Episode 6 - Monogamy, Marijuana, and Masturbation–Oh my!

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 23 February 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Put the kids to bed, it’s time for Ask Science Mike After Dark. In this episode, we address the following questions: What does weed do to your brain? Do you “give a piece of yourself away” when you have sex with someone? How naturally promiscuous are humans? What’s the healthiest way to leave a faith community? How will porn and lust effect my marriage? 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. Here's notes on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Q1: What does weed do to the brain? Can Christians smoke weed? Your brain and marijuana. Teen brains and marijuana. Why weed gives you the munchies. Q2: Do you “give a piece of yourself away” when you have sex with someone? Your brain and sex. Q3: How naturally promiscuous are humans? You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes Episode 201: Science Mike. Research on primate testicle to body weight ratio and promiscuity. Q4: What’s the healthiest way to leave a faith community? Q&A on dealing with friends and family as your beliefs change. Q5: How will porn and lust effect my marriage? Excessive porn consumption linked to a decrease in grey matter.

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0:00.0	This episode of Ask Science Mike offers frank discussions of mature themes.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised, put the kids to bed, it's time for Science Mike after dark.
0:11.0	You've got questions, he's got answers. Mike after dark. He won't solve there, but I'm talking talking, talking till the flu in the face.
0:25.0	Science, faith, and life.
0:27.0	Ask Science, Mike.
0:30.0	Monogamy, marijuana, and masturbation.
0:35.0	Oh my, it's the banned questions edition of As Science, Mike.
0:39.0	You guys have given me a lot of questions that you obviously aren't comfortable asking a church and discuss in your local communities, things about modern sexual ethics, can Christians smoke weed, all kind of crazy stuff.
0:52.0	We're going to dive in. This is the show where we answered Christian, smoke weed, all kind of crazy stuff.
0:52.8	We're gonna dive in.
0:53.7	This is the show where we answer tough questions.
0:55.8	Let's get it started.
0:57.0	Our first question this week, well it came from a lot of people. This is an amalgam of several dozen questions I got in the last couple of weeks and they basically come down to two categories.
1:15.8	One, what does marijuana do to the brain or what is the neurological impact of
1:21.6	weed was one specific wording, and then the other sort of
1:25.8	category of question was, how do you feel about smoking weed as a Christian?
1:31.2	These sorts of hot topic questions are kind of the ones I'm most afraid to answer
1:36.7	because the science compels me to positions that really aren't necessarily aligned either with their traditional
1:47.8	uh Christian way of viewing things or you know kind of a modern progressivist way of looking at things.
1:52.8	Science isn't terribly concerned about our preconceived notions and simply gives us data.
1:58.5	So before I tell you what I think about weed, let's talk about what I know about weed. Okay? First point, big one,
2:07.0	important. Inhailing smoke is bad for you. Period. Inhailing smoke is bad for you.
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