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Universal Basic Income pt. 1
24 JUL. 2024 · Universal Basic Income is a policy proposal to provide everyone in a closed system with a no-strings-attached cash infusion on a regular schedule such as every month. Some people love it, some people hate it, most people have never heard of it. In part one, we mostly review the history and arguments for and against this idea. Would you like $1,000 just because?
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- Abraham: Toshiba: https://www.toshiba-lifestyle.com/us/air-conditioners/portable-air-conditioners/14000-btu-ashrae-1200-btu-saccsmart-inverter-portable-air-conditioner1
- Shane: The Flow Trip (https://shop.flow.life/products/subscribe-to-the-flow-trip)
Holidays (7/24/2024)
- Amelia Earhart Day
- Cousins Day (George RR Martin’s day)
- International Self-Care Day
- National Drive-Thru Day
- National Tequila Day
- National Thermal Engineers Day
- National “Talk to Us” day
- Pioneer Day (State Holiday in Utah)
- Tell an Old Joke Day
- National Independent Retailers Week
- National Moth Week
- National Scrabble Week
- National Zoo Keeper Week
- Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week
Links and References:
- https://youtu.be/m25YLByFVRw?si=n684PjQnuWhFLRd3
- https://youtu.be/Sgcvtjoi8Bs?si=-XQ5oXxR5qx9D7As
- https://youtu.be/UqESogRgrYw?si=IY5EwFEYgioO8aGK
- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/25/20973151/givedirectly-basic-income-kenya-study-stimulus
- Hoynes, H., & Rothstein, J. (2019). Universal basic income in the United States and advanced countries. Annual Review of Economics, 11(1), 929–958. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-030237
- https://www.procon.org/headlines/universal-basic-income-top-3-pros-and-cons/
- https://college.unc.edu/2021/03/universal-basic-income/
- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/basic-income.asp
- https://www.denverbasicincomeproject.org/research#:~:text=The%20Denver%20Basic%20Income%20Project,guaranteed%20income%20for%20unhoused%20people.
- https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6#:~:text=Denver%20gave%20people%20experiencing%20homelessness,participants%20said%20they%20had%20housing.&text=The%20Denver%20Basic%20Income%20Project%20gave%20cash%20to%20more%20than,payment%20structures%20might%20benefit%20them.
- https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-deep-and-enduring-history-of-universal-basic-income/#:~:text=Joseph%20Charlier%2C%20a%20Belgian%20utopian,persistent%20poverty%20despite%20economic%20progress.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/24/universal-basic-income/
- https://www.cato.org/commentary/universal-basic-income-might-fix-our-broken-welfare-system-give-it-serious-scholarly
- https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigans-55m-experiment-guaranteed-income-begins-flint-moms
Mini: Middle of the Road
22 JUL. 2024 · Another quick review of a a logical fallacy. This time, we dive into the Middle of the Road logical fallacy, which many people inadvertently fall prey to. Of course, all you smart people already know this. But hopefully, this refresher will heighten everyone's sensitivity to it for a little while.
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Links:
- https://youtu.be/VDGp04CfM4M
- https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/middle-ground
Your Lizard Brain
17 JUL. 2024 · Many of us will blame our most instinctual behaviors, impulses, and drives on the vestigial, reptilian parts of our brains. My lizard brain made me do it! What is the science and evolution behind this impulsive little humunculous?
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- Abraham: Daich Coatings (https://daichcoatings.com/shop/luxrock-solid-surface-countertop/)
- Shane: Dope (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850214/)
Holidays:
- Disneyland’s Anniversary
- National Hot Dog Day
- National Peach Ice Cream Day
- National Tattoo Day
- Take your Poet to Work Day
- World Day for International Criminal Justice
- World Emoji Day
- Wrong Way Corrigan Day
- Yellow Pig Day
- Coral Reef Awareness Week
- Every Body Deserves a Massage Week
- Hemingway Look Alike Days
- National Baby Food Week
- National Ventriloquism Week
- Perseid Meteor Showers
- Sport Cliche Week
- National Hemp Month
- Bank Account Bonus Month
- Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Links and References:
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/managing-your-memory/201712/don-t-listen-your-lizard-brain
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-addiction-meets-your-brain/201404/your-lizard-brain
- https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-anatomy/limbic-system
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406946/
- https://www.earth.com/news/differences-in-the-mammalian-and-reptilian-brain-revealed/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/triune-brain
- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/brain-the-inside-story/your-emotional-brain/beyond-our-lizard-brain
- https://www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience/10x_sptl_so_no-we-dont-have-a-lizard-brain/
- https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/study-finds-classically-mammalian-brain-region-reptilian-brains/
- https://brain.mpg.de/88758/research-labs
- https://www.sciencealert.com/you-dont-actually-have-a-lizard-brain-evolutionary-study-reveals
- https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/carl-sagan-reptile-brain/
Mini: PTO vs. Sick Leave
15 JUL. 2024 · Employers should consider what they are incentivizing and de-incentivizing when they put certain policies in place. One such common policy is to make employees to use their PTO when taking sick days. This can seriously backfire. Psychology to the rescue!
Links:
- https://www.trinet.com/insights/if-an-employee-gets-sick-after-using-all-of-their-paid-time-off-pto-for-the-year-am-i-obligated-to-grant-them-additional-paid-time-for-sick-leave
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Not So Sweet Revenge
10 JUL. 2024 · People often invoke our impulses by referencing the lizard part of our brains. What is this vistigial reptillian cortex that weilds so much power over our most base instincts? We'll unpack what this term is supposed to mean. Further, we explore the evolutionary, psychological, and scientific history of this idea and the "evidence" for it. Join us for a romping good take down.
Recommendations
- Abraham: Orbital Sanders
- Shane: Fables comics series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/54296-fables)
Holidays:
- Don’t Step on a Bee Day
- International Nikola Tesla Day
- National Kitten Day
- National Pina Colada Day
- Pick Blueberries Day
- Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day
- U.S. Energy Independence Day
- Air Conditioning Appreciation Days
- Be Nice to New Jersey Week
- Creative Maladjustment Day
- Dog Days of Summer
- Freedom Week
- National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee Week
- National Farriers Week
- Nude Recreation Weekend
- Operation Safe Driver Week
Links:
- Schumann & Ross (2010). The benfits, cost, and paradox of revenge. Social and Psychology Personality Compass. https://www.pittcorelab.com/uploads/1/1/5/5/115561629/paradox_of_revenge_10.pdf
- Uniacke, S. (2000). Why is revenge wrong? Journal of Value Inquiry, 34. 61-69). https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jrnlvi34&div=7&id=&page=
- Jackson, J.C., et al. (2019). Revenge: A multi-level view and synthesis. Annual Review of Psychology, 70.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103305. https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103305
- Stillwell, A. M., et al. (2010). We’re all victims here: Toward a psychology of revenge. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30(3). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01973530802375094
- https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/the-complicated-psychology-of-revenge
- https://tnsr.org/2017/11/blunt-not-heart-enrage-psychology-revenge-deterrence/
- Price, M. (2009, June 1). Revenge and the people who seek it. Monitor on Psychology, 40(6). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/06/revenge
- https://www.psychologs.com/the-psychology-behind-revenge/
- https://www.scienceofpeople.com/the-psychology-of-revenge/
Mini: Scientific Understanding
8 JUL. 2024 · We can broadly categorize our levels of confidence or purpose of scientific data based on the amount of and quality of the information we have about the phenomenon of interest. People hear these terms but don't fully understand what we mean when we call something a "theory," "law," or "hypothesis." We explain them here today.
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Links:
- https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Introductory_Chemistry/01%3A_The_Chemical_World/1.06%3A_Hypothesis_Theories_and_Laws#:~:text=A%20hypothesis%20is%20a%20tentative,summarizes%20the%20relationship%20between%20variables.
- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/31/1209683893/how-the-u-s-gun-violence-death-rate-compares-with-the-rest-of-the-world
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Nostalgia: Grit With Steven Hayes
3 JUL. 2024 · Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we needed to release another nostalgia episode this week. This was our second most popular episode ever. Dr. Steven Hayes ("Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life") joins us to discuss the concept of "grit" as well as share several personal anecdotes. Enjoy this rerun of a popular classic.
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Mini: Mood Rings
1 JUL. 2024 · Mood rings change color to inform the external world about our emotional states. How does this magical jewelry make our most private, inner experiences overtly observable? Most people know this is temperature-based reaction... and it is. But, we'll explain how and what it means, if anything.
Links:
- https://thebannercsi.com/2020/03/22/the-science-and-history-behind-mood-rings/
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/was-the-mood-ring-a-gateway-drug-to-an-era-of-self-obsession
- https://wholesalejewelrywebsite.com/products/mood-ring-color-chart-cfr7043
- https://people.howstuffworks.com/mood-rings.htm
Thumbs and the Evolution of Culture
26 JUN. 2024 · Do pandas have thumbs? Kind of. We should periodically take the time to acknowledge and admire the significan role our biological morphology affects our psychology as a species. Aside from language, humans have a simple adaptation that wsa likely crucial to how we have evolved as a species. This is our episode all about thumbs!
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- Abraham: No Hard Feelings (https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/nohardfeelings)
- Shane: The Cipher by Kathe Koja (https://www.centipedepress.com/horror/cipher.html)
Links:
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-dexterous-thumbs-may-have-helped-shape-evolution-two-million-years-ago-180976870/
- https://www.npr.org/2010/07/26/128676181/a-handy-bunch-tools-thumbs-helped-us-thrive
- https://www.postregister.com/outdoors/humans-opposable-thumbs-grant-us-huge-advantages/article_87f0ce8c-c739-11ed-a365-4fadeb3996f9.html
- https://www.wral.com/story/thumbs-gave-human-ancestors-a-formidable-advantage/19497111/
- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/living-primates/the-grasping-hand
- https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Evol/opposablethumb.html
- https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2015/01/oldest-primates-lived-trees/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEarly%20primates%20were%20using%20this,ground%20couldn't%20reach.%E2%80%9D&text=The%20ability%20to%20live%20in,access%20to%20valuable%20food%20sources.
- Almécija, S., Smaers, J. & Jungers, W. The evolution of human and ape hand proportions. Nat Commun 6, 7717 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8717
- Flatt A. E. (2002). Our thumbs. Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 15(4), 380–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2002.11927870
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/world/opposable-thumb-human-evolution-study-scn/index.html
- https://www.thestar.com/life/2012/05/07/body_parts_pinky_finger.html
- MacDermid, J. C., Lee, A., Richards, R. S., & Roth, J. H. (2004). Individual finger strength: are the ulnar digits "powerful"?. Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists, 17(3), 364–367. https://doi.org/10.1197/j.jht.2004.04.006
- https://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/pdf/20090727114916_large.pdf
Mini: Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning
24 JUN. 2024 · Many people have taken a strong stance for a particular approach to reasoning: either inductive or deductive. However, we are going to try to argue that these approaches are not fundamentally different and any attempt to distinguish them is arbitrary. Did we succeed? You decide :)
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