How to Tell What’s Real From What’s Fake & Why It Is Good to Suck at Something

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Social Sciences, Science, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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When was the last time you washed your watch? Not recently I bet. So this episode begins with just how gross and disgusting the surface of your watch and watchband are and why they need a bath right now – today! http://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-watches-three-times-dirtier-than-toilet-seats-study-finds-20190623 Some people believe vaccines cause autism – science says no. Some people believe in ghosts and UFOs – science says no. But just because science can’t explain it – does that mean it isn’t true? Steven Novella is a skeptic who believes that we should probably all be a bit more skeptical of things, events and phenomenon that can’t be explained and he joins me to reveal why this is so important. Steven is the author of the book The Skeptics Guide to the Universe (https://amzn.to/2Ycr16d) and host of the podcast of the same name which you can find on your favorite podcast platform or here: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts If you like yogurt, you’ll like it even better if you eat from a certain type of spoon. If you like cheese it will most likely taste better to you if eat it off a particular type of utensil. Listen to find out which spoon and which utensil and why this happens to be true. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/06/27/yogurt-tastes-different-depending-on-the-spoon/ Do you suck at something? Maybe it’s playing an instrument or skiing or cooking. You probably didn’t start out wanting to suck at it – but here we are. You do it and you suck at it. Well, it turns out that may be a good thing. Writer Karen Rinaldi author of the book It’s Great to Suck at Something (https://amzn.to/2Lj05xY) explains why it is perfectly fine to NOT do some things well. She has been a surfer for 18 years and by her own admission – sucks at it. But she still does it, she still loves it and says there are actual benefits to doing things not for the achievement or the trophy but just to do it. This Week's Sponsors -Paint Your Life. To learn more and get a 30% discount text SYSK to 48-48-48 -Purple Mattress. To get a free pillow with a purchase of a mattress text the word: something to 84888 -Stroke of Genius Podcast. Subscribe to Stroke of Genius on Apple Podcasts, at www.ipoef.org, or your favorite podcast platform. American River Nutrition. Get your free copy of Dr. Barrie Tan’s book The Truth about Vitamin E at www.BarrieTan.com/something Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, why you should probably clean your watch and do it
0:06.7	sooner rather than later.
0:09.0	Then do you tend to believe things that can't be proven like near-death experiences or
0:14.2	UFOs or are you a skeptic like this guy?
0:17.7	It's pretty clear that the more intensely you investigate individual UFO sightings or
0:23.8	encounters, the more of them you explain.
0:26.7	So the residue of unexplained encounters approaches zero.
0:31.7	Plus, if you eat yogurt, there's a certain kind of spoon you should use, and why it's good
0:37.5	to do something you enjoy even if you suck at it.
0:41.3	I think the culture is telling us that it's not okay to suck at something, that be the
0:45.7	best or go home, and be S. When you learn to suck at something where the stakes are low,
0:51.2	you forgive yourself a lot quicker and you rebound a lot quicker for the things that matter.
0:55.8	All this today on something you should know.
1:00.5	You know I'm always a little hesitant to recommend a podcast because everybody's tastes are different,
1:05.7	but one podcast I recommend a lot is the Jordan Harbanger Show.
1:11.0	Jordan dives into the minds of fascinating people, athletes, authors, scientists, mobsters,
1:16.8	spies, and he does it in his own unique way.
1:20.3	Usually we have the same guests, but our conversations usually go in very different directions.
1:27.2	A couple of recent episodes of the Jordan Harbanger Show I bet you like are Dr. Scott
1:32.6	Lyons, talking about your addiction or some people's addiction to drama.
1:37.6	We all have people like that in our lives, and it's really helpful to hear Dr. Lyons
1:41.5	inside into that.
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