#ICYMI - Breaking the Rules–The Physics & Psychology of Cheating
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🗓️ 12 April 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Gary O'Reilly. |
| 0:10.9 | And I'm Chuck Knies. |
| 0:12.1 | This is playing with science. |
| 0:15.9 | You can play by them. |
| 0:17.1 | You can bend them. |
| 0:18.4 | Or you can just straight up break them. |
| 0:20.2 | The choice is yours. |
| 0:21.2 | But remember, the rules are the rules and the art of playing dirty is most certainly |
| 0:27.5 | to try and get away with it. |
| 0:29.5 | This, which, by the way, is easier said than done and unlocking its box of dirty tricks |
| 0:34.6 | and exploring the physics with us, is the one and only professor Eric Goff, who has |
| 0:39.6 | sports psychologists, Dr. Leah Lagos, will explain what is going on in the minds of those |
| 0:46.4 | who cheat to win. |
| 0:47.7 | But keep in mind, winners never cheat and cheaters never truly win. |
| 0:52.6 | And the good guys always finish last. |
| 0:54.5 | This is so true. |
| 0:55.5 | Joining us now by video call to break down the physics is professor Eric Goff, author |
| 1:00.1 | of Gold Medal physics and professor of physics at college, Lynchburg College in Virginia. |
| 1:05.0 | Now, before we get to the professor, he is eagerly waiting. |
| 1:08.1 | I just have to expand upon something that's happened recently. |
| 1:11.9 | It's happened in the world of cricket, which for some people doesn't bother them because |
| 1:16.7 | they don't care if cricket exists. |
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