<v Speaker 1>and over time um birds decide they really like to

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<v Speaker 1>eat these red worms, so they keep eating red worms,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they just start reproducing less and less. The

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<v Speaker 1>brown worms are not getting eaten, so they're reproducing more

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<v Speaker 1>and more, and over time the red worms dwindle until

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<v Speaker 1>eventually they could go away completely. So only the strong survive.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's kind of the basis of old Chucky Darwin's

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing exactly and fight or flight is almost physical

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<v Speaker 1>evidence of that. Yeah. So, so what are some other

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<v Speaker 1>examples that you gave. Well, there's one, Uh, actually, there's

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<v Speaker 1>so many um babies crying. One way, we're wired because

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of babies are actually most babies in the

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<v Speaker 1>animal kingdom are born um with a little bit of ability.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, a newborn horse will stand up and be

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<v Speaker 1>running around within the hour. Sharks are born underwater and

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<v Speaker 1>they're pretty much on their own right from the moment

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<v Speaker 1>they're born. Human babies are really the only ones that

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<v Speaker 1>are born kind of defenseless. So a baby's cry, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just their natural instinct, uh, to keep alive, telling mom

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<v Speaker 1>and dad, hey, this is what I need or I

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<v Speaker 1>need something. And uh. It's further evidence in the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that they can change the volume and the pitch of

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<v Speaker 1>their cry depending on how urgent their needs are. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's hard wired, buddy. Yeah. Well, another example that you

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<v Speaker 1>gave was that we have been shown to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to visually recognize changes in our our environment more and

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<v Speaker 1>with living things more than inanimate objects. And I actually

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<v Speaker 1>I was looking into that, and h I found that

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<v Speaker 1>there was a two thousand five Arizona State study that

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<v Speaker 1>suggests that that very um instinct to pick up living things, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>may actually tie into modern prejudices. You want to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about that? Yeah, this is news to me. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's kind of cool. UM. Although it's basically just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm sure there's some neo Nazi group that's

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<v Speaker 1>picked it up to, you know, use it as evidence

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<v Speaker 1>that we shouldn't mix races or something stupid like that. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>But basically, what the Arizona State researchers postulated is that

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<v Speaker 1>we UM, since we're programmed to recognize changes in our environment,

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<v Speaker 1>and we used to live in these small tribes of

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<v Speaker 1>people that looked a lot alike. Um, anytime we saw

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who didn't look like the rest of us, we

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<v Speaker 1>usually perceive them as a threat. That makes sense. And

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<v Speaker 1>even though we don't live in tribes anymore, this you know,

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<v Speaker 1>relic of tribal living or hunting, hunting and gathering UM

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<v Speaker 1>still remains and explains modern prejudices. Why you know, people

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<v Speaker 1>are xenophobic and racist and all that and anything that's

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<v Speaker 1>not like you is exactly And I thought I thought

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<v Speaker 1>that was pretty interesting that it tied into that instinct

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<v Speaker 1>that survival instinct of visually recognizing organic changes in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the environment. Yeah, I've got another one if I

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear it, Chuck good. Uh, there was a

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<v Speaker 1>study that the BBC did for the television program called

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<v Speaker 1>Human Instinct that was really kind of cool that I watched, And, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't the most scientific study, as you've pointed out

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<v Speaker 1>to me in our in our downtime, but it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool nonetheless. Um, you know, humans are born with

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<v Speaker 1>an immune system, and there's different genes that that indicate

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of immune system we have. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>might be better at fighting off the common cold. I

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<v Speaker 1>might be better at fighting fighting off yellow fever. People

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<v Speaker 1>have these immune systems, and um, the theory is that

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<v Speaker 1>you want to pick out a partner for reproduction that

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<v Speaker 1>has a different immune system than your own, because you'll

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<v Speaker 1>have babies that are more robust against a wider range

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<v Speaker 1>of sickness and disease. And they've proven this by the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that or by the theory that people uh do

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<v Speaker 1>this through their nose actually smell rather than visually when

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<v Speaker 1>they're picking out a reproductive partner. And how did they

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<v Speaker 1>prove this? I love this this test? Yeah, they got

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<v Speaker 1>the the show's host, and they got these six women

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<v Speaker 1>at the University of Newcastle, six lookers to sleep in

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<v Speaker 1>the same T shirt to night straight. They put each

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<v Speaker 1>of their T shirts in a jar and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they had the blood work done before to see what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of immune system they all had. And then this

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<v Speaker 1>show's host sniffed all these shirts and put two aside

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<v Speaker 1>that he found the most pleasing to his nose, and

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<v Speaker 1>then to aside that he found the least pleasing, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the other two. I guess you could take it

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<v Speaker 1>or leave it. And interestingly enough, it supported the results

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<v Speaker 1>the findings. They the two that he liked the most

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<v Speaker 1>shared zero of the same jeans immune system jeanes as

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<v Speaker 1>he did, and the two that he did not like

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<v Speaker 1>shared the most five out of six or the same.

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<v Speaker 1>So this kind of indicates that we we smell around

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<v Speaker 1>for a good partner that will effectively leave us with

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<v Speaker 1>robust babies that will keep the human race going. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason I find it unscientific is because you can't

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<v Speaker 1>go wrong with girls from the University Newcastle. Like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>they're all lookers, go fighting brown ales. Um. But this

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<v Speaker 1>whole concept of um of creating wanting innately to create

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<v Speaker 1>more robust offspring. That kind of jibes with um Richard

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<v Speaker 1>Dawkins theories. Have you heard of him? Not the family

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<v Speaker 1>feud host. Uh, that was Richard Dawson, Right, this is

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Dawkins UM, And they're often confused. They kind of

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<v Speaker 1>look alike a little bit. They used to party together

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<v Speaker 1>in the seventies. Richard Dawkins is a zoologist and just

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<v Speaker 1>based on his observations and some studies of that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing, he concluded that the human body and us

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<v Speaker 1>in general are just kind of these um mindless vehicles

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<v Speaker 1>for genes. That it's really um our genes that are

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<v Speaker 1>interested in survival, and we get our instincts from, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>our genes and our genetic makeup that kind of thing

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<v Speaker 1>which command ourselves, which in turn basically make us do

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that we do or carry out all

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<v Speaker 1>the process that we're supposed to carry out. Uh. And

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<v Speaker 1>and basically the the our entire point of existence is

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<v Speaker 1>to protect and pass along this genetic line as if

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<v Speaker 1>we were wired to survive. Yeah, yeah, it's thrilling. It's

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<v Speaker 1>proof enough for me, agreed, So uh, I think everybody

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<v Speaker 1>would be very well off to go read Chuck's article

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<v Speaker 1>are Humans Wired to Survive? On How Stuff Works? Dot Com?

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<v Speaker 1>our money to begin with. Yeah, yeah, I chipped in

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<v Speaker 1>one two hundred and sixty millions of back six hundred dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>So thanks for giving us back our own money. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's kind of a thing. But um, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess the real question is are you actually going to

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<v Speaker 1>hand this over to one of our listeners or me?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. But the real question is does that really

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<v Speaker 1>make a difference in our economy? I don't know, but

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<v Speaker 1>I know our colleague Jane McGrath actually wrote an article

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<v Speaker 1>called can tax rebates really prevent an economic downturn? I

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