Podcasts about Credulity

Jonathan Haidt wrote the Anxious Generation to describe the reality of anxiety in our world. What frightens us most these days? How do we overcome our fears? After Jesus rose from death, his words empowered his disciples to live fearlessly. What if we lived by the red letters? Message based on Matthew 28:1-10 and Revelation 1:17-18.Quotes:John Updike: Seven Stanzas at EasterMake no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell's dissolution did not reverse, the molecule reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall.It was not as the flowers, Each soft spring recurrent; It was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled eyes of the Eleven apostles; It was as His flesh; ours.The same hinged thumbs and toes The same valved heart That—pierced—died, withered, paused, and then regathered Out of enduring Might New strength to enclose.Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence, Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the faded Credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.The stone is rolled back, not papier-mache, Not a stone in a story, But the vast rock of materiality that in the slow grinding of Time will eclipse for each of us The wide light of day.And if we have an angel at the tomb, Make it a real angel, Weighty with Max Planck's quanta, vivid with hair, opaque in The dawn light, robed in real linen Spun on a definite loom.Duane Brooks: This is what's happening in heaven, and it happens every time the people of God come together and worship him, heaven is coming to earth. And the hope is that maybe in our midst is somebody who doesn't yet know Jesus, but by the way we worship says that must be real. That must be true because we give God his worth.Japanese proverb: There are four things to be afraid of—fire, storm, earthquake, and one's father.Robert Murray McCheyne: If I knew Jesus was in the next room praying for me, I would not fear anything in the world. The distance makes no difference.  He is praying for me . Eugene Peterson: The most important question we may ask of the Bible is not:  what does this mean, but what can I obey.Thomas a Kempis: Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience.Duane Brooks: There are three words that could change the lives of every person we meet, every person we encounter. The words, he is risen. That changes everything. How do I know? Because it changed my life. Duane Brooks: "He is risen" changed your lives and it will change the life of every person who comes to believe it. We worship fearlessly. And the good news is because Christ is risen, we don't have to be afraid of dying, nor do we have to be afraid of speaking publicly about what Jesus has done in our lives. And this is the way the church has transformed culture for two thousand years.#worship #witness #faith #hope #courage To discover more messages of hope go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on Instagram, X, and YouTube @tallowoodbc.Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports on the continuing standoff between the White House and Democrats over a chat on the Signal app.

Episode 183 it is, and we're going to take stock as we enter 1851. In war, truth is the first casualty. It's a military maxim attributed to Aeschylus (“ES-kuh-lus"), the father of Greek tragedy. Aeschylus actually fought in the front lines against the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC. We don't know much about the rest of his life, but we do know that his work called Persians which was financed by Pericles was such a success that he was invited to Sicily by Hieron of Syracuse to restage the play. His life bridged the Archaic and Classical ages. Considered even by the ancients to be difficult and old-fashioned, Aeschylus was also quite innovative in the structures, personnel, and even subjects of his 89 plays, of which we have only seven. Later, in In 1758 the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson penned a short item in “The Idler which included the following this statement .. ‘ “Among the calamities of War may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.” Credulity. A willingness to believe whatever is dished up. The lovers of social media are infected by a disease called credulity. In this series I have endeavoured to avoid relying on credulity by constantly referring to original sources, documents, oral history, cross-referencing where I can. There is nothing more important than deploying verification. Credulity is the tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true, often without sufficient evidence or critical examination. It refers to a person's inclination to accept claims or assertions with little skepticism or questioning. Southern African history is full of credulity being punctured by reality. Most politicians make a living out of abusing credulity. With that melodromatic introduction, let us dive into the deep pool of tangibility regarding Mlanjeni's War, the 8th Frontier War which broke out on Christmas day 1850. The military villages along the Thyumie River were gone, burned down, dozens of British soldiers were dead, killed in Boma Pass or killed in their military villages named Auckland, Juanasburg and Woburn. In the mountains above Thyumie River, missionary Niven and his family had walked out of Keiskamma hoek and straight into a party of amaXhosa warriors. It is true that respected Rharhabe chief Ngqika had declared the missionaries and their homes protected, but that was twenty years ago and the respected chief was long gone. Into our story steps one of the most remarkable characters we've heard about thus far, a man called Hermanus Matroos. Brown was to remark later later that Matroos “… spoke English more precisely than I have ever heard any other native do…” Hermanus Matroos, otherwise known as Ngxukumeshe enters our tale, a large and imposing man, broad shouldered, powerful. Hermanus means army man, warrior, brave warrior and comes from the German, Herman. Matroos means sailor. And Ngxukumeshe means in the vanguard - at the front. These names fit the man, a warrior born of a slave sailor, a man who was always at the front of everything.

Episode 183 it is, and we're going to take stock as we enter 1851. In war, truth is the first casualty. It's a military maxim attributed to Aeschylus (“ES-kuh-lus"), the father of Greek tragedy. Aeschylus actually fought in the front lines against the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC. We don't know much about the rest of his life, but we do know that his work called Persians which was financed by Pericles was such a success that he was invited to Sicily by Hieron of Syracuse to restage the play. His life bridged the Archaic and Classical ages. Considered even by the ancients to be difficult and old-fashioned, Aeschylus was also quite innovative in the structures, personnel, and even subjects of his 89 plays, of which we have only seven. Later, in In 1758 the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson penned a short item in “The Idler which included the following this statement .. ‘ “Among the calamities of War may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.” Credulity. A willingness to believe whatever is dished up. The lovers of social media are infected by a disease called credulity. In this series I have endeavoured to avoid relying on credulity by constantly referring to original sources, documents, oral history, cross-referencing where I can. There is nothing more important than deploying verification. Credulity is the tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true, often without sufficient evidence or critical examination. It refers to a person's inclination to accept claims or assertions with little skepticism or questioning. Southern African history is full of credulity being punctured by reality. Most politicians make a living out of abusing credulity. With that melodromatic introduction, let us dive into the deep pool of tangibility regarding Mlanjeni's War, the 8th Frontier War which broke out on Christmas day 1850. The military villages along the Thyumie River were gone, burned down, dozens of British soldiers were dead, killed in Boma Pass or killed in their military villages named Auckland, Juanasburg and Woburn. In the mountains above Thyumie River, missionary Niven and his family had walked out of Keiskamma hoek and straight into a party of amaXhosa warriors. It is true that respected Rharhabe chief Ngqika had declared the missionaries and their homes protected, but that was twenty years ago and the respected chief was long gone. Into our story steps one of the most remarkable characters we've heard about thus far, a man called Hermanus Matroos. Brown was to remark later later that Matroos “… spoke English more precisely than I have ever heard any other native do…” Hermanus Matroos, otherwise known as Ngxukumeshe enters our tale, a large and imposing man, broad shouldered, powerful. Hermanus means army man, warrior, brave warrior and comes from the German, Herman. Matroos means sailor. And Ngxukumeshe means in the vanguard - at the front. These names fit the man, a warrior born of a slave sailor, a man who was always at the front of everything.

What's on my Mind: What Now: News: How Biden Outwitted the Dem Elites Why Does this Keep Happening: https://www.vox.com/criminal-justice/363206/sonya-massey-police-killing-sean-graysonIt Didn't Take: https://julieroys.com/felon-turned-pastor-martinez-charged-sexual-battery-teen-girl/Conversations with an Atheist: The Pros and Cons of Credulity:https://medium.com/illumination/positive-and-negative-effects-of-religion-7ec841feef07Closing: Xcellence: https://blacknews.com/news/malcom-bowser-30-year-old-owner-1-million-black-family-owned-business-launches-educational-platform-free-masterclass/#google_vignette

What is the truth that human credulity covers over, and what is the truth that the wild honesty of wolves seeks to reveal?

Penn and Joy discuss Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The timing could not be more perfect than to drop this episode on Halloween. A spooky, legendary, and mysterious story that's perfect to listen to on a cold dark fall night...listen in, if you dare!

Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing the Trump indictment, the Jeffrey Epstein case, and corruption in Chicago. Joel Elconin of Benzinga talks Nikkea, today's upcoming CPI number and much more. Kenny Polcari, Chief Market Strategist at SlateStone Wealth and a contributor to Fox Business, wonders which streaming services will win in the end before discussing the migrant crisis in […]

Two experts who got financially scammed. Two ex-Fundamentalist Christians who researched the psychology of conspiracy belief. Each describes their experience, and explains why credulity is a universal and persistent human tendency.

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This ep: Christian and Art talk credulity (I think), beating the heat, the oddities of language, and form a united front against all things spittle.  Plus a stupid game.  It's a real zinger!

I read from credit to credulity.   I think there's some debate on which the first movie was to move the credits to the end, but here's a good place to start with more info.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_credits     The word of the episode is "credit card".     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar 917-727-5757

What makes us more likely to believe in conspiracy theories? Can our religious beliefs or political affiliations determine whether we're less likely to believe in scientific facts? Why are health conspiracy theories some of the most widely believed notions? We revisit a conversation with Eric Oliver who talks us through the factors that drive people towards conspiracy theories. Eric Oliver, PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Although the majority of his work is squarely in the realm of how we view our political systems and make political decisions, some of his work echoes moral psychology and sociology, and we find it fascinating. And, frankly, some of it is just downright fun to talk about. Eric's observations come from more than 20 years of research, dozens of peer-reviewed papers, and he is the author of 5 books on political science. We specifically talked about how liberals and conservatives name their children, the rise of intuitionism, having dinner with a sports star rather than a rock star, and of course, he spoke in-depth about conspiracy theories. Most importantly, he walked us through some key aspects of how to have a conversation with someone who is on the opposite side of the conspiracy-theory belief system and, interestingly enough, it begins with empathy. Listen to the entire episode to hear all his insights and research anecdotes. They'll put a smile on your face as well as fresh ideas into your brain! We have been fans of his work for some time and are grateful that Eric shared his insights with us. We think you'll become a fan, too, if you're not already one. [NOTE: This episode is republished from our interview with Eric in episode #172 from Sept 2020.] © 2021 Behavioral Grooves Topics (3:17) Welcome and speed round. (10:17) What characteristics predict whether you will believe in conspiracy theories? (19:24) People rely on heuristics in times of uncertainty. (24:48) Have conspiracy theories increased since Covid? (27:03) What factors make us more likely to believe conspiracy theories? (32:36) Do religious people tend to believe more in conspiracy theories? (38:47) Why Donald Trump appeals to conspiracy theorists. (42:50) How to talk to your relatives about their conspiracy theories? (45:33) What music does Eric listen to? (53:19) Grooving session with Tim and Kurt discussing Eric's work. Links Eric Oliver, PhD: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/eric-oliver  Jonathan Haidt, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt  James Frazer, “The Golden Bough”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough  Katherine Surma on Credulity: https://www.jericoliver.com/uploads/1/1/8/9/118973414/surmaoliver3.5.18-final.pdf  Laurie Santos, PhD: The Joe Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimHHAID_P0  Steve Kerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr  Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick Charles Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson  Andy Luttrell, Episode 175: Pro's and Con's of Persuasion When Issues are Moralized: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/andy-luttrell-pros-and-cons-of-persuasion-when-issues-are-moralized/ Kwame Christina, Episode 178: On Compassionate Curiosity, Social Justice Conversations, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/kwame-christian-on-compassionate-curiosity-social-justice-conversations-and-cinnamon-toast-crunch/ Musical Links LCD Sound System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8  Kurt Weil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill  Phillip Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg  Keith Richards and Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVLy-ltjHs 

In which CJ makes her glorious return to the podcast to talk the origins of the horror genre, the fraughtness of belief, Frankenstein, Hell Houses, and more. Recommendations from this episode: Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol Clover and the 2001 documentary, Hell House. Want to help beat some tools for war into tools for plants? Help fund Corey's blacksmith shed here: https://gofund.me/497a4487 Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/under-employed life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap. Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at wtheckisapastor@gmail.com. Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor. And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/. The What the Hell is a Pastor theme song is written by Jo Schonewolf, performed by Jo Schonewolf (she's so sorry) and Ian Urriola, featuring vocals from Paul Urriola and produced by Paul Urriola.

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 Roy Warren, 8/8/2021: A.W. Tozer once wrote, "A bit of healthy disbelief is sometimes as needful as faith to the welfare of our souls.  It is no sin to doubt some things, but it may be fatal to believe everything.  Faith never mean gullibility.  Credulity never honors God.  The gullible mentality is like the ostrich that will gulp down anything that looks interesting.  I have met Christians with no more discrimination and discernment than an ostrich."  Join us as we delve into the Book of Acts:14: 11-28.Listen

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Pier may have stopped speaking--Virgil and Dante, our pilgrim, aren't sure--but he doesn't carry on because through the underbrush crash two naked souls, all scratched up, trying to get away from horrible, black hounds. These are those who commit economic suicide, who squander their property until there's nothing left--and who perhaps masochistically take pleasure in the destruction of their own wealth. But this passage--so often skipped over in the commentary of INFERNO--is about so much more. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I explore three giant "what?!" moments in Inferno, Canto XIII. If Pier's speeches tested our abilities to ferret out exactly what he was really saying, this passage will stretch our "willing suspension of disbelief" to its utter limits. Is that the point? Is this whole canto about how rhetoric can make us believe the unbelievable? Here are the segments of this episode: [01:36] My English translation of the passage from Inferno: Canto XIII, lines 109 - 126. You can find it on my website, markscarbrough.com. But better yet, get yourself a great translation by a scholar like Lombardo or the Hollanders. You'll be so much happier1 [03:14] More about believing! If you don't think this canto was about the faith statement that reading entails, you're just not paying attention! [03:43] So many commentators see this passage as an "inset" episode: plunked down here. Is it? It seems to tie back to Pier in fundamental ways. [05:10] Who are these two crashing through the underbrush? [10:23] My three "what?!" moments in this passage. I think they offer us two alternatives, as you'll hear. I want to believe the second. But I'm still not sure. [18:33] The inferno of irony. What is it about INFERNO that allows Dante the poet to play so much? What is it about this canto that allows savage ironies, even directed against me, the reader? Support this podcast

In the conclusion to the Business Plot, the McCormack Dickstein Committee hears testimony from Butler and MacGuire, but some fish appear to be too big to fry. The newspapers paint Butler as a publicity hound and a fool, but what are the true motivations at play? And what did the committee chairs make of the plot?  Get the full scripts to every episode and bonus audio content by supporting the show at https://www.patreon.com/reactionpodcast

So many of us are guilty of being credulous people (accepting lies for truth without self-examination) Learn how to stay clear of these personality types and get to know people for yourself each and every person...

Eric Oliver, PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Although the majority of his work is squarely in the realm of how we view our political systems and make political decisions, some of his work echoes moral psychology and sociology, and we find it fascinating. And, frankly, some of it is just downright fun to talk about. Eric’s observations come from more than 20 years of research, dozens of peer-reviewed papers, and he is the author of 5 books on political science. We specifically talked about how liberals and conservatives name their children, the rise of intuitionism, having dinner with a sports star rather than a rock star, and of course, he spoke in-depth about conspiracy theories. Most importantly, he walked us through some key aspects of how to have a conversation with someone who is on the opposite side of the conspiracy-theory belief system and, interestingly enough, it begins with empathy. Listen to the entire episode to hear all his insights and research anecdotes. They’ll put a smile on your face as well as fresh ideas into your brain! We have been fans of his work for some time and are grateful that Eric shared his insights with us. We think you’ll become a fan, too, if you’re not already one. © 2020 Behavioral Grooves   Links Eric Oliver, PhD: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/eric-oliver Jonathan Haidt, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt James Frazer, “The Golden Bough”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough Katherine Surma on Credulity: https://www.jericoliver.com/uploads/1/1/8/9/118973414/surmaoliver3.5.18-final.pdf Laurie Santos, PhD: The Joe Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimHHAID_P0 Steve Kerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick Charles Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson   Musical Links LCD Sound System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8 Kurt Weil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Phillip Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg Keith Richards and Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVLy-ltjHs

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This episode’s guest is a man we’ll call “Brandon” and he joins me to discuss his recent experience at the Maury County Republican Party’s (MCRP), annual “Ronald Reagan” dinner. From the lack of basic health protocols to the insane conspiracy theories being peddled by the keynote speaker and others, this one is a howler from … Continue reading S04E09: Credulity, Conspiracy, and Rabid Tribalism: Meet the Maury County Republican Party.

After sharing some recent headlines about Bigfoots (yes, it's plural) sighting in NC and the Loch Ness Monster mystery "solved" by scientists, this week's show also has us considering research about *why* people want to believe in the supernatural and what we take away from those studies. We also share some of our personal experiences with supposedly haunted places and explore the idea that absence of evidence is NOT actually evidence of absence. We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking. "Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone". Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

1. Selectivity -30---2. Credulity -31a---3. Christology--4. Deity--5. Vitality--6. Eternity

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From the 1830s to the Civil War, Americans could be found putting each other into trances for fun and profit in parlors, on stage, and in medical consulting rooms. They were performing mesmerism. Surprisingly central to literature and culture of the period, mesmerism embraced a variety of phenomena, including mind control, spirit travel, and clairvoyance. Although it had been debunked by Benjamin Franklin in late eighteenth-century France, the practice nonetheless enjoyed a decades-long resurgence in the United States. Emily Ogden here offers the first comprehensive account of those boom years.Credulity tells the fascinating story of mesmerism's spread from the plantations of the French Antilles to the textile factory cities of 1830s New England. As it proliferated along the Eastern seaboard, this occult movement attracted attention from Ralph Waldo Emerson's circle and ignited the nineteenth-century equivalent of flame wars in the major newspapers. But mesmerism was not simply the last gasp of magic in modern times. Far from being magicians themselves, mesmerists claimed to provide the first rational means of manipulating the credulous human tendencies that had underwritten past superstitions. Now, rather than propping up the powers of oracles and false gods, these tendencies served modern ends such as labor supervision, education, and mediated communication. Neither an atavistic throwback nor a radical alternative, mesmerism was part and parcel of the modern. Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism offers us a new way of understanding the place of enchantment in secularizing America.-Emily Ogden is the author of Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism. She has written for Critical Inquiry, The New York Times, American Literature, J19, Lapham's Quarterly Online, Early American Literature, and Public Books. Her columns at 3 Quarks Daily appear every eighth Monday. The Mellon Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and other granting organizations have supported her work. You can follow her on Twitter, @ENOgden.---Support for the Age of Jackson Podcast was provided by Isabelle Laskari, Jared Riddick, John Muller, Julianne Johnson, Laura Lochner, Mark Etherton, Marshall Steinbaum, Martha S. Jones, Michael Gorodiloff, Mitchell Oxford, Richard D. Brown, Rod, Rosa, Stephen Campbell, and Victoria Johnson, as well as Andrew Jackson's Hermitage​ in Nashville, TN.

Contact “Levels” of alien contact. Converting anal probes and sex bases to contact “levels.” First kind: visual contact Second kind: evidence of contact Third kind: in-person contact The Devil’s Tower How to pronounce butte. Convention vs personal preference. The awesome nature of structures like The Devil’s Tower, jutting up all inaccessible as they are. Translation errors for fun and profit. Thinking back to Schiaparelli’s canals. Geological origins: igneous intrusions and volcanic butte plugs. “Sunburn” Ultraviolet effects on body tissues. What is a sunburn? Arc welding and ultraviolet exposure: “arc eye.” Debunking things Shying away from debunking. Appreciating folks who cross boundaries and make deeply interesting informative generally-useful critical thinking-training material, like Captain Disillusion. Credulity and our personal predispositions. SETI Appreciating a scientific, rigorous approach to finding intelligent life in the cosmos. Communicating with aliens Randomness in space signals. Encoded information, decipherable to latitude and longitude. Past sightings of alien information encoding on Decipher SciFi: Arrival (part 1, part 2), Contact. Math! alien tonal communication. Music! The Tones! Music as math. Considering the tiny slice of reality in which we operate. Considering the universality in physics of the mathematical relationships between vibrations. Caelum Rale’s mathematical musical perspective. Making sense of the noise of the universe and demonstrating intelligence across vast distances. Captain Disillusion: YouTube Escherian Stairwell Deconstruction by Captain Disillusion: YouTube Support the show!

I got a call a few weeks ago from a friend informing me he’d just inadvertently attended a cult meeting. The Landmark Forum (formerly The Forum, and EST) is marketed as a collection of seminars about leadership, public speech, and relationship skills. Sounds pretty innocent, and even helpful… but according to records, Landmark seminars, which […]

Classic arcade gaming Memories of the arcade and the Sega Game Gear. Introduction of Larry the Rat in the Atari Lynx port. How to pick from current social fears for your lazy game plot. Zero-G research Genetics research in spaaaaaace. CRISPR. Bremen Drop Tower. Gorilla sign language Koko the gorilla. Gorilla sign language. Credulity and confirmation bias. Impressive gorilla lexicons. Adventures in signing portmanteus. Yogurt aka “milkfruitcandy food.” Animal fights Comparing the gorilla to the grizzly bear. Relative animal size. Grizzly bears as killing machine. Gorilla conflict-avoidance techniques. Scaling animals The square-cube law! Relative scaling and the race between volume and surface area (volume always wins!). The creation of a bio antenna. The relatively low energy of radio waves. Mutations, mutations, mutations Gorilla turns into giant gorilla. Lizard turns into mega lizard. Wolf, though, turns into a wolf… with patagia and throwable quills! Possibly resembling the urticating hairs of a tarantula. How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science by Kurtzgesagt: YouTube Zero-G Experiments on Earth: The Bremen Drop Tower by Tom Scott: YouTube Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday by The Onion: YouTube Support the show!

The guys open the show by calling each other at the same exact time, and after some podcast and productivity life hack talk, the conversation turns to recycled news, Betteridge headlines, and foodborne disease trends. Don then asks Ben for advice on talking to reporters about rodents in bottles. Listener feedback and followup covers raw pet food risk, flour heating validation, leftover storage and safety, water container hygiene, rotisserie chicken handling, tong and spatula reuse redux. The show ends with a rapid fire mention of many currently ongoing recall and outbreaks in this summer of food safety.

“Everyone’s a little bit racist” sing the puppets in the musical Avenue Q. Playwright Greg Kalleres takes that thought and runs with it in Honky, running now at Left Edge Theatre. It opens up with a commercial for Skymax 16’s, the latest craze in athletic footwear. It ends with the tag line “S’up now?” which we soon learn is the last thing said to a black teen before he’s killed for the shoes. Lights up on the office of Davis Tallison (Mike Pavone), the white president of a company that makes footwear “by black people for black people.” Thomas Hodge (Trey G. Riley) is there to unveil his latest design and is aghast to learn that sales of the 16’s have exploded in the white youth community since the shooting. Tallison announces the new 17’s will now be marketed to them. Hodge is furious that something he created for “his people” has become bastardized and seeks some sort of retribution on the creator of the commercial he thinks is responsible. Enter Peter Trammel (Mark Bradbury), whose issues about the commercial’s impact have led him to a therapist (Liz Rogers-Beckley) with her own issues. In a coincidence that only occurs to writers, she happens to be Hodge’s sister. Credulity is further strained when Hodge runs into Peter’s fiancé (Lydia Revelos) and sees a way for some payback, but credulity really shouldn’t be an issue in a play with a sublot involving a new pharmaceutical cure for racism whose side effects lead to visions of a lusty Abraham Lincoln (Nick Christenson) and a foul-mouthed Frederick Douglass (Julius Rea). Part absurdist farce and part blistering social commentary, Honky will make you laugh and uncomfortable. More about racial identity than racism, the feelings of being “too white” or “not black enough” are deftly combined with swipes at our consumerist society where discrimination is masked as “marketing” and stereotypes are just “demographics.” Director Argo Thompson has a terrific cast with California-newcomer Riley outstanding as the conflicted Hodge. The opening scene with veteran Pavone crackles and sets the tone for the duration. Excellent work is done by all with an extra shout out to Julius Rea and Jim Kaskey for their work as a variety of ‘urban’ youth the other characters encounter. Funny, infuriating, profane and profound, shows like Honky don’t play on wine country stages that often. Catch it while you can. ‘Honky’ runs through July 1 at Left Edge Theatre located in the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8pm. There’s a Sunday matinee at 2pm. For more information, go to leftedgetheatre.com

YouTube comments take a turn for the multiple personality disorder. J Rob 1 week ago So many questions have to be answered and answered soon. Elizondo, Delonge, and Semivan have to give us some real hardcore evidence, or else this looks like a lot more of the same old crap the government has been feeding us for years! UFO Buster 1 week ago I agree...the problem here is that these guys just made a few million dollars through the "investor" hook and there seems to be nothing on the horizon after they promised more videos. J Rob 1 week ago UFO Buster That's so true, their prior job in government was lying for a living. Now it's time for them to really cash in!!! J Rob 1 day ago Elizondo proved you wrong!! What a fake channel. You suck. Do some homework!! Credulity, you a Fucking fraud dude

YouTube comments take a turn for the multiple personality disorder. J Rob 1 week ago So many questions have to be answered and answered soon. Elizondo, Delonge, and Semivan have to give us some real hardcore evidence, or else this looks like a lot more of the same old crap the government has been feeding us for years! UFO Buster 1 week ago I agree...the problem here is that these guys just made a few million dollars through the "investor" hook and there seems to be nothing on the horizon after they promised more videos. J Rob 1 week ago UFO Buster That's so true, their prior job in government was lying for a living. Now it's time for them to really cash in!!! J Rob 1 day ago Elizondo proved you wrong!! What a fake channel. You suck. Do some homework!! Credulity, you a Fucking fraud dude

Happy Tuesday! I hope that today will be the launch day for the Falcon Heavy! Test flights are always tricky, so here's to a successful launch! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy- Jeff Foust, SpaceNews.com (http://spacenews.com/spacex-no-longer-planning-crewed-missions-on-falcon-heavy/) Elon Musk Instagram- "Starman" (https://www.instagram.com/p/BezcvpzAgYI/?hl=en) If you catch today's episode after the Falcon Heavy launch (if it launches on 2/6/18) you should be able to watch the replay here. SpaceX.com (http://www.spacex.com/) New York Times Editorial (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE7D7153EE433A25750C1A9679C946195D6CF&legacy=true)

Fairy Tales and Ancient Mythology British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 1 by Wirt Sikes A comprehensive exposition of ghosts, fairies, dragons, superstitions and supernatural folklore drawn from the Welsh traditions, 'British Goblins' is packed with information on fairy mythology. All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, will be found recorded in the show-notes below and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you. Running Order: Book 1: The Realm of Faerie 0:46 Section 1 1:24 Fairy Tales and the Ancient Mythology 1:46 The Compensations of Science 3:00 Section 2 3:58 Existing Belief in Fairies in Wales 4:02 The Faith of Culture 5:33 The Credulity of Ignorance 7:13 Section 3 8:48 The Old Time Welsh Fairyland 8:52 Section 4 11:26 The Fairy King 11:30 The Legend of St. Collen and Gwyn ap Nudd 12:32 Section 5 15:32 The Green Meadows of the Sea 15:35 Fairies at Market 17:34 The Land of Mystery 18:30   Fairies marketing at Laugharne Names Used in this Section Rev John Logan St. Collen Gwyn ap Nudd "foi scientifique" Archaeologia Cambrensis Mr. John Walter Lukis, President of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society Glamorganshire Merthyr Chaucer's Wyf of Bathes Tale:         In olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour, ...         Al was this lond fulfilled of fayrie; ...         I speke of many hundrid yer ago;         But now can no man see non elves mo. Dryden Gwerddonau Llion Gwydion Dyfed (Demetia) Mabinogion Lady Charlotte Guest Pembroke Carmarthen Cardigan Vale of Neath Craig y Ddinas Morgana Mor Gwyn Morgan king of Annwn Avalon of the Arthurian legends Parry's 'Welsh Melodies' British king Gavran Three Losses by Disappearance Merlin Madog Pembrokeshire Carmarthenshire Milford Haven Laugharne Flemings in 1113   British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts. You can find out more about Wirt Sikes on Wikipedia. Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or on Apple Podcasts. Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive.   Save Save Save Save Save

Overview of the upcoming Make Belief series, touching on topics such as love, the brain, diet, political leaders, religion, and critical thinking. Contributors in order of appearance: Mark Ledoux, Julia Galef, David Wolpe, Steven Novella, Michael Shermer, Andrew Newberg, James Giordano, Tom Asacker, Simone Wright, Kayt Sukel, James Fallon, Herbert Benson, Tori Christman, Scott Lilienfeld, Paul Offit, Michael Dedora, Billy Demoss, Jeffrey Anderson, Bridget Hedison.

Overview of the upcoming Make Belief series, touching on topics such as love, the brain, diet, political leaders, religion, and critical thinking. Contributors in order of appearance: Mark Ledoux, Julia Galef, David Wolpe, Steven Novella, Michael Shermer, Andrew Newberg, James Giordano, Tom Asacker, Simone Wright, Kayt Sukel, James Fallon, Herbert Benson, Tori Christman, Scott Lilienfeld, Paul Offit, Michael Dedora, Billy Demoss, Jeffrey Anderson, Bridget Hedison.

Continuing a study into the "mystery of godliness" from 1 Timothy 3:14-16: What does it mean to trust in the one who was "believed on the world?" What is faith? 1) Conviction -vs- Credulity; 2) What is True Faith? and 3) Where is it found?

This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Margaret H. Willison discuss the new Netflix superhero series Daredevil. Then they'll discuss credulity — specifically, how difficult it can be to enjoy a piece of pop culture when you know a lot about its subject. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week.

7 AM - Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reports on our terror raids in Somalia and Libya this weekend; Credulity in the news media; Jerry Brown signed a bill protecting illegals from "minor crime" cases; Fat letters being sent home from schools.

An experimental electronic plastic's liquid-metal interior keeps electrical connections intact even after the plastic stretches to more than four times normal size. Larry Greenemeier reports

Chair: Ian Baucom "Mutuality, Incommensurablity, and Credulity," Elizabeth Wilson, Emory "Science and the Lyric," Jonathan Culler, Cornell "Common Sense," Mark Hansen, Duke

--{ Man Will Be a Slave for a Roof, Ain't That the Sad Truth: "To Control a Whole World How Far will You Go? Well, All the Way to Make Your Will So, With Nature's Secret Dropped in Your Lap, You Re-Create Society, Because Man will Adapt, If "Experts" Persuade Him, No Plan is Fantastic, His Adaptation and Credulity are Truly Elastic, He was Forced Off Farm for an Industrial Age, Learned to Work 16 Hour Days at Minimum Wage, His Sons Fight Your Conquests, Tear Enemies Asunder, All for Ribbons and Medals, Leaving You to Plunder, At the End, Crash Banks into which He Saves, He'll say "Feed Us, Clothe Us, Make Us Your Slaves" " © Alan Watt }-- Higher Sciences and Knowledge kept by Elite in Archives - Findings of Reece Commission into Tax-Exempt Foundations - Public Kept in Perpetual War Scenario, Under Constant Surveillance - Scientific Dictatorship Birth to Grave - IBM, Road Tracking Grid and "Internet of Things" - National Vaccine Registry - Philanthropists Promoting Drastic Depopulation, One-Child Policy to "Save the Earth" - Eugenics under Different Names, Green Movement - China is Model State for World to Copy - Global Warming and Scary Scenarios to Terrify Public - Bare Minimum Healthcare - Cloned Meat Passed "Fit to Eat" - Herd Management. Stage Hypnotism, Politicians Coached on Body Language and Speaking. Cancun Climate Summit, Lying Scientists Living on Grants. Alvin Toffler, "The Third Wave" / Third Way, Dialectic, Blending of Two Systems for Scientifically-Run Society. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Dec. 6, 2010 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

--{ The I, Eye, Aye is Deceiving When You're Believing: "Public Relations Rules the Air Waves, Ensuring Pertinent Info is Kept From the Slaves Who Must be Kept Happy, Safe from Disruptment, With Never a Clue, What's Up with Guv'ment, Sheep in the Field Must Feel Contentment, Never Knowing their Lives are Shepherd's Investment, When Price of Mutton Drops through the Floor, Lots of Sheep won't be Fed Anymore, They Resist all Warning, Strains their Credulity, To Believe their Master Sees them as Utility, They'll Ba-a-a You with Names, Degrading, Sarcastic, For Saying the Shepherd is Cruelly Pragmatic, The Science is Perfect, World Run by Deception, Thanks to Think-Tanks of Experts who Manage Perception" © Alan Watt }-- Geopolitical Strategies and Pretexts for Invasions and Wars - Class Conformity, Topics at Cocktail Parties, Obedience to Group and Authority - Marketing and Advertising, Selling Happy Fantasy - Car Ads - Art of Perception Management - Events and Wars Planned Long in Advance - War in Bosnia (Followed Script of "Wag the Dog" movie). Marx's Congratulation to Lincoln, Centralization of Government - U.S. Executive Order for State-National "Partnership" and Integration of Military Activities for Future Trouble at Home. Lead-up to Iraq Invasion, Dutch Report finds No Legal Basis - United Nations cuts back on Investigating its own Fraud - UN Oil for Food Scandal. Serious Disabling Physical and Mental Health Side-Effects from Vaccination - Tainted Prisoners' Blood Scandal in Canada. Brain-Computer Interface, guise of "Helping Disabled" - Pentagon Research into "Silent Talk" on Battlefield, Brainwave Reception, Technology to "Make Enemy Obey Commands" - Media and Movies Prepare Public for Brain Chip. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Jan. 12, 2010 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

--{ Give Up Freedom for Security? -- Strains Credulity: "Faith, Hope and Charity for One Who Prays, While Nietzschean Rulers Use Men Like Bernays, Self-Directed Free-Will Could Bring Disaster, For Such a Public Would Bear No Master, They'd Know Cultural Value of Social Rules, Not Turn into Jelly, Nor Taken as Fools When Told to Give Up Freedom for Security, Knowing their Rights are the Only Surety Against the Clever Clique Whose Machinations By Way of Deceit, Bring Consternation, Fear and Destruction to All Free People, 'Fore Erecting their Symbol, the Eye-Topped Steeple" © Alan Watt }-- Facts Don't Matter when it comes to Agendas - Doctrine Taught in Schools, Generations Indoctrinated - Planned Society and Order (Loved by Control Freaks) - Permits to Travel. Strategy of Centralization - Long-Term Business Plans - Marx's Dedication to Darwin - Rigid Caste (Class) System of India and Britain - Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Changed to Windsor) Family - King George, Affected Speech Emulated. Media Middlemen Peddle Propaganda to Public - Knighted Media Magnates - Bernays and his Hatred of Easily-Manipulated Masses - Creation of Egosyntonic Youth Culture. Con-Man Al Gore's Lies, Fear-Mongering and Profits from "Green" Scams - Top Honors and Awards for Criminals - Nobel Prize - Peace (Absence of All Opposition). Police State set up Under Bush, Policy Continued by Obama - One-Party System - Project for New American Century, Planned Wars in Afghanistan-Iraq-Iran - Economic Warfare, Embargoes, Mass Starvation - Takedown of Iran - Demonization of the Enemy - Overthrow by "Soft Power". British Police State, Ticket Quotas, Fines, Paid Snitches - Firearms Restrictions, Right to be Lawfully Murdered - U.N. Only One Authorized to Use Force. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Dec. 16, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

Interview with Sharon BegleyNews Items: LHC Problems, Worthless Acupuncture Studies, Japan Space Elevator, Belief and CredulityYour Questions and E-mails: Real versus ScientificScience or Fiction

Interview with Sharon BegleyNews Items: LHC Problems, Worthless Acupuncture Studies, Japan Space Elevator, Belief and CredulityYour Questions and E-mails: Real versus ScientificScience or Fiction