Podcasts about definitions

Thomas is joined by Dr. Eric Jaffe, biologist, dinosaur enthusiast, and high school biology teacher, for a conversation that starts with a deceptively simple question: what are biological definitions actually doing? It turns out that biology is far more like history than math, and that difference has enormous consequences for anyone trying to weaponize phrases like "the biological definition of sex." Dr. Jaffe walks through why definitions in inductive sciences are descriptive, not prescriptive, and what that means for species, chromosomes, fungi, LeBron James, and trans people. "Exceptions aren't the exceptions in biology. They are built into what we call biological systems." Plus: Patreon Q&A questions on alien DNA, how new chromosomes evolve, the 97% chimp figure, CRISPR vs. what came before, and Trump's research budget cuts. Cells at Work (anime recommended by Dr. Jaffe) Project Hail Mary (film referenced) Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Please support the show on Patreon! You get ad-free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/seriouspod

Dana and Daniel built a viral comedy series out of their real polyamorous relationship — and the result is funnier, messier, and more honest than most people expect. On this episode, Natalie and Christopher sit down with the duo behind The Poly Couple to talk about what actually happens when you turn your love life into content: the boundaries that hold it together, the jealousy that has to be worked through (not avoided), and the friendship that makes the whole thing possible. This isn't a polyamory 101 lecture. It's a real conversation about communication under pressure, what ethical non-monogamy looks like day-to-day, and why authenticity — on camera and off — is the only thing that actually works. In this episode: The evolution of their web series inspired by true events and their journey into filmmaking What polyamory truly means: loving more than one person in diverse ways The importance of communication, trust, and boundaries in ethical non-monogamy How to introduce poly concepts to a partner and navigate difficult conversations The role of jealousy: a natural indicator of care and trust issues Personal boundaries, including scheduling and respectful communication The humorous side of poly life: clips from their series and real-life anecdotes The ongoing challenges and lessons learned in maintaining multiple relationships How their long-term friendship and collaboration strengthen their relationship storytelling The significance of authenticity and emotional truth in their content creation Timestamps:  00:00 - Welcome and episode overview: Exploring humor and honesty in polyamory 00:21 - Introducing Dana and Daniel, creators of a viral poly series 03:42 - What is polyamory? Definitions and misconceptions 05:15 - How they discovered polyamory and its inspiration from historical tour stories 07:24 - The realities and challenges of opening up a relationship 08:49 - The importance of trust and communication in navigating poly environments 11:17 - Differentiating between genuine polyamory and misused labels 13:08 - The cathartic process of writing and filming personal stories 15:40 - The emotionalDepth of the series and learning from mistakes 17:31 - Handling jealousy and red flags in relationships 20:24 - Managing insecurities and trust issues with partners 23:52 - Setting boundaries: transparency and respecting each other's space 28:22 - How they organize their busy schedules and maintain trust 31:31 - Life filming the series: balancing creativity with daily life 33:36 - How long they've been friends and collaborators 34:41 - Resources and social platforms where you can follow Dana, Daniel, and the  Series Resources & Links: Sponsors:  J4L  Web link: - https://trk.pdt.im/uK4nXo  J4L festival link: https://j4l.com/dating-festival Twitter: https://x.com/ComJ4love  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFig402uwrJuhz-Ub25I60g/videos  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j4l_com_/    Poly Couple Info:  [Dana and the Wolf - YouTube](https://youtube.com/channel/ DanaandtheWolf) Connect with Dana and Daniel: @danaandthewolf  (I THINK ALL OF THEIR HANDLES ARE DANA AND THE WOLF        ELECTRICNOW - TT - @electricnow / INSTA - @electricnowtv / TWITTER - @electricnowtv        ELECTRIC ENTERTAINMENT TT - @electricentertainment / INSTA - @electricentertainmentofficial  / TWITTER - @electricEnt1       DEAN DEVLIN - TT - @DDEVLINJR / INSTA - @officialdeandevlin/ TWITTER - @dean_devlin Air Date: The episode drops June 16th at 4am PST  Follow their series for more real, raw, and hilarious insights into polyamory Christopher Louis:  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/christopherlouisdate?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Web: https://dating-intelligence.com/ Men.tality: https://www.datingmentality.com/   Natalie Stavola:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliestavola?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D Web: https://www.nataliestavolacoach.com/  Special thanks to the hosts and their engaging questions. Stay connected, stay truthful, and keep exploring the complexities of modern love.   

Definitions from "Dictionary of Dogmatic Theology" (1951) by Pietro Parente, Antonio Piolanti & Salvatore Garofalo.For further study of supernatural adoption: Summa Theologiae, III Q.23 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please consider making a donation or purchasing my 200+ page “5 Minute Theology” Compilation. Go to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief and click on the "Shop” tab.Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Pastor Bill Scheer continues a powerful Sunday series at Guts Church by defining grace and explaining what it means to live in the dispensation of grace.In this message, Pastor Bill teaches that grace is not just forgiveness or a religious idea. Grace is God's power, supernatural ability, and favor operating in the life of the believer. Through scriptures like Hebrews 4:16, 2 Corinthians 12:7, Romans 5:2, and Ephesians 2:8, this message shows how God's grace helps us in storms, strengthens us in weakness, and empowers us to live free from bondage.Pastor Bill also reminds the church that the Holy Spirit lives in every believer, the local church is God's plan, and every Christian has a ministry assignment.

A thief and an investigator each try to convince the other to accept the truth about the unparalleled treasure that is the Flaming Jargonelle. Genre: Mythology   Excerpt:And the thief spoke. "Most of the stories say that when the Flaming Jargonelle is struck by any kind of light from brightest sun to dimmest candle, it appears as if it were made of fire. Sometimes a smoldering fire, sometimes a bright blaze. But I've had it in my possession for many days, and I've never seen it glow like this."   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time?Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Flaming Jargonelle This episode landed on DEFINITIONS. The story was inspired by the word "jargonelle," a type of pear. Find more stories and episodes inspired by creative prompts here: Year of Definitions.   MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork?Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITSStory: "The Flaming Jargonelle" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music:"In the shadows" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)"Under the mask" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)"Inspector""Mindhunter""Black light""In the shadows""As it happenned""Doubts""Creatures of the night""Under the mask""Wide place"   Music by LEE ROSEVERE"Waves of Sleep"   Tracks by Andrew Sitkov and Nicholas Jeudy are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Juedy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev MarketMusic by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org/music/lee-rosevere and leerosevere.bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description:Digital drawing. A young woman sits within a window frame whose sides and bottom are visible. She sits with her back to the right. Her left leg slightly bent, her left foot is pressed flush against the left frame. Her right leg is bent up, foot flush against the bottom pane. Her face, seen in three-quarters profile, is covered with a mask from nose to chin. Her eyes watch the viewer. She wears a hood over her head. Her left arm is bent against her leg and her hand is slightly curled around a glowing teardrop-shaped jewel, tilted slightly toward her. Sparks are visible on the jewel's surface. The glowing light radiates in a sunburst pattern. Behind the woman is a monochrome painting of a pear tree laden with fruit. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along window frame behind young woman's head.

Welcome to the “NASM CPT Podcast” with Rick Richey! In this value-packed episode, Rick breaks down the essential joint actions of the human body—a must-listen for anyone studying for the NASM Certified Personal Trainer exam, fitness professionals, or anyone eager to master functional anatomy and human movement science.

In questo episodio, vedremo come il gioco spontaneo e il malessere dei bambini e delle bambine sono correlati, evidenziando la crescente crisi della salute mentale infantile e il legame con la diminuzione del tempo dedicato al gioco libero.Analizzeremo ricerche e studi significativi, inclusi quelli di esperti come Peter Gray e Stuart Brown, per comprendere l'importanza del gioco nella crescita e nella salute mentale. Unisciti a noi per scoprire come il gioco libero possa fare la differenza nel benessere dei più piccoli.PER APPROFONDIRELa piramide dello sviluppo https://www.spreaker.com/episode/la-piramide-dell-apprendimento--60988043 Il gioco autodirettohttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gioco-e-protagonismo-dei-bambini--63435948Webinar gratuito con Peter Grayhttps://percorsiformativi06.it/prodotto/il-gioco-spontaneo-e-leducazione-auto-diretta-una-conversazione-con-peter-gray/http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Consequences_of_Play_Deprivationhttp://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Definitions_of_Play https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ985541.pdf https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(23)00111-7/abstracthttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/265196016_The_Special_Value_of_Children's_Age-Mixed_Play https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/1195/play-h-g-social-existence-ajp.pdfhttps://cms.learningthroughplay.com/media/esriqz2x/role-of-play-in-childrens-development-review_web.pdf https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2824286https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/06/06/youth-anxiety-and-depression-increasing-study-finds/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318922871_Correlates_of_children's_independent_outdoor_play_Crosssectional_analyses_from_the_Millennium_Cohort_Study#:~:text=Independent%20outdoor%20play%20was%20associated,Younger%20children%2C%20those%20from%20ahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885200621001411https://mylittlescholars.com.au/the-benefits-of-mixing-ages-together-in-early-learning/https://play.wales/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Play-deprivation-2024v2.pdf https://nifplay.org/ https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/3/e20182058/38649/The-Power-of-Play-A-Pediatric-Role-in-Enhancing?autologincheck=redirected PER CONTINUARE A SEGUIRE PF06SITO www.percorsiformativi06.itINSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/percorsiformativi06/YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/c/SilviaIaccarinoPercorsiformativi06/videosFB https://www.facebook.com/percorsiformativi06GRUPPO FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/177748889440303/TELEGRAM  https://t.me/percorsiformativi06NEWSLETTER https://percorsiformativi06.it/iscrizione-alla-newsletter/RIEPILOGO DEI NOSTRI CONTENUTI https://linktr.ee/pf06DISCLAIMER I contenuti dei podcast sono forniti a solo scopo educativo e informativo. Questi non intendono in alcun modo sostituire consulenze, diagnosi o trattamenti forniti da professionisti del settore medico, psicologico o di altre discipline specialistiche.I contenuti proposti non costituiscono consigli professionali personalizzati né possono essere considerati esaustivi o adattabili a specifiche esigenze individuali. Nulla di quanto offerto qui è inteso per essere utilizzato come strumento diagnostico o terapeutico.Percorsi Formativi 0-6 e i suoi formatori non si assumono alcuna responsabilità per l'uso improprio delle informazioni contenute in questo podcast. Ogni utente è invitato a rivolgersi a professionisti qualificati per consulenze mirate riguardanti la propria salute fisica o mentale. In caso di dubbi su eventuali diagnosi o trattamenti per problemi di salute, raccomandiamo di consultare sempre un medico, uno psicologo o altro operatore sanitario qualificato.

Today's conversation hits at the heart of what many lenders are feeling, but aren't saying out loud. The pressure on farmers right now is real and increasing, and it is showing up on lender balance sheets. The question is no longer if risk will surface, but when and how prepared are we to see it coming? Do you know how to lead through uncertainty without waiting for the warning signs to become problems? This episode of the Forward Thinking Podcast features FCCS SVP of Marketing and Communications Stephanie Barton and Cameron Burford, Managing Director of SaaS at Growers Edge. Their conversation focuses on the role that data, land intelligence, and proactive risk management can play in helping leaders move from reactive to resilient.    Episode Insights Include: Insights into the ag market The ag market is in a downturn nationwide. The farm credit commitment to support farmers in good times and bad holds true in today's cycle. Forecasts for 2026 are not promising. What, if anything, will get planted this year?   The lender risk of dropping farmland values The borrower's balance sheet is the farmland collateral coverage. Deteriorating land values decrease favorable ratios significantly. Factors that contribute to risk before stress is visible. Missing payments is not the first sign of risk. Catching early indicators gives lenders time to do something about it.   Understanding adverse assets  Definitions for key adverse asset terms. Recognizing the early indicators of a higher risk profile can position lenders to effectively partner with farmers. Workouts and adverse assets have a negative relationship with borrowers.   Lessons for Midwest lenders  High-profile bankruptcies in California can provide lessons for Midwest lenders. Input and commodity pricing, as well as geopolitical risks, are affecting balance sheets and land value. Leading lenders are watching land values and other leading indicators.   The cost of reactive mode Direct costs will show up on spreadsheets. By being proactive, high costs can be avoided. Subsequent time can be spent helping farmers grow their operations. Every dollar tied into cleanup is an hour spent not serving the farmer.   The role of land intelligence and collateral data in a portfolio's health Data can paint a living picture of a borrower's portfolio. Insights available today are vastly different from those of the past. Risk profiles are more robust today because of better data. Lenders need to focus on "seeing, saying, and serving" their borrowers.   Proactive risk management culture A proactive risk management culture can be a company's greatest growth engine. A team that is all growing in the same direction should be the goal. Winning looks like acknowledging that you can position yourself for success now.   This podcast is powered by FCCS.   Resources   Connect with Cameron Burford – Cameron Burford   Get in touch – info@fccsconsulting.com   "These factors can contribute to risk before stress is even visible." — Cameron Burford   "If you can catch these early indicators, you can do something about it." — Cameron Burford   "Every dollar tied into cleanup is an hour spent not serving the farmer." — Cameron Burford   "Lenders need to focus on 'seeing, saying, and serving' their borrowers." — Cameron Burford

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In this message from Pastor Bill, we continue our Definitions series by unpacking what biblical faith really is.Faith is more than positive thinking. Faith is more than belief. Faith is confidence in God's promises that produces action, obedience, and expectation.Using examples from Scripture like the woman with the issue of blood, Blind Bartimaeus, Peter walking on water, and the friends of the paralytic, Pastor Bill shows how miracles happen when faith becomes active.If you're facing a storm, waiting on a promise, or believing God for breakthrough, this message will help strengthen your faith and encourage you to trust God's Word above your circumstances.GUTS CHURCH

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Age bias affects people across the entire career span. For women, this bias is compounded by gender, creating what researchers call “gendered ageism,” a double bind where there is effectively no “right” age to be a professional woman. Drawing on survey data from 913 women leaders across industries including law, healthcare, higher education, and nonprofits, Harvard Business Review research reveals a consistent pattern: women face age-based bias at every stage of their careers. Definitions of “young,” “middle-aged,” and “older” vary by context, but the experiences of discrimination are strikingly similar. Older women often encounter “oldism,” where they are viewed as less relevant or valuable, in contrast to men who are seen as gaining wisdom with age. Participants reported being overlooked for advancement and having their voices dismissed. Younger women face “youngism,” including being patronized, mistaken for junior staff, or not taken seriously in leadership roles. Many experience “credibility deficits,” where their expertise is questioned, forcing them to continually prove themselves. Appearance-based scrutiny is also common, with professional accomplishments overshadowed by comments on looks. Women in midlife—traditionally thought to be in a career “sweet spot”—fare no better. They are often judged based on assumptions about family responsibilities, menopause, or perceived lack of vitality. Hiring and promotion decisions frequently favor similarly aged men, reinforcing the idea that women are either “too young” or “too old,” but rarely seen as just right. Despite these challenges, research shows that age and gender diversity benefit organizations. Diverse teams perform better, especially in complex or crisis situations, while age discrimination reduces job satisfaction and engagement. The path forward does not rely solely on institutional change but also on individual action. Key strategies include examining personal assumptions about age, building intentional intergenerational relationships, advocating for age inclusion in diversity frameworks and actively supporting other women through mentorship, sponsorship, and amplification. Ultimately, the research highlights a systemic issue: age is often used as a convenient justification to undervalue women at any stage. Recognizing and challenging these patterns is essential to creating workplaces where women are seen as credible, capable, and worthy—at every age. Good Reads: Older women ‘disappear' from BBC presenting roles, review finds | BBC | The Guardian Age, Women, and Hiring: An Experimental Study | Gender Action Portal Women in Leadership Face Ageism at Every Age The Trap Working Women Can't Escape, No Matter Their Age

A man opens his new briefcase and discovers that something else lies beside his files, something…vast. Genre: Mystery, Mythology   Excerpt:"Once," she started, "the world was filled with different beings than the ones that now fill the world." They were just as wondrous. And just as terrible. But in different ways. For ways changed with time. As it would come be, it was so in those days as well, that some of these beings were short-lived but numerous, and some were long-lived but few. The longest lived of all were the firstborn. They were born when the world was born. And they would end when the world would end.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time?Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: A Brief Case of Dread This episode landed on DEFINITIONS. The story was inspired by the definition of the word "anthropopathy." It's when human emotion is ascribed to an inanimate object. Find more stories and episodes about powerful objects here: Year of Definitions.   MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork?Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERSThe Store page also has sign-up forms for my two email newsletters: Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITSStory: "A Brief Case of Dread" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music:"Negociation" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)"Infinite Land" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)"The deal""Trojan horse""Men in black""Under the mask""In the shadows""Call of the wild""Seasons""Ancien stones (seamless)""Winter guild""Runes""On the way""The last stand""Infinite land""Negociation" All tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev MarketSound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg)Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.  Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description:Digital drawing. A briefcase opening to the left, seen from an angle and tilted up. A tiny toy shaped like a green alien lies inside. The pocket on the inside of the top is decorated with symbols of a sun at center, and at top left and bottom corners, a five-pointed star within the curve of a crescent moon. The case floats in outer space. Nebulous clouds are visible at the corners, and distant clusters of stars. A hazy glowing light emanates from the briefcase and shifts color as it extends out of frame. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along bottom side of briefcase.

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We sit down with James Ellias of Inductica to ask whether physics can ever truly prove anything. James pulls the inductive method out of the margins and holds it up against a century of guess-and-check, and together we trace the line from Newton's bucket to the cosmic microwave background so that we can ask where confidence becomes dogma and where models start passing for truth. Bodies, waves, ether, entities, the categories blur the moment you press hard enough, and the foundations of physics start to feel less like bedrock and more like habit. This is a conversation about what it means to be certain, and wether or not physics can ever claim such conviction for itself.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! 00:05:11 Can Physics Actually Prove Anything?00:10:30 The Ninja Problem in Scientific Reasoning00:15:10 Cosmic Microwave Background and Misplaced Certainty00:36:31 Paradigm Shifts and the Limits of Prediction00:50:46 Descriptions Aren't Mechanisms01:00:01 What Counts as a Physical Entity?01:17:37 Bodies, Waves, and the Trouble with Categories01:32:21 Can Physics Work Without Bodies?01:52:28 Definitions, Language, and Conceptual Rigor02:09:02 Beyond Guess-and-Check: Structured Inference02:23:17 Belief and the Illusion of Certainty #Physics #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast, #epistemology #proof #cosmology #naturalphilosophy #ether #standardmodel #philosophyofscience#quantum , #quantumphysics, #quantummechanics, #generalrelativity #gravity #cosmology #naturalphilosophyMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Small businesses need to know exactly what each specific product costs to make. Not just the factory floor expenses. Everything. Production costs and manufacturing costs aren't the same thing, even though people mix them up constantly. Get this wrong, and your pricing suffers, along with cost control. Your financial statements won't tell you what's really happening. You can learn more in this episode or read about it on our blog For more information about the MRPeasy software, visit our website: mrpeasy.com

This lecture was delivered on May 18th 2026by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie at Jamaica Theological Seminary to students in the Caribbean Thought course. Today we explored the concept of Afrocentricity and developing an Afrocentric Paradigm to the study of the Caribbean or o Caribbean Thought. Towards the end we reviewed the Course Outline.Notes:_________________I. Why This Inquiry MattersBefore we define these concepts, we must recognize one important point:Perspective shapes thought.The way we are taught to see the world determines how we understand history, religion, race, culture, and even ourselves. Caribbean societies emerged out of colonization, slavery, displacement, and resistance. Therefore, many of the ideas we inherit about civilization, morality, religion, and identity are rooted within colonial structures.The Caribbean person often lives within competing worlds:• African heritage, • European institutions, • Christian theology, • colonial education, • and postcolonial realities. Thus, Caribbean Thought requires critical examination of the foundations of knowledge itself.________________II. Defining Key Terms1. AfrocentricityAccording to Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama, Afrocentricity is a way of seeing and interpreting the world from the perspective of African people as subjects rather than objects of history.Afrocentricity seeks to:• center African agency, • restore African humanity, • reclaim African history, • and cultivate what Dr. Mazama calls a “consciousness of victory” rather than perpetual oppression. Afrocentricity does not necessarily reject other cultures. Rather, it insists that African people have the right to define themselves and interpret reality from their own historical and cultural experiences.In simple terms:Afrocentricity asks: What happens when African people become the center of their own narratives instead of existing only through European interpretations?ConclusionToday's lecture introduced the conceptual foundations for our study of Caribbean Thought.We examined:• Afrocentricity, • Afrocentrism, • Eurocentrism, • ethnocentrism, • colonialism, • and the Afrocentric Paradigm. We also explored how colonial consciousness continues to shape Caribbean identity, religion, culture, and historical understanding.Next week, we will move into African civilizations and early African contributions to world history as we continue developing an African-centered understanding of Caribbean identity and consciousness.Bibliography / Source ListMolefi Kete Asante. Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1988.Ama Mazama. “The Afrocentric Paradigm: Contours and Definitions.” Journal of Black Studies 31, no. 4 (2001): 387–405.Frantz Fanon. The Wretched of the Earth. Translated by Richard Philcox. New York: Grove Press, 2004.Edward Said. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books, 1978.W. E. B. Du Bois. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903.Marcus Garvey. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey. Edited by Amy Jacques Garvey. Dover Publications, 1986.Bob Marley. Selected interviews, speeches, and lyrics on African consciousness and Rastafari.Homi K. Bhabha. The Location of Culture. London: Routledge, 1994.Course Papers and Lecture MaterialsRenaldo McKenzie. “Presentation on Afrocentrism and Afrocentricity: How Does Sarah Balakrishnan Approach Afrocentrism and Afrocentricity?” Class Paper, Temple University, October 31, 2024.Renaldo McKenzie. “Reflection Paper: The Afrocentric Paradigm.” Temple University, September 10, 2024.Sarah Balakrishnan. “Afrocentrism Revisited: Africa in the Philosophy of Black Nationalism.” Souls 22, no. 1 (2020): 71–88.___________Renaldo is President of The Neoliberal Corporation, Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance, and Lecturer at Jamaica Theological Seminary.JTS: https://jts.edu.jmThe Neoliberal Corporation: https://theneoliberal.com

In this episode, Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank and Katja Bartsch take a deep dive into the latest stretching research and what it means for yoga teachers, athletes, and movement professionals. Together, they unpack the latest recommendations around stretching for flexibility, stiffness, strength, hypertrophy, vascular health, recovery, and injury prevention while exploring the limitations of stretching as a standalone tool. Tiffany and Katja discuss why prolonged static stretching before explosive activity may impair athletic performance, how longer-held yin-style stretches may influence tissue stiffness, and why emerging vascular research around stretching is generating so much interest. They also explore why yoga recovery likely involves far more than just stretching mechanics, including nervous system regulation, breathwork, and relaxation. "We do not overestimate or underestimate what stretching can do." — Katja Bartsch. — What You'll Learn: What the new 2025 stretching consensus paper reveals about flexibility research [02:57] • Definitions of static, dynamic, and PNF stretching in both research and yoga practice [06:00] • Acute vs. chronic stretching effects on range of motion and mobility [13:54] • Recommendations for improving long-term flexibility and maintaining mobility with age [20:09] • The "Goldilocks" principle of tissue stiffness and athletic performance [27:24] • Why longer yin-style holds may influence connective tissue adaptation [32:12] • How stretching impacts strength, explosive performance, and warm-ups [34:32] • Research on stretching for strength gains and muscle hypertrophy [37:36] • Emerging evidence around stretching and vascular health [42:01] • Breathwork, nervous system regulation, and yoga's broader therapeutic effects [51:24] • Why stretching alone may not improve recovery or prevent soreness [54:07] • The limitations of flexibility-only approaches for injury prevention [1:00:13] • Why individualized mobility, stability, and strength work matter in yoga practice [1:01:40] • Final takeaways on stretching frequency, recovery, and long-term mobility [1:04:32] — Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Warneke K, Thomas E, Blazevich AJ, Afonso J, Behm DG, Marchetti PH, Trajano GS, Nakamura M, Ayala F, Longo S, Babault N, Freitas SR, Costa PB, Konrad A, Nordez A, Nelson A, Zech A, Kay AD, Donti O, Wilke J. Practical recommendations on stretching exercise: A Delphi consensus statement of international research experts. J Sport Health Sci. 2025 Dec;14:101067. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101067. Epub 2025 Jun 11. PMID: 40513717; PMCID: PMC12305623. — Learn More: Find the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-167. Learn more about insider tips, online classes or information on our teacher trainings at YogaMedicine.com. To support our work, please leave us a 5 star review with your feedback on iTunes/Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

In this episode, Ayesha and Andrew discuss the May 20, 2026 issue of JBJS, along with an added dose of entertainment and pop culture. Listen at the gym, on your commute, or whenever your case is on hold! Link: JBJS website: https://jbjs.org/issue.php Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by JBJS Clinical Classroom. Subspecialties: Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Basic Science, Foot & Ankle, Orthopaedic Essentials, Education & Training Chapters (00:00:02) - Case Is On Hold(00:01:48) - Clopidogrel Thromboprophylaxis in(00:11:33) - Clopidogrel vs Aspirin post-operative bleeding(00:15:26) - Custom 3-D acetabular implants for complex revision total lip(00:22:29) - Custom Implants(00:25:12) - Satisfied but Failed: Total Knee Arthroplasty(00:37:15) - CMS' new criteria for knee replacements(00:41:00) - medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, adverse outcomes(00:43:12) - medial unit compartmental knee arthroplasty

Max Lyons joins us to discuss his book, The Student Worldview Dictionary, a project inspired by Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary and designed to help children understand the original and biblical roots of words. In this episode, we discuss why definitions matter, how language shapes worldview, and why parents and educators must think carefully about the ideas children absorb every day.

In this powerful Guts Church message, Pastor Bill breaks down biblical leadership, stewardship, serving, commitment, and what it truly means to help people win.Church was never meant to be watched from the sidelines. You were created with purpose, gifted by God, and called to make an eternal impact. This message challenges believers to stop living passively, define winning biblically, and take responsibility for the life God has entrusted to them.Through practical leadership principles and biblical teaching, this message will help you grow in:stewardshipleadershipcommitmentservingaccountabilityfaithfulnesskingdom thinkingGUTS CHURCH

In this episode of The Ross Simmonds Show, Ross breaks down findings from the B2B Backlink Intelligence Report, an analysis of 12,154 pages across 24 B2B brands and 11 verticals, to reveal why 44.8 percent of thought leadership content fails to earn meaningful backlinks. He exposes the 9.5-point performance gap hiding inside most B2B content strategies and shares the three underutilized formats that consistently generate authority, links, and compounding growth. Key Takeaways and Insights: 1. The 44.8% Failure Rate of Thought Leadership - Thought leadership accounts for 37 percent of B2B content but earns only 27 percent of backlinks. A 9.5-point performance gap signals massive resource misallocation across the industry. - Most teams never audit whether their executive POV content actually earns links. The data exposes a problem most marketing leaders are actively ignoring. 2. Inside the B2B Backlink Intelligence Report - The study analyzed 12,154 pages across 24 B2B brands and 11 verticals using two core questions: what format is it and how many referring domains does it earn? - The most published format turned out to be the worst performer on a per-page basis. Data replaces opinion. The receipts are in. 3. Why Thought Leadership Underperforms - Thought leadership sounds strategic but internal applause, Slack praise, and LinkedIn likes create a false sense of traction. Teams rarely check backlinks, citations, or amplification metrics. - Most brands overestimate how much the market cares about executive opinions. Journalists and analysts want citable data, clear definitions, and practical insights. Not hot takes. 4. When Thought Leadership Actually Works - It performs best when the brand is already famous. Authority compounds authority and mid-market brands rarely break through on opinion alone. - Unique data paired with a strong perspective outperforms pure POV every time. The question is not whether thought leadership works. It is whether it will work for you. 5. The Link Magnet Trifecta - Three formats consistently outperform thought leadership with higher efficiency rates, lower fail rates, and compounding backlink growth over time. - Most B2B teams are dramatically under-allocating to these formats while continuing to invest in the one with the worst returns. 6. Stats and Data Roundups: 4.25x Efficiency - Stats pages carry a fail rate of just 5.3 percent and a breakout rate of 42 percent to 1,000-plus referring domains. Journalists constantly search for consolidated, up-to-date statistics. - One well-maintained stats page can outperform a year of blog posts. Keep it fresh. Rankings and relevance drive long-term link velocity. 7. Glossary and Definition Pages - Writers link to the clearest definition available. Definitions age better than predictions or trend pieces, making these pages durable link assets. - Own the terminology in your category and you own the citations. This format remains powerful for links even as organic traffic patterns shift. 8. How-To Content Independent of Your Product - The highest-performing how-to content solves tasks even if your product did not exist. Avoid product documentation disguised as SEO content. - Utility-driven tutorials earn links because they help the broader ecosystem. Top performers covered tools and topics like Google Drive, HTML, Fiverr, and Alibaba. 9. Backlinks Still Matter in the AI Era - Google still runs on links even in AI mode. Authority signals matter more now, not less. Backlinks are infrastructure for search visibility across both traditional and generative engines. - The compounding effect rewards long-term operators. Every link earned today is a signal that shapes AI visibility tomorrow. 10. Think Like an Investor, Not an Artist - Backlinks compound after publication. Audit your content strategy before publishing another thought leadership piece and reallocate toward formats with asymmetric upside. - Invest more. Guess less. The brands that treat content like a portfolio will outperform the ones treating it like a creative outlet. Resources & Tools:

Today's guest is someone pretty special to Emily Tisch Sussman—it's her mom, Laurie Tisch. Laurie grew up as the only girl in a big, loud family full of brothers and cousins, navigating public scrutiny while quietly figuring out who she really was. She navigated the complexities to become a woman carved out an identity that was entirely, unmistakably her own. On this special Mother's Day episode, Laurie sits down with Emily to talk about founding her own philanthropic foundation, becoming a force in New York's arts and education world, and ownership of the New York Giants. Chapters: 00:00.160 Welcome to She Pivots 00:30.560 Laurie Tisch Guest Introduction 01:46.573 Childhood and Early Life 05:14.523 Finding Her Own Path 09:20.254 Laurie Returns to New York City 13:18.880 Laurie's Entrance to Philanthropy and Culture 17:02.562 The Impact of The Children's Museum 22:17.107 Definitions of Success 24:32.977 The Illumination Fund: A New Chapter 28:54.791 Sports and Family Legacy 34:44.022 Low Point to Launch Point 35:27.726 My Mom's Favorite She Pivots Episodes! 37:00.210 Closing Thoughts and Happy Mother's Day! 37:26.519 Podcast Credits Check out the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund at thelmtif.org Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a pivot story, leave us a rating (it really helps!), and share this episode with a woman in your life who you think needs a little inspiration. She Pivots is a podcast created by host Emily Tisch Sussman to highlight influential women voices, share stories of bold career moves, and inspire women with interviews about career reinvention and how personal pivots can redefine professional success. Join our Substack community! Subscribe here for exclusive content and to connect with other pivoters: shepivots.substack.comSupport the show: https://www.shepivotsthepodcast.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hebrews 11:1–7I. Definitions of Enduring FaithII. Demonstrations of Enduring FaithIII. Distillations of Enduring Faith

Preorder McCune's Systematic Theology of Biblical Christianity here. What's the difference between justification and sanctification — and why does it matter? In this episode of Theologically Driven, host Phil Cecil sits down with Dr. Mark Snoeberger of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary to unpack two of the most important doctrines in Christian theology and explore how different traditions relate them to one another.Dr. Snoeberger begins by carefully defining each term. Justification is the one-time, legal declaration that a sinner is righteous before God, grounded in the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ and received by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Sanctification, by contrast, is the experiential process of being made holy — typically described in three phases: definitive (or initial) sanctification at conversion, progressive sanctification throughout the Christian life, and final sanctification or glorification.From there, the conversation turns to the central question: how are justification and sanctification related? Dr. Snoeberger lays out three major positions:The Roman Catholic view, which absorbs sanctification into justification through an ongoing process of infused grace, sacraments, merit, and a final justification at the end of life.The Holiness/Keswick view, which divorces the two by inserting a "second work of grace."The Reformation view, which treats them as parallel, simultaneous benefits flowing from the believer's union with Christ.This episode focuses on a thorough examination of the Roman Catholic position — including baptismal regeneration, the role of the sacraments, venial and mortal sins, purgatory, and why the Reformers' insistence on sola fide (faith alone) was such a watershed moment. Dr. Snoeberger also explains the "hopeful and causal relationship" Catholic theology draws between sanctification and final justification, and why this framework leaves believers without assurance.Whether you're a pastor, student, or curious listener, this episode offers a clear, accessible introduction to a doctrine at the heart of the gospel and the Protestant Reformation.Topics covered:Definitions of justification and sanctificationImputed vs. infused righteousnessDefinitive, progressive, and final sanctificationUnion with Christ and the duplex beneficiumRoman Catholic soteriology, sacraments, and purgatoryVenial and mortal sinsWhy Luther opposed the sale of indulgencesTheologically Driven is a podcast of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. Learn more at dbts.edu.

Twelve official definitions for R&D. Zero agreement. The US government publishes at least a dozen distinct official definitions across agencies, accounting standards, tax authorities, and international bodies. Not one agrees with the others on where research ends and development begins. Trillions of dollars flow through R&D budgets every year. Boards approve them. Investors evaluate them. Governments subsidize them. Analysts benchmark them. And the term at the center of all of it has no settled definition. A company can gut its research investment without triggering a single alarm on its income statement. Researchers who gained rare access to confidential federal R&D data found exactly this: when companies face financial pressure, they cut research while leaving development essentially untouched, and the combined number barely moves. Every benchmark, every board conversation, every investment thesis built around the R&D line may be built on sand. Innovation, ideas made real, requires both. Research is how you find the idea. Development is how you make it real. Strip out the research and you're not innovating, you're iterating on what already exists. Strip out the development and you're just experimenting. The problem is that nobody in the room knows which one they're actually funding, because the definition that would tell them doesn't exist. Someone needs to draw the line. This episode is about why nobody has, and the definition I think should replace the chaos. By the end, I'm going to put that definition in front of you and ask you to push back on it. Not to agree. To tell me where it breaks. How We Got Here Four institutions took a run at defining R&D. Each one got it right for their own purposes. None of them got it right for yours. Frascati: Built for Governments In June 1963, OECD economists met at a villa in Frascati, Italy, south of Rome, and produced what became the international standard for measuring R&D across nations. Now in its seventh edition. The Frascati Manual divides R&D into three tiers: basic research (theoretical work with no application in view), applied research (original investigation toward a specific practical objective), and experimental development (using existing knowledge to produce new products or processes). To qualify, an activity must be novel, creative, uncertain in outcome, systematic, and transferable. Used by governments across roughly 75 countries. Solid for what it was designed to do: let nations compare R&D investment on consistent terms. What Frascati cannot tell you: whether a specific company's spending is creating competitive advantage. It counts the type of activity. It doesn't assess what the activity produces for the organization doing the spending. A company can satisfy every Frascati criterion investigating something every competitor already knows. The knowledge is new to them. That is enough. The accountants drew a different line, for a different reason, with a different consequence. FASB: Built for Accountants In October 1974, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 2, Accounting for Research and Development Costs, now codified as Topic 730. Every public company filing under US GAAP operates under it. The rule: all R&D costs expensed as incurred. Research, development, basic, applied: one line on the income statement. Their definition: research is a planned search aimed at discovery of new knowledge. Development is the translation of research findings into a plan or design for a new product. The rationale is explicit in the original standard. Future benefits from R&D are, in FASB's language, "at best uncertain." Expense everything immediately. The standard solved the problem it was asked to solve, which was accounting treatment: when to recognize the cost, not whether the cost was strategically sound. The consequence: sustaining engineering, feature maintenance, and incremental product updates all land on the same line as genuine exploratory research. Nobody looking at the income statement from outside can see the difference. The number is technically accurate and analytically opaque. Abraham Briloff, the late accounting professor at Baruch College, put it plainly: "Accounting statements are like bikinis. What they show is interesting, but what they conceal is significant." He was talking about financial reporting broadly. He could have been writing specifically about the R&D line. Researchers at Duke and London Business School spent years tracking corporate scientific output and found that it declined steadily across industries even as headline R&D spending kept rising. The combined number was hiding a substitution. Nobody on the outside could see it. Outside the United States, a different standard governs, and it creates a comparison problem most analysts never account for. IFRS: Built for International Investors IAS 38 governs R&D under IFRS, and its treatment differs from FASB in one significant way. Research costs are always expensed, same as FASB. But development costs can be capitalized as an asset on the balance sheet once a company can demonstrate technical feasibility, intent to complete, ability to use or sell the result, likely future economic benefit, adequate resources, and reliable cost measurement. A European company that capitalizes its development phase carries those costs as an asset: lower expenses in the period, higher total assets. An identical US company expensing everything under FASB takes the full hit immediately: higher expenses, lower assets. Same underlying investment. Incomparable financial pictures. Run the standard industry benchmark, R&D as a percentage of revenue, and you may conclude the US company is investing more aggressively. You may be comparing the same dollar invested under two different accounting regimes. Roughly 169 jurisdictions use IFRS. The United States does not. India uses an adapted version. Japan maintains its own standards board. The benchmark the industry trusts most is meaningless for cross-border comparison, and almost nobody says so. Section 174: Built for Tax Authorities The Internal Revenue Code adds another layer. Section 174 governs the deductibility of what the US tax authority calls "research or experimental expenditures," and the definition is not the same as FASB Topic 730. A company's R&D for tax purposes and its R&D for financial reporting can cover different activities and produce different numbers. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 tightened this further: domestic R&D expenses that were previously deductible immediately now must be amortized over five years, international over fifteen. The definition of what qualifies shifted when the timing rules changed. Within one country, one company, three definitional regimes apply simultaneously: Frascati for any government reporting, FASB for the income statement, and Section 174 for taxes. A single dollar of R&D spending can be classified three different ways depending on who's asking. The Gap None of Them Fill Four frameworks, built by four institutions, for four different purposes. Not one was built for the question that actually matters. Is this investment creating new knowledge that gives us a capability nobody else can easily replicate? The gap between them is where innovation decisions actually live. The National Science Foundation recognized the problem clearly enough that it publishes a separate annotated document just to catalog the competing definitions, because they're too inconsistent to assume any two readers are using the same one. That gap isn't an oversight. It's a structural consequence of four institutions doing their own jobs well. The question practitioners need answered was nobody's institutional job. You've been in the room. The R&D number is on the slide. Nobody asks what's inside it, because the accounting standard doesn't require an answer, and the room has learned not to expect one. So it went unanswered. Until now. A Better Definition for R&D Research is work directed at creating new knowledge where the outcome is genuinely uncertain and the knowledge cannot be readily obtained from existing sources. Development is the translation of that knowledge into products, services, or processes that meaningfully advance an organization's capability in ways competitors cannot easily replicate. Four elements define it: Genuinely uncertain outcome. If you know what you're going to get before the work starts, it's engineering execution, not research. The uncertainty doesn't have to be total. Most applied research has a likely direction. But there has to be real doubt about whether the approach works, whether the knowledge emerges. Cannot be obtained from existing sources. This is the one nobody puts in writing. If the knowledge is already in the literature, available from a consulting engagement, or present in a competitor's published work, finding it again isn't research. Generating new knowledge and capturing existing knowledge are different activities. Only one belongs here. This criterion alone would reclassify a significant portion of what companies currently call R&D. Advances capability competitors cannot easily replicate. Development only qualifies when it translates research into something that genuinely moves the organization forward competitively. Sustaining engineering doesn't pass it. Feature parity doesn't. Competitive catch-up doesn't. All real work, none of it development under this definition. Agnostic to accounting jurisdiction. This definition doesn't tell you how to expense or capitalize anything. That's already governed by whichever standard applies. What it does is establish what genuinely belongs in each category, regardless of where the company files. That makes it usable across FASB and IFRS companies without translation. There is a simpler way to put it. For any project in your R&D budget, ask two questions. First: are we creating new knowledge, or executing against something we already know? If you're executing, it's not research. Second: does this translate into a capability competitors cannot easily replicate? If not, it's not development either. It's product engineering, valuable and necessary, but a different budget category entirely. Three buckets: Research, Development, and Product Engineering. That taxonomy, applied honestly across a typical portfolio, would reclassify a significant share of what most companies are currently reporting as R&D. The Call I'm not asking FASB to rewrite Topic 730. What I am asking: that the people who actually make innovation decisions start applying a definition built for the question they're trying to answer. If you run an R&D function: apply this definition to your current portfolio. Not to change the accounting. To see what's actually in the category and what isn't. The gap between what your budget calls R&D and what this definition calls R&D will tell you something worth knowing. If you sit on a board: ask what portion of the R&D line is directed at new knowledge creation versus sustaining existing products. If no one in the room can answer, you're governing a number you don't understand. And if you think the definition is wrong, tell me. Where should the line be drawn differently? What element doesn't hold? What did I miss? That's not a polite invitation. That's the actual point of this episode. Definitions become standards when enough serious people apply them consistently and make the case until the institutions catch up. The four frameworks we inherited were each built by an institution serving its own purpose. This one is built for the people making the decisions. The most consequential line in any company's budget is the one separating what builds the future from what protects the present. Nobody drew it clearly. It's past time someone did. The idea was never the hard part. It never is. The call is. If this episode shifted something for you, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. On YouTube, hit subscribe and the bell so you don't miss the next one. 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For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we talk about brainstorming with definitions. Brainstorming is very difficult and a crucial skill to have when solving cases, especially with McKinsey where the interviewer will constantly ask you to probe and brainstorm different areas of the case. This podcast examines the initial parts of the brainstorming structure. Since brainstorming happens in such a rapid-fire format and appears unstructured, the speed at which it is done creates the illusion it lacks structures. Yet, it does have structure, but is merely done very quickly in the candidate's mind. This podcast will teach candidates how to generate a structure/definition that can be used to guide the development of options or paths in the brainstorm. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

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Join the show with a TEXT here!Last time on Bloom, we dug into the difference between arguments and assertions, and why being able to tell them apart is essential when responding to objections to God's Word and the Truth as a whole.In this episode, we go a layer deeper. We're talking about how to stay grounded when conversations start slipping into definition‑changing, goal‑post‑moving, and quiet redefinitions of key terms. These subtle shifts can derail us quickly. We often lose our footing when we agree to claims we haven't fully considered or when we don't notice that the discussion has drifted into territory we don't actually believe.Learning to catch these moves—and staying rooted in clear, categorical, systematic Truth—is crucial for standing firm in any theological conversation. Let's dive in

Why does homework and school in general turn into a battle in so many homes?In this insightful conversation, Dr. Matthew Housson breaks down what's really going on when kids struggle with homework—and why it's often not a discipline issue at all. Instead, many challenges come down to executive function skills—things like planning, focus, emotional regulation, and the ability to start and finish tasks.We talk about how brain development impacts motivation, why some kids struggle to shift into “low dopamine” tasks like homework, and what parents can do to support their child without taking over.If you've ever felt frustrated, confused, or even discouraged trying to help your child succeed academically, this episode will give you clarity, practical tools, and encouragement—you're not alone, and there is a better way forward. In this episode we talk about:  When behavior is developmentally normal vs. when to seek help The key signs of depression in teens (including irritability) Why a full profile is often more helpful than a diagnosis Practical tools to make homework time smoother Executive function skills are learned and developed over time You can't rush development—but you can support it Connect with Dr. Matthew Housson:  Website: Home - The Housson Center Facebook: The Housson Center Instagram: The Housson Center (@thehoussoncenter) Links Mentioned:  Resources from The Housson Center (books & websites) Definitions of different childhood challenges (parent resource) Related Episodes: How to Stay Calm with School Stress :: Kirk Martin {Ep 88} School Choice Series: Public School Options with Emily Fenlaw:: [Ep 561] Grace Based Discipline for Kids with Unique Needs :: Karis Murray [Ep 237] Featured Sponsors:  Hiya: We've worked out a special deal with Hiya for their best selling children's vitamin. Receive 50% off your first order. To claim this deal you must go to hiyahealth.com/DMA (not available on regular website). Get your kids the full-body nourishment they need to grow into healthy adults.  In The Special Needs Parent: A Guide to the Life You Never Expected, Dr. Joe and Cindi Ferrini share more than 40 years of lived experience raising a son with profound disabilities. With honesty and faith, they speak to the strain on marriage, the weight of finances, the sting of unkind comments, and the grief of a journey you didn't choose, but also the joy you didn't expect. If you're walking this road—or love someone who is—this book offers steady encouragement for the long journey ahead. To learn more about The Special Needs Parent: A Guide to the Life You Never Expected, visit moodypublishers.com or find it wherever books are sold. Branch Basics: And here's the good news — Branch Basics is now available everywhere you shop: at Target, Target.com, Amazon, and of course, BranchBasics.com. Tossing the toxins has never been more convenient! And for anyone grabbing the Premium Starter Kit, you can still get 15% off at BranchBasics.com with our code DMA. 

Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.   Today's episode features the hilarious sparkfest that is comedian AMY MATTHEWS. She's the host of the English Heritage Podcast and preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe (and UK tour) with her new show ‘Definitions of Toast'. Dates and tickets info here. Watch Amy's special ‘I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders' on ITVX. Buy or download Amy's unique album of an immersive soundscape of her live show ‘Commute With The Foxes' on Monkey Barrel Records. Follow Amy on Instagram @amyfmatthews   Don't forget we have a CRUSHED LIVE SHOW with the glorious oddball HARRIET KEMSLEY at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival at noon on Saturday 2nd May 2026. Tickets are ⁠here⁠.   Keep emailing us at crushedbymcs@gmail.com,  where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people.   Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod based content.   On ⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments. And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠ If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast 40s Woman & Beyond! The clue's in the title...   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this section, I cover the most important medication errors you’ll see in practice. I got a good start in Part 1, so go back and listen to that for some great real-life information. In this section, I talk about a few types of medication errors that have led to serious complications and life-threatening situations for our patients. Wrong patient errors are one of the highest risk errors that a healthcare professional can make, and I cover that in this podcast episode. I hope you find this episode on medication errors helpful, and if you do, I’d greatly appreciate a rating and review on iTunes or whatever platform you listen on – Thanks! Be sure to check out our free Top 200 study guide – a 31 page PDF that is yours for FREE! Support The Podcast and Check Out These Amazing Resources! NAPLEX Study Materials BCPS Study Materials BCACP Study Materials BCGP Study Materials BCMTMS Study Materials Meded101 Guide to Nursing Pharmacology (Amazon Highly Rated) Guide to Drug Food Interactions (Amazon Best Seller) Pharmacy Technician Study Guide by Meded101

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how people search for information, including how families learn about pregnancy and birth. As this technology grows, it raises important questions about accuracy, ethics, and the role of human expertise in healthcare information.   In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Dekker and Dr. Sara Ailshire share a behind-the-scenes look at how Evidence Based Birth® developed its own AI policies. They discuss concerns about misinformation, bias, privacy, and environmental impact, as well as the potential effects on critical thinking and human connection.   Learn why EBB has chosen to avoid the use of AI in our research, and what that means both for our team and for you.   (03:22) Why EBB began developing an AI policy  (10:39) Defining AI, generative AI, LLMs, and hallucinations  (17:03) Ethical concerns: Accuracy, bias, and risks to evidence-based information  (20:14) Environmental impact of AI and data centers  (21:47) Privacy concerns and data security risks  (26:21) Intellectual property, sustainability, and loss of research context  (27:03) Humanitarian concerns and the impact of AI on jobs and communities  (31:24) AI's potential effects on cognition and critical thinking  (37:30) Why EBB takes a cautious, evidence-based approach to AI  (38:20) Research team policy (42:06) Content team policy (45:01) Programs team policy and guidance for applicants  (47:32) Hiring practices and commitment to human review (52:29) Final takeaways: EBB's overall stance on AI    References Read EBB's Statement on Artificial Intelligence: ebbirth.com/artificial-intelligence-statement/ For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper, by Joseph Fasano: https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper Barrington, F. (2025). "Thirsty for power and water, AI-crunching data centers sprout across the West." & The West Magazine, Stanford University. April 8, 2025. https://andthewest.stanford.edu/2025/thirsty-for-power-and-water-ai-crunching-data-centers-sprout-across-the-west/ Gecker, J. (2025). "Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms." Associated Press. October 20, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-teacher-union-microsoft-f7554b6550fb90519dd8129acac8e291 Han, Y., Wu, Z., Li, P., et al. (2024). "The Unpaid Toll: Quantifying and Addressing the Public Health Impact of Data Centers." arXiv preprint arXiv: 2412.06288. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288 Hou, H., Leach, K., & Huang, Y. (2024). "ChatGPT Giving Relationship Advice - How Reliable Is It?" Proceedings of the Eighteenth International AAI Conference on Web and Social Media: 610–623. https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/31338 Kosmyna, N., Hauptmann, E., Yuan, Y. T., et al. (2025). "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task." arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.08872. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 Marrinan, C. (2025). "Data Center Boom Risks Health of Already Vulnerable Communities." Tech Policy Press.com. June 12, 2025. https://www.techpolicy.press/data-center-boom-risks-health-of-already-vulnerable-communities/ NASA. (2024). "Defining Artificial Intelligence." Accessed November 17, 2025. https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artificial-intelligence/ Notre Dame Learning. (2025). "AI Overview and Definitions." Accessed November 17, 2025. http://learning.nd.edu/resource-library/ai-overview-and-definitions/ Pataranutaporn, P., Karny, S., Archiwaranguprok, C., et al. (2025). "My Boyfriend is AI: A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community." arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.11391.https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.11391 Sonka, J. (2025). "The AI data center boom is coming for Kentucky. What will lawmakers do about it?" Kentucky Public Radio. December 9, 2025. https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-12-09/the-ai-data-center-boom-is-coming-for-kentucky-what-will-lawmakers-do-about-it Stryker, C. (n.d.) "What are LLMs?" IBM.com. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/large-language-models Tabuchi, H. (2025). "Elon Musk's A.I. Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines." New York Times. June 17, 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/climate/naacp-musk-xai-supercomputer-lawsuit.html/ United Nations (UN). (2025). "AI has an environmental problem. Here's what the world can do about that." UN Environmental Programme. November 13, 2025. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/ai-has-environmental-problem-heres-what-world-can-do-about

With increasing regularity, I see posts on social media criticising coaching as a pyramid scheme or defending it against such accusations. As people tend to do, they paint a nuanced field with a very broad brush, whichever side they support. In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, I discuss a recent argument I came across. It illustrates how the term ‘coaching’ is understood and used in two distinct ways. “I’m not sure I’ll ever understand the ‘coaches teaching coaches to coach is a pyramid scheme’ situation. It’s literally not… I want to be coached on my business by a coach. Who else would I want to learn this from?!” https://youtu.be/b86vKrEfSUY A Misunderstanding? The framing of that post somewhat mischaracterises the argument it’s pushing back against. The issue isn’t “coaches teaching coaches to coach.” I mean, who better to become a teacher than the person who knows how to do the thing they are teaching? I’ve not seen anyone seriously complaining about that. Rather, when people refer to coaches coaching coaches to coach more coaches to become coaches, they are describing something different. Having gone through an 18-month ICF-affiliated training programme myself, I often watch parts of the industry with my head in my hands. Not least because it is still unregulated and anyone can call themselves a coach. So, it’s a world I have a love/hate relationship with. This episode hopefully demonstrates why I am sticking around (for now). But also why I have great concern about the way things are heading. And I would suggest it’s incumbent on ethical coaches to take the accusations seriously and help people get a sense of these distinctions. When Coaching is Not a Pyramid Scheme Of course, it’s not a pyramid if a less experienced coach goes to a more experienced one for coaching. Someone builds experience over time. Another coach comes to them to address or develop something specific within their business or practice. Even if that coach specialises in working with coaches, those coaches will have their own ways of working, usually with clients across a range of situations. For example, coaches work with people in sport, business, the arts, career development, etc. This is how knowledge and skills spread within a field. Very normal. Coaching can be really valuable as a structured partnership that helps the client make progress on their terms. Not by telling them what to do, but by helping them identify their desired outcome. And then asking questions to help them get clear on the steps they want to take as well as preparing for potential obstacles they might anticipate along the way. When Coaching DOES Look Like a Pyramid Scheme What, then, is this pyramid of coaches coaching coaches to coach coaches? How is it different? Sixteen years ago, when I started my blog and podcast, I remember many online entrepreneurs giving away e-books and selling courses to teach people to build a dream lifestyle business. They dangled freedom from employment and four-hour workweeks, and shot their videos on beaches and in mountain-side cabins, to attract an audience to their webinars. Like Influencer Culture today, they would promise an easy-to-follow blueprint to guarantee followers the same success. These individuals taught others how to create and sell digital products that taught people how to create and sell digital products that taught…yes, you get the point. There was no meaningful substance anywhere in the chain. The money made came from aspirational marketing that shaped perceptions, sold appealing promises, and used smoke and mirrors to persuade people it was a quick route to material wealth. This is exactly what we have witnessed happen in corners of the online coaching world. It targets individuals, encouraging them to believe that becoming a coach is a quick route to financial prosperity or to escaping material insecurity. They are sold a blueprint for convincing others of the potential wealth of becoming a coach who shares the same process with them, so on and so forth until the supply of potential clients runs dry. Coaching Is Never a One Size Fits All Solution Even for coaches who find their own niche, you can tell when this sort of pyramid model is at work because they coach people to become coaches. Treating every problem with the same solution. A “relationship coach” may end up with many clients becoming coaches themselves. A “career coach” has a disproportionate number of people pivoting to follow in their footsteps in building a coaching business rather than being coached to identify and follow their own path. It concerns me when I see a coach describing how their clients have succeeded in the same ways they did. That is a dereliction of what I see as the purpose of coaching: to support each individual in defining success on their own terms and navigating their unique path towards it. Identifying Pyramid Schemes in the Coaching World How can we assess whether a coaching environment is genuine and meets our needs or those it supports? And how can we identify sources of exploitation and extraction in the coaching industry? Does it Create Dependency? In a healthy structure, the value is evident in the client’s life. They see shifts in the area they worked with a coach to address. For example, development of leadership skills, a clear path for their planned career pivot, or forward momentum with a personal project etc. In a pyramid structure, the value is cyclical. Success is often based on copying and reusing the coach’s business model and tools. Especially if the original coach earns affiliate commissions from their client’s future business, which frequently happens when they’ve been sold a specific model or framework to build their business around. It’s a big red flag if your coaching credentials rely on your continuous connection to the coach (such as paying for rights, licences, etc.), and the certification lacks legitimacy outside the bubble where you trained. Does it Restrict Outcomes and Definitions? Another red flag is a testimonial list where every client looks like a carbon copy of the coach. Solid and ethical coaching acts as a prism, refracting unique objectives into results as diverse as the number of individuals being coached. A pyramid acts as a mould, pressing everyone into the same shape. Does It Only Have One Solution? Ethical coaching draws on a range of experiences and diverse training sources, enabling the coach to exercise initiative and treat every client according to their unique needs. Pyramid structures depend on insularity and a one-size-fits-all approach. If the coach’s sole credential is their success in producing more coaches in their own image, it raises serious concerns. Over to You I’d be interested to hear how this has shown up in your experience. Send me a message or leave a comment.

In this 2 part series, I cover important medication errors, including examples I’ve seen in real life. Some of the error types covered in section 1 include: Prescribing errors Omission errors Monitoring errors Dispensing errors Be sure to check out our free Top 200 study guide – a 31 page PDF that is yours for FREE! Support The Podcast and Check Out These Amazing Resources! NAPLEX Study Materials BCPS Study Materials BCACP Study Materials BCGP Study Materials BCMTMS Study Materials Meded101 Guide to Nursing Pharmacology (Amazon Highly Rated) Guide to Drug Food Interactions (Amazon Best Seller) Pharmacy Technician Study Guide by Meded101

SPONSORS: 1) AMENTARA: Check out https://www.amentara.com/go/JULIAN and use code JD22 for 22% off your first order PREVIOUS EPISODE w/ BALAND: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34gzpfwIyqB9IfOgsh1Ste?si=3247bc95e1de49f3 JOIN PATREON FOR EARLY UNCENSORED EPISODE RELEASES: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8QmWEKJ3BT (***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Baland Jalal is a Danish neuroscientist at Harvard University's Department of Psychology, whose work spans clinical neuroscience, cultural psychology, and the biology of altered state of consciousness. Originally from Denmark and of Kurdish-Iraqi descent, he is best known for his research on dreams and sleep paralysis. BALAND's LINKS: IG: https://www.instagram.com/balandjalal/# YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumyt6mGLaVO4_N1LkAoXdA WEBSITE: https://balandjalal.com/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY IG: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://x.com/juliandorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 0:00 - Jordan Peterson, Romantic Love & Serotonin, TPJ Brain 7:09 - Prefrontal Brain Element in Love, Aggression & Love, S*xual Desire, Mother Theory 16:03 - Sensory Map of Body, Eyes & Vision, Cortisol & Romance 25:23 - The Mother-Child “Attachment Theory” Experiment 32:52 - Julian's 2 Definitions of “Love” 38:27 - Struck by “the thunderbolt,” Are Soulmates Real? 42:36 - Females “Hot & Cold” Psychology, How Men Choose Females (Evolutionarily) 52:50 - “Super Normal” Stimulus, Learning Language, Brain Hemispheres, Women Reading You 1:05:04 - Falling in love w/ “the idea” of somebody, Halo Effect, Female Context 1:12:15 - Elegance & Grace, “Tough Guy,” Beauty & The Beast, “Love is letting go” 1:22:21 - Women do NOT want to be “saved” EXPLAINED 1:33:19 - Physical Attraction & S*x, The Coolidge Effect, Dopamine, The God Helmet 1:43:13 - Deranged Self, Delusions, Robots, Human Terminators 1:53:32 - Are psychopaths born, molded or both?, The Joker in Dark Knight 2:03:49 - 2 Types of Empathy, Free Will, Consciousness 2:13:59 - Dreams PROOF Free Will exists?, Reading Minds (Telepathy), History of Dreams 2:30:56 - The Illusion of Dreams, Controlled Hallucinations, Interstellar, Neuroscience & Physics 2:43:07 - Machine Brain Interfaces, Metaphysics CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ - In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef - https://www.instagram.com/joeydeef/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 400 - Baland Jalal Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we're going deep into the Ongoing History of New Music vault to talk about "Definitions". Often in the music world, we hear terms discussed...but where did they come from, and what do they mean? What do "New Rock" and "Alternative" mean? What's a "Major Label" or "Indie"? "Boutique" and "Vanity"? Got that covered too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8. In this final segment, Cline summarizes the rankings of ancient societies based on resilience definitions from the IPCC. He distinguishes between those that "transformed" (the antifragile Phoenicians and Cypriots), those that "adapted" or "coped" (Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon), and those that failed (the Hittites). He emphasizes the importance of geography, noting that major river systems like the Nile and Euphrateshelped Egypt and Mesopotamia survive the collapse. Cline's work illustrates that resilience involves more than just survival; it requires the agility to innovate in response to extreme impact events, offering lessons for contemporary global stability. (8)

Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies.  Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Superb stand-up, writer and podcaster Amy Matthews has a table booked this week. But does the Dream Restaurant have the perfect amount of twinkle?Amy Matthews is at the Edinburgh Fringe and on tour with her new show ‘Definitions of Toast'. Dates and tickets info here. Watch Amy's special ‘I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders' on ITVX.Buy Amy's vinyl ‘Commute With The Foxes' on Monkey Barrel Records.Follow Amy on Instagram @amyfmatthewsWatch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube on Thu 5 Mar.Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcastFollow Off Menu on Instagram and TikTok: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stefan Molyneux looks at how mysticism, philosophy, and communication overlap, in response to a listener's question about higher powers, emphasizing the use of reason and precise definitions to cut through vagueness in talks about belief. The discussion covers ideas like consciousness, love, and attachment, with him arguing that genuine moral love goes beyond basic instincts. He points out the problems vague terms create in society and pushes for common definitions to improve how people communicate. On dreams, Molyneux sees them as straightforward experiences from life, not as sources of mystical insight. He wraps up by noting the role of clear thinking and rational talk in dealing with complicated aspects of life, and encourages people to express their thoughts with care.Emails:Hello Stefan,Following your most recent, as of today, FDR podcast.(6292). I wanted to hopefully offer you some perspective that may or may not be helpful. As before, I understand that your time is valuable. I do think though that my perspective, linked to IQ and seeing things very differently to you, might be of aid. The reason I have added this onto an existing email is just for familiarity because I will mildly use this backdrop for additional thoughts. I did talk to you briefly on podcast 6147. But I wanted to offer you my thought process here because it might offer you some insight into your value in a way you had not considered. Firstly, what I believe is important background as to my perspective on this entire mysticism thing. I do believe in the existence of something higher and more powerful and that has communicated with us. Certainly, a little through the bible. But mostly not through the bible. There is channeling, including the human design chart, to back this up. So I do believe the new age at its core has some good concepts. BUT, I also believe that there is a huge, and incredibly powerful toxic element of the new age. There is a mix of non complete understandings and such. For this reason, I do think that your perspective and that of many who have similar perspectives is valuable. In that keeping things to objective reality. To challenge said toxicity. There is more to this understanding. But I think that explains the core of my thoughts. People that are truly inclined to the spiritual stuff I look at will find it. But people that don't really commit and use the bare minimum of it to justify madness. It is good that that is challenged. it is similar in some ways, if you imagine a society that has innovators and Socrates following philosophers. The innovators want to do innovating and the Socrates people want nothing to exist or be real or whatever. Even though philosophy as a discipilne is extremely useful and powerful. Some of those innovators might be best served in dismissing it as the ravings of lunatics and just getting on with Innovating. So I want to describe the dream I had that stopped me talking further about mysticism. I fully acknowledge none of this makes sense since I have no following. But it still might offer an interesting perspective. It is of course not likely that if I offered a genuine challenge to your view on that that evildoers would pick it up and run with it. But apparently the dreams thought it was a suitable fear to highlight. So I went with it. My argument on mysticism would be as follows. This is not something I am committed to or care about but it was what I was thinking. It is now the story in something else I want to express. Firstly, your original statement is that mysticism is the gateway to mental illness. Firstly of course, I wrote to you on the definition of mysticism. Which I would use my own after having defined it due to the problems with yours that I highlighted. I would further refine that now by defining a primary and secondary faith. But anyway, per your argument, I would say, if mysticism is a gateway to mental illness. Then that would assume it would not in general, be used to solve mental illness. I would further refine the use of symbolic things to reach understandings. Such as tarot cards. By asking why do we dream. Why does our subconscious communicate in such a way? I would answer this by saying what is the alternative? The alternative being that without the subtlety and indirectness. The subconscious would communicate more like a dictator. Even giving the information without veil would have this effect. Since once we know the right thing to do we have more responsibility and consequences than before we know that. So what does this sound like? This sounds like schizophrenia! I would then talk about how a possible theory for it, is that if the problem gets too serious. If the subconscious mind is screaming too loudly. It busts through the conscious/ subconscious barrier too loudly, and that's where this comes from. (This is roughly what I think happened with my schizophrenic break, some of my ideas come indirectly from the psychologist Elinor Greenberg who talks about how dreams help low level schizophrenics)This would then correlate schizophrenia, and that kind of non objective, symbolic understandings. More with the symptom of other problems than with it being the cause. I would also define mainstream faith based Christianity as mysticism. As per my earlier example. And show times when this has been used to help people. Such as when the Ukraine war used to go a bit crazy women on Gab used to put loads of Christian sayings out. Women cannot biologically deal with war, but they still have fear, so a tool like mysticism to reduce the fear is perhaps highly positive. So now I get to the point. Like I said and strongly believe. It is unlikely evildoers would take such a reasoning as this and run with it to dent your power. But the dreams still responded like this was the case. The dream I had, (I do not like to tell others my dreams I prefer to interpret but I am making an exception here). I was about to make a few youtube videos on this. But I had a dream with Pearl Davis being aggressively tortured. She has mentioned a few times over the years how she has been sued and things. It was a pretty shocking dream. It felt kind of real. But what I think it could mean, is that your platform and output in this kind of social war, was significantly impacting people like Pearl by pushing back on intensely female and active toxicity we are currently witnessing (Taking us back to the point on mysticism and the Socrates philosophers analogy).I realise you might not interpret it the same way. Like, you might believe that all individuals in our dreams are parts of ourselves along a Family Systems therapy line. But I just wanted to provide that feedback in case it does provide some perspective or help in some way. Best Wishes,Joe ---It has been some years since I listened to your last podcast, 'Why animals can't love.' At that point, I quit Molyneaux. It has occurred and re occurred to me that you continued to make consciousness or choice the mandatory when it comes to capacity to love.This thinking backs exactly into a contradiction. We know that infants have neither consciousness nor choice, yet, any parent knows the infant loves. Toddlers are compelled to love, but they love nonetheless. Teenagers, etc. Not only compelled to love, but can be. Of course, Molyneaux would say, 'But that's no real love.' But some of it is. The child still wants to love the parent even when virtue (lack) seeks to negate. Some part of that child does still love. I always believed that your false philosophy on animals and love conditions backed directly into the right, even obligation, to abort children. The threadline of your 'philosophy' justified abortion. Since the infant has no choice or consciousness. He is more animal, less human. The right to kill seems elementary. That's always deeply concerned me that something is off center in your work. Mean spirited. Resentful. Death-loving. A hint of Crowley, even though 98% of your takes are good. I know you made your cash on bitcoin. Congratulations. Make an atheist like yourself proud. 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