Episode 62 - Dogs, Hell, and the Top of a Planet

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 28 March 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Why do humans and dogs get along so well? Do planets have a top? Are intellectual people less likely to experience God? What if I’m wrong about Hell? 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. Why do humans and dogs get along so well? Selective Breeding or Artificial Selection Russian Domesticated Red Fox Brain Scans Reveal What Dogs Really Think of Us Do planets have a top? Pluto on the Eve of Exploration by New Horizons: A problem of cartography Are intellectual people less likely to experience God? Finding God in the Waves Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. 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	Dogs, Hell, and the Top of a Planet.
0:02.6	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. He's got answers even though he may not understand.
0:15.0	He'll talk anyway.
0:17.0	We have problems.
0:18.0	He won't solve them.
0:19.0	But I'm talking talking talking
0:21.0	talking till the flu in the face science faith and life.
0:27.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:28.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.8	And man, I am so sorry about missing last week's time slot.
0:41.6	I was exhausted after doing the southwestern leg of the One Wildlife
0:46.5	Toy with Gunger, but back on schedule this week even though travel is intense.
0:51.0	Let's do some questions and get it started.
0:55.0	Hi Science Mike, my name is Aaron and my question comes to you as kind of a
1:07.3	curious one maybe not necessarily one that is founded totally on any scientific evidence that I know of, but what is the relationship
1:18.8	or the scientific understanding behind why humans and canines bond so well. I mean it's common that
1:29.9	we hear things like dog is manned that's friend things like that but what is the
1:35.3	science behind that and would love any answer you have thank you well as
1:41.5	scientifically backed answers go, this one's relatively easy to support scientifically.
1:49.2	The relationship between humans and dogs is widely studied, recently has had additional insights
1:57.5	thanks to neuroscience, so let's look at a few things. If we look back kind of
2:01.8	before dogs are domesticated, if we just look at wolves and humans, you'll find a lot of similarities.
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