160: The Science of The Schmidt Pain Scale
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🗓️ 9 May 2022
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References & Further Reading
- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/scroller-schmidt-painscale/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/magazine/the-connoisseur-of-pain.html
- https://entomologytoday.org/2016/09/30/a-peek-into-the-mind-of-the-creator-of-the-schmidt-sting-pain-index/
- https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477852486/stung-by-83-different-insects-biologist-rates-his-pain-on-a-scale-of-1-to-ow
- https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Justin-O-Schmidt-40012997
- https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/11/experience-i-have-been-stung-by-150-species-of-insect
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.940010205
- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/amp/news/2019/2/king-of-sting-rates-most-painful-insects-558529
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/insect-stings
- https://www.thoughtco.com/bullet-ant-sting-facts-4174296
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Sci guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Jamp, and Luke Cutford. |
| 0:17.4 | Hello. |
| 0:17.9 | Hi, howdy. |
| 0:32.4 | This week we're talking about bug bites and sore stings. |
| 0:33.7 | Oh no. |
| 0:35.5 | Is it the science of bee stings? |
| 0:36.9 | It's not the science of bee stings. |
| 0:54.5 | That's actually a bonus episode at some point soon. Yeah. But first, we've got to talk about Spotify because we're doing pretty well on Spotify. Hell yeah. We do need to talk about Spotify. 33,000 listeners. So now that we've done Spotify, I want to move on to YouTube really quickly. |
| 0:57.4 | And I want you all to move on to YouTube as well, because I've got this question for you, |
| 0:59.6 | have you ever been bitten or stung by a bug? |
| 1:02.0 | And what's the worst that you've had? |
| 1:05.0 | Let us know in the YouTube comments, even if you're listening on Spotify or Apple, |
| 1:08.6 | or anywhere else that you use your ears and not your eyes. |
| 1:11.3 | Have either of you ever been stung? |
| 1:14.5 | I've never been stung by a bee and it's just never an experience I've had. |
| 1:14.9 | Really? |
| 1:16.0 | Hang on. |
| 1:17.3 | You've never been stung by a bee. |
| 1:19.0 | Never been stung by a bee or a wass. You've never bothered a bee enough to sting it. |
| 1:21.0 | No. |
| 1:21.5 | Well, I think I have. |
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