Episode 52 - Empaths, Genesis, and Life in Space

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 11 January 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This episode was sponsored by Sanebox. Get $25 off any subscription and a 14 day free trial by visiting sanebox.com/sciencemike For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Where do you draw the line a mythic vs historic in the Bible? How can water bears survive in space? Why do all the planets orbit the sun in a flat plane? Whats the science of empaths? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Where do you draw the line a mythic vs historic in the Bible? The Bible Tells Me So Inspiration and Incarnation How can water bears survive in space? The Toughest Animals on Earth Why do all the planets orbit the sun in a flat plane? MinutePhysics on our flat solar system Whats the science of empaths? What is an Empath? Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Hi friends today's show is sponsored by Sainbox.
0:03.5	Learn how to tame your email inbox and get $25 off a subscription
0:08.0	by visiting Sainbox.com slash Science Mike. Empath, Genesis, and Life in Space.
0:18.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. Mike. Mike. talk any way and problems he won't solve them but I'm talking talking
0:35.6	till it's blue in the face science made in life
0:40.0	I say it's Mike Ask Science Mike, Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science,
0:50.8	faith and life.
0:52.3	It's the first episode of 2016 and it's great to be back
0:55.2	after the holidays. And I'd love to see you at one of the many events I've got coming up,
1:00.5	which you can learn more about at ask science mic.com, just click on the tab labeled events.
1:06.6	But enough about that, let for all you do.
1:15.0	Before listening to your podcast, I always felt like an outcast for looking at faith through a critical lens.
1:26.2	I love the concept and idea of Genesis being more of a story of mummetics rather than a story of genetics. It makes so much more sense that God is more concerned
1:36.0	with the origin of our relationship with him rather than our own origin story.
1:41.9	I'm still working through a few things though. The first is how do we reconcile a poem like Genesis with the intersection of a real historical people and the historical world.
1:56.0	Where is the line where the paradigms of Genesis collide with us,
2:01.0	with people that were our ancestors.
2:04.4	I mean the other has to do with the idea of the human brain rebelling against God's
2:09.5	creation or dare I say his mimetic.
2:13.0	Yeah, what makes us so special as opposed to other animals or even God himself?
2:19.0	Does like the deep rooted chain that came from the fall.
2:24.0	Yeah, where does that come from and does that set us apart from other animals?
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