WEBVTT - Listener Mail: Arnie's Revenge 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.000 Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind from how Stuff 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:13.480 Works dot com. Hi, everybody, welcome to the podcast. I'm 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:15.960 Scott Benjamin Don Ben Bolling, and today on the Car 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.480 Stuff Podcast, Ben, we're gonna talk about chain drive cars. Yeah. 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:22.480 It's weird because a lot of people don't know that 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:27.720 early autos were actually changed. Hey, I can't be in here. 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:31.560 What are you doing? No? Hey, someone did anyone to 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:42.560 turn holy Oh my goodness. I didn't. I really didn't 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.000 expect it to get this bad. I know. I'm sorry. Ernie. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.760 We we were getting to the mail. You don't have 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.199 to do this, these acts of violence. This is not 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.519 very how stuff works. This is not very stuff to 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:56.360 blow your mind. This is not very car stuff. It 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:59.800 was car stuff. Uh well, anyone out there listening um 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.360 this of stuff to blow your mind. My name is 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.080 Robert Lamb. I'm Julie Douglas, and we have neglected our 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.039 mail bot Arnie for way too long. The time was 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:11.400 we would call him out every episode and and and 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.080 he would bring us wonderful mail from our listeners and 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.960 we would read them and we'd interact. But we keep 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.760 getting busier and busier. There's there's never time so we 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:23.600 we haven't called the mail boat over in quite some time, 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:27.840 and he's just been setting alone there in his cube. Uh, 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.720 just getting I guess, progressively crazier. Well, I mean it's 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.319 a kind of zukosis, right, I mean, this can happen 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.920 to robots, and I can't believe we weren't sensitive to 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.440 this before. And I've heard I heard the creeks and 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.479 the squeaks the last time we roled you out about 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.280 six months ago. And I should have known that something 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.480 like this would have happened. And I'm sorry, I just 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.480 I never imagined it would play out like this. Well, 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.400 we have to deal with it, that's the thing. Uh, 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.680 we can't have this robot rampaging around the studio. Um, 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:58.720 do you have any ideas? I mean, we could try 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.440 using fire extinguishers against him. I don't know, we could 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.920 try and trap him somewhere. Well, it's kind of like, 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:07.360 you know how when people are trying to stave off 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.840 like some sort of terrible thing happening to their village 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:15.000 and they make it sacrifice sacrifice with you mean, Holly, No, never, Holly. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.080 I'm talking about maybe some emails or some you know, 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.079 like we can offer that we could do an entire 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:25.520 episode where we finally share all the awesome listener feedback 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.800 that we have. Yeah, maybe this will this will chill 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:33.160 the robot out and calm his uh his homicidal rage. Alright, Arnie, 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.360 I know you have lasers that are they're directed at 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.239 us right now. We both have one right in the 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:39.920 middle of chest, and we just want to let you know, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.440 hear me happy about this. We have I don't know, 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:46.000 like scads of emails to share, and I think that 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.960 you'll be very happy about this. Alright, Alright, I'm gonna 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.160 I'm gonna grab one here. Um, let me see, let 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.240 me just let me start through here. Maybe there's there's 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.280 one here. Uh well, here's here's a good one. Here's 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.000 he just those are on that one. Okay. This one 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.079 comes to us from a listener Rob Rob Wrightson and 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.680 says hello, Robert and Julie. I have become a recent 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.760 follower of Blow the Mind in listening to all four 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:14.000 hundred and eighty seven episodes available to me in the 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.359 months of August and September of this year, while at 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.160 my ten hour a day job as a metal fabricator 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:24.360 here in beautiful very Ontario of Canada. I have the 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.560 greatest respect for all that you do in bringing science 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.720 to the public. I have made many changes in my 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.640 life in light of the new learning and preach science 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.720 to all that hear me my four children, ages nine, eight, six, 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:36.600 and four. I'll listen with the light as I spread 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.560 the knowledge I've acquired that day. Please keep up the 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.200 excellent work and always remember that each and every time 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.320 you podcast, you are giving something that can never be 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.920 taken away. The greatest power one can possess is knowledge. 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.880 Thanks again and happy casting. Thank you so much, Rob 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.640 um Man. I don't even think that Arnie has listened 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:58.240 to all four You're gonna make it. Don't say things 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:02.200 like that, right He is now putting his laser on this. 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:06.960 Next email, which actually was sent to us via Amazon, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.440 and this is from Annaka says, thank you so much 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:13.960 for inspiring this story that she wrote. It was stacks 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.560 of fun to write stuff to play your mind is 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.760 always interesting and just plain brilliant. You know what she did, 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.760 She sent us a kindle edition of her story The 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:28.880 Vampires of Marie. In parentheses, it's Hannibal de Noir Vampire 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.760 Hunter Book one, which is so cool. I I love 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.960 of it when we hear that we are are helping 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.880 to shape some maybe subcious thoughts that you have. It 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.640 are knocking around there and creating different works of art. 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:43.080 So thank you so much, Annaka. Indeed, yeah, this one 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.680 I believe was she was partially inspired by her episode 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:47.919 Rise at the Vampire pat about the evolution of the 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.919 vampire pat, which certainly I found tremendously fascinating. You know, 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.920 how does something evolve to depend exclusively on blood is 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.720 a diet? And she even sent us a copy of 0:04:57.760 --> 0:04:59.920 the book, and uh, I've been reading on it and 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.840 found it quite enjoyable, so so I can I can 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:06.840 definitely recommend everyone check it out. Indeed, all right, well 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.960 here's another one. This one comes to us from Kim. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.480 Kim says, greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. Once again, 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.120 well done on a great episode. She's responding to our 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.360 episode The Dark, which we published in October. She says, 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.200 as a blind woman, I was interested to hear if 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.279 you would touch on the dark and blindness. I was 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.040 blinded in a car accident almost seven years ago. I 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.000 am totally blind, zero light perception, and I have had 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.640 trouble sleeping since day one of this blind journey. I 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:35.120 am so very thankful that I have the two of 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.520 you to keep me company during my sleepless night. That 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:41.279 could tie into the imaginary Friends episode. Smiley face, thanks 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.440 for a great show. Keep up the great work, all right. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.760 The next miss if we have here, is from Coope. 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:48.600 We haven't heard from him for a while that he 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.560 had sent this. She said over the weekend, I was 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.320 going through a bunch of old stuff at my grandparents house, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.320 and amongst all the useless, dusty crap heirlooms was this 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.600 little gem. It's just a great accordion, by the way, spoiler, 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.520 he says. Of course, meeting me, I snagged it immediately, 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.400 not that anyone else wanted it, nor do I have 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.320 the first clue how to play it, but come on, 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:12.039 accordions are awesome. I agree. It's a honer, and I'm 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.480 assuming it's probably from the sixties, but I can't seem 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.800 to locate a serial number anything. Apparently these Carmen models 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.480 dating back as early as the thirties, which would be 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.800 doubly rat Let the researching begin, anyway, I thought you 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.800 might appreciate this. PS. You can tell this is a 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:29.359 quality Cooper family item by the high tech electrical cord 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.599 duct tape handle adorning the case. And indeed he shows 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.880 this picture of this great honer and I love this, 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.880 of course, because I am an accordion a fictionado. I 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.919 have not been practicing as much as I should, but 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.599 I can still rock out. Thank you for being my friend. 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:50.159 The Golden Girls theme, and that's all because of this podcast, 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.200 which was the whole idea behind that was to try 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.800 to cultivate a good habit, and so the accordion was 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:01.560 my habit. Very good, very good. Alright, Uh, let me 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.159 let me read another one here. Um, I think this 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.320 might be working a little bit. He's he's. Arnie is 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.920 seeming a little less aggressive. Um, the lasers are still 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.560 pointed at us. All right, This one comes to us 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.880 from Rachel. Rachel says Robert and Julie. New listener and 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.000 loving the podcast. I just listened to the Zen of 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.800 Pain episode and wanted to add the discussion with a 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:25.360 couple of bits of my experience first. Although this was 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.520 touched on in the discussion of ritualistic piercing suspension b 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.640 D s M, I would love to hear more about 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.800 the the burgeoning ritual of body modification in the West, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.920 separate and apart from, but in many instances tied to 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.840 longer traditions of such throughout the world. As someone with 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.760 a large number of body piercings and tattoos, I can 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.000 say that the experience has become almost a personal ritual 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.640 for me, the anticipation of what the pain will be, 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.800 the actual experience of it, and the relief of its denouncement, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.120 both the endorphins crushing through my body and the awesomeness 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.680 of having a new piece of body adornment. It's a 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.040 little stranded in time, and it's not being tied to 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.240 a larger context of history, art, and culture, but it's 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.200 something I've experienced for years and derived great pleasure from. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.680 And Rachel also shared some some other comments on us, 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:12.800 But that was the core of it that I wanted 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.520 to uh to share with everyone because because yeah, I 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:20.000 think the whole tattooing experience, and in the history of tattooing, 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.440 the culture of tattooing into it, and and body modification 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.880 as well, it's certainly a fascinating topic and one that 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:32.199 hopefully we'll will explore in an upcoming episode. Okay, um 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.320 Arnie just slid me a note Okay, he said, I 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:40.920 cannot relate. Move on. Okay, fine, fine, okay. Well do 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.640 you do you have anything on happiness? Yeah? Okay, okay. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.600 One right here. This is from a Marie. She says, 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.240 after hearing your podcast on happiness, I wanted to bring 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.440 up the work of Barbara iron Reich. I didn't think 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.040 I heard her mention, but if I missed a quick reference. Sorry. 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.400 After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she was angry, and 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.040 the attitude of the breast cancer community was that you 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.560 should always be happy despite your cancer. She was even 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.760 told by another cancer patient, quote, you need to run, 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.240 not walk to get therapy. You can't get better without 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:15.200 poisoning your system end quote. For having an expressing negative 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.600 emotions about her diagnosis and a New York Times articles, 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.920 she explains that what she was hearing was quote to 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.640 be cheerful and accepting because you would not recover unless 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.800 you were, and to consider your cancer a gift. Additionally, 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.080 the message was if I don't get better, it's my fault, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.880 which she calls a clever blame the victim's sort of thing. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.920 She also talks about the frequent self help advice that 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.440 tells people to get rid of the negative people in 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.200 their lives, which included major corporations firing people for telling 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.240 them things they did not want to hear. She believes 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.400 this was an integral part of why the housing loan 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.600 crash happened. And then I'm going to skip over a 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.600 bit of it. She goes on to say. Overall, she 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.000 argues not that we should be pessimistic, but that we 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.920 should be realistic and base our views on the world 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.560 as it is not what we wish it were. And 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.880 she I think that's really interesting that she brought this up, 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:10.320 because this was the episode called the Happiness Equation, which 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.199 talked about this sort of set point that we all 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:16.439 have in our happiness disposition, which is affected by life events. 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.839 But then we also talked about this idea of being 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:25.200 realistic and being a little bit pessimic pessimistic, and so 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.079 I think it's interesting that she brought up Barbara I 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:31.440 writ experience with something that would have greatly affected her 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:35.000 level of happiness and how that sort of happiness pill 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.320 of being positive was shoved down her throat. Alright, good, well, 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:40.840 hopefully that one that one that I think you like 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.720 that one. Yeah, I think this one comes to us 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.280 from Kieran. Kieran writes, and it says, Hello, Robert and Julie, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.880 I very much enjoyed your podcast on LSD flashbacks. It's 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.959 refreshing to hear media discourse on the matter that doesn't 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:56.560 evolve into hysterical knee jerking. While physically very benign. Trip 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.120 of means like LSD take us far from our everyday 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.800 conscious experience, and therefore should not be taken lightly. Something 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:04.320 that may be of interest to you is the effect 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.880 of hallucinogens on people with color blindness. The condition is 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.000 caused by a physical defect within the eye, but the 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:12.760 brain of a color blind person is capable of experiencing 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.720 novel colors given the right stimuli. One thing I would 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.760 take exception to is the assertion that the effects of 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.560 LAST are mainly visual In nature. Visual hallucinations are the 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.319 most obvious and talked about faucet, but in my opinion, 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.440 the cognitive effects of LAST are what makes it so valuable. 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.040 We all know intellectually that we are a bunch of 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.440 apes whizzing through space on a giant rock, but there's 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.680 something about tripped and fiends that allow an individual to 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:40.520 really feel the truth of that proposition. And similar abstract 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.560 ideas in a way that makes a lasting and forceful impact, 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.920 not unlike the lucky astronauts who see the Earth from 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.640 space and return home with a new found appreciation for 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.240 the fragility of life. Thank you for the numerous hours 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.080 of informative content you have helped to combat the UNWI. 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:59.480 I feel w navigating London's public transportation system best wishes 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.040 here in Um. Yes, well that's you know what she's 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.840 of course talking about the LSD Flashbacks episode. And I 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:11.160 certainly feel we did uh discuss the visual aspects of 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:15.280 lucinogens more in that episode. Um. But but she doesn't 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.680 make a good point. I mean, the whole cognitive side 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.640 of the experience experiences is very important, and certainly we 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.880 go into it more in our Scientists in the Shaman 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:28.280 episodes where we discuss UH not only LST but also 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:32.320 psilocybin and UH and then some other substances. And I 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.559 love that Karen brought up the overview effect, well, this 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:40.680 perspective changing experience. All right, we're gonna take a quick break, Okay, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.360 Is that all right, Arnie? Okay, yes it is. And 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.600 when we get back, we're getting to look a little 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:59.800 h bit at some Origami feedback and some earwax. Alright, 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:04.200 we're back. We're podcasting from the house stuff Works office. 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.600 Part of the office space has been demolished by the 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:11.920 mail bot. But um, I think I think this is working. 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:16.080 I think we're calming him down. The lasers aren't jerking 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:20.160 around so frantically anymore. He's sounding a little calmer. So 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.280 maybe we should just continue to roll out some more 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.480 a listener mail and and see what happens. So that 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:29.040 that was a definitive yes, right there. Okay, okay, all right, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.520 here's one from April. It says, just listening to the 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.000 Oregami podcast, you did, and when the section unfolding robots 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.600 came up, I thought of paper as a weapon and 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.560 recollected an action anime series I had watched several years 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.120 that called Read or Die, in which the main character 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.280 is a secret agent, bookworm, introvert type of woman who 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.800 has the ability to influence the behavior of any paper 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:57.520 she comes into contact with. Her code name, aptly, the paper. 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.079 Are you at all familiar with it? I thought, U 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.920 it would be an interesting and refreshing departure from the 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.880 typical cookie cutter anime story arc in style. Keep up 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.040 the great work, April. This is great because we actually 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.600 have a video coming out on Origami, and you guys 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.959 should definitely look out for that. But I love this 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.920 idea of being able to just mentally transform a piece 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:25.240 of paper, yes, and and sort of create your own physics, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.800 I guess telekinetically. Yeah, yeah, I mean I like it. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.560 It kind of taps into just the power of orgaming anyway, 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.800 the idea that you can take this paper and make 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.440 I mean there's almost no limit. You're just using the 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.120 mathematical properties, the physical properties of the paper, and you 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.680 can make everything from a tiny frog to a complex 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:49.680 abstract h you know, piece of paper architecture. Yeah. And uh, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.360 just when we were going through some of the research 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.840 and the writing for the video, it reminded me how 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.840 great that documentary Between the Folds is. And we know 0:14:57.880 --> 0:14:59.960 we've talked about it before, but it bears mentioning again 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.600 in Yeah, that that's really a mind blowing documentary about 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.040 something that would it would be so easy to just 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.520 pass over and say, oh, Orgami, I don't care about that, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.880 I don't care about folder swans, but there's so much 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:16.080 to it. Yeah, that's definitely one of those paradigm shifters. Right, yeah, alright, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.520 this one comes to us from Ivan. Ivan Wright sent 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:20.400 and says, I'm an avid listener to most of the 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.800 House suf Works podcast as Serendipity would have episodes three 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.480 and four of The New Cinema's original series than Nick 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:31.080 has graphic depictions of the ravages of syphilis A woman 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.240 of means a parent has lost her nose episode three. 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.360 The grafting of flesh from the arm is portrayed in 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.760 episode four. It would have been a bit difficult to 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.200 visualize what we were talking about when listening to the podcast, 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.640 but having seen the show prior, I knew exactly what 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:47.120 you were describing. Uh. Indeed, as in our our syphilis 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.320 episode we mentioned, uh, not only the ravage of the disease, 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.720 but you know, the cultural impact in the way that 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.280 the people dealt with it before pendicillin and uh. And 0:15:56.400 --> 0:16:00.640 much of this is explored in The Nick, which which 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:05.280 is really a fabulous series. Steven Soderberg Clive Owen stars 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.200 in it. Uh. John Hodgment later on has a cameo 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.120 as well. That will that will not delight you, um 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.640 as much as you might think it would. But yeah, 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.680 I found this to be a really great show. They 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.720 also get into another podcast topic of ours later on, 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.680 where you get to see an individual trepand so it's 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.960 like every episode you're diving into some some cool history 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:30.480 from from from turn of the twentieth century medicine. Yeah, 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.480 and care's a little something I learned about this. If 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.760 you're about to watch this show, do not sit down 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.600 and with a big steaming plate of spaghetti and watch 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.640 the first episode with spaghetti because just and I don't 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.960 want to spoil anything here, but something gets rolled into 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.920 the surgery theater and all this sort of you know, 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:54.520 you know what happens the stuff, there's a lots of blood. Yeah, 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.680 it's it's a show about surgeons. It's this. It's the 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.800 show that has quite a bit of of blood in it, 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.840 but but really really fascinating. So don't don't watch it 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.399 while you're eating dinner. But it's ysage. I mentioned that 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.679 my spaghetti had chystage in it, so I had that 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:13.159 Meadia component. Yeah, so handle with care. But but I 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.119 do highly recommend It's one of the best shows that 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:18.640 I watched this year, and has a fabulous soundtrack as well, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.960 Like even though it's a period piece, It has an 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:26.160 electronic soundtrack, a minimalist kind of electronic soundtrack by Cliff Martinez. 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.159 So if you're if you're into just the music of 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.359 the thing, I highly recommended. All right, um, This next 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.560 one is from Ben and he is referencing our Ignorance 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.800 is Bliss episode and he says, first, as a guy 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:40.960 with a degree in philosophy, I'd like to thank you 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:42.840 for what you do. Your podcast has become a regular 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.800 part of my morning ritual and always thoroughly enjoyed, usually 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.879 within the first hour of my time at works. So 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.240 thank you very much, Ben, He says, second year episode 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.760 about Ignorance hits close to home. When he was eighteen, 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.240 my brother in law's twin sister died of a heart 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.840 condition due to genetics. As her twin, he has a 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:03.280 fifty chance of having the same condition, and a simple 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:07.160 radiological study would reveal its presence, but he adamantly refuses 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.320 to get tested because he doesn't want to live in fear. 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.240 And then he goes on to say, go to skip 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.040 a little bit. Here. He goes on to say, personally, 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.600 I understand this decision completely and respect it, but at 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.080 the same time, I have to wonder if things change 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.520 when children enter the picture, I eat, is your desire 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.520 to not live in fear trumped by an obligation to 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:30.280 your children to find out these things for their own 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:33.200 well being. I tend to lean a little more strongly 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.480 towards yes in this scenario, but I'm not my brother 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.200 in law. He might be just as likely to argue 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.360 that the quality of their upbringing would be adversely affected if, 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.840 in fact a test came back positive. Interesting stuff to 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:49.399 think about, as always thinks Ben, I think that is 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:53.040 what so I think this is the whole thing that 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:56.119 ignorance is bliss is hinging on this idea that you 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:57.880 don't want to walk around for the rest of your 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:02.440 life thinking about the their shoe falling, right, because we're 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:04.920 already kind of doing that with the various paper tigers 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.600 of our mind. Anyway, So he puts forth a really 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:12.000 interesting in real life scenario right there. All right, very good. 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:15.119 This one comes to us from Himmali Himali from New 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:17.280 Zealand right soon, and says, hey, Robert and Julie, I 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.520 hope you're having a lovely year so far, and wish 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:23.000 you both a happy to wally uh and Indian New Year. 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:25.840 I realized this is a little bit late, considering that 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:27.639 you were on Thursday and Friday last week, and I 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:29.800 am sorry about that. I accidentally used the old email 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.240 address and hen had to send to the new email address. 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.720 And what's that new email address? It is blow the 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:39.280 mind at how stuff works dot com. Alright, he says, 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.240 keep out the great work. I love your podcast. But 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.560 then he adds a ps that ties into some of 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:46.439 our recent talk on how our sort of Halloween topics 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.440 that we've gotten into, such as the dark and witchcraft. 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:50.560 He says, it's awesome when you talk about different Indian 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:53.120 traditions and know so much about the gods and goddesses. 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:55.040 I thought you might also like to know that the 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:58.080 day before d Wally is Indian Halloween. You can't go 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.920 outside after dark, especially midnight, because it is thought there 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:05.480 would be witches, ghost, etcetera. Mom says that there is 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:08.240 a there's a saying that means something along the lines 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:12.320 of witches swing from vines in the water wells cackling 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:13.960 on that day. Also on that day you have to 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.720 get rid of rubbish including dustin cobwebs and berry or 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.800 just put them at a four way crossroads. I've noticed 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:22.960 that the cross shaped crossroads come up as a bad 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:27.320 evil UH symbol and other cultures too, So that's interesting, 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.720 always interesting to to hear about the cultures and traditions 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.960 that are various listeners are part of and how they 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:37.000 tie into some of the topics we discussed, especially concerning 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:41.040 this idea at this time of year about the veil 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:46.520 being very thin between this ghost world or death and life, 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:52.000 because you will see that in every single culture UM 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:53.399 at this time of year. And I know it's a 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.080 seasonal change thing. You know, you've got leaves falling off 0:20:56.080 --> 0:20:58.720 the trees that you know, there's a feeling that death 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.840 is creeping in and things are going into hibernation and 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:06.080 turning inward. But it is fascinating to see it UM 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:09.159 played out in various stories in each culture, you know. 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:11.040 I was thinking about this the other the other day, 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.560 UM in our episode on the it was the Problem 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:16.440 with Hell. I think it was one of our Hell episodes, 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:18.920 But we talked a little bit about the the idea 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:22.080