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Mike's Multiverse

Episode 212 - Electric Cars, the Placebo Effect, and Nonreligious Brains

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Leisure, Science, Games, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mike's got a new book coming in April--but you can preorder it now. Just go to asksciencemike.com/newbook This week, Mike responded to the following questions: Are some brains naturally wired to not believe in the supernatural? How God Changes Your Brain Finding God in the Waves Are electric cars less "green" than gas-powered cars? Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change Gasoline vs Electric—Who Wins on Lifetime Global Warming Emissions? We Found Out Does the placebo effect reveal the power of the mind to heal? The power of the placebo effect Placebos: The power of the placebo effect Is the Nocebo Effect Hurting Your Health? What scriptural arguments can be made to convince non-affirming Christians to change their minds? You're a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass) God and the Gay Christian This episode was made possible by the support of a wonderful sponsor: Betterhelp - Get 10% your first month of mental

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Electric Cars, the placebo effect, and non-religious brains.

0:04.0

All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.

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You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand. He'll talk anyway.

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We have problems. He won't solve them.

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But I'll talk and talk and talking till it's blue in the face.

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Science, faith faith in life. Ask Science Mike!

0:27.0

Well, hi friends and welcome to Ask Science Mike. A podcast hosted by me, I'm Mike McGarg, the Science Mike from the title of the show, and this is a

0:37.8

podcast that exists because I believe that every sincere question deserves an honest and

0:43.9

non-judgmental response.

0:46.4

This show has been going on for quite a while,

0:48.8

as you can tell by the episode number.

0:50.8

And most weeks, we get together and work through questions together

0:55.8

and have a lot of fun doing it.

0:57.9

Speaking of that by the way my friends, the production team had an idea, they had a meeting, and they thought it would be fun to start doing themed questions.

1:10.0

So we'll do questions around a particular theme. questions.

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So we'll do questions around a particular theme.

1:14.0

And one thing that you all ask for a lot is a return of the

1:18.0

After Dark episodes that happened way back when the show first started

1:22.0

where we explored taboo topics together.

1:26.0

And so we are going to do an after dark episode in the near future about sex and sexuality.

1:34.3

So if you have questions about sex and sexuality

1:38.1

that you have wanted to get an answer to,

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