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Something You Should Know

Invisible Forces that Influence Your Life & How The News of the Day Affects You

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Men - and teenage boys - sometimes act foolishly in front of beautiful women. They are also known to take more risks if they know a woman is watching. Why? This episode begins with an interesting explanation that points to evolution as the reason why. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/sp-wdm031810.php We like to think that the world is fairly predictable and that we have good explanations for why things happen. The fact is we don’t in many cases. Why does one smoker die young while another lives to 100? Why do certain medicines work for some people but not other people? The answer is - no one really knows. Journalist and broadcaster Michael Blastland says that we need to face the fact that so much of how the world works is a total mystery. Michael is the author of a book called The Hidden Half (https://amzn.to/3pCFvt8). Listen as he makes the case that there are unforeseen forces that influence so much of what happens that no one can explain.  News is a big business. For centuries there have been newspapers, then news magazines, then radio and TV news and now we have 24-hour cable news networks. When you watch or read the news you get the impression that it is really important stuff. But is it? Do people really care what’s going on in the world. Listen to the surprising answer from Rob Brotherton, a psychology and science writer who teaches at Barnard College in New York and is author of the book Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News (https://amzn.to/3dySmKn). If you are news watcher, you will find what he says to be fascinating.  Did you know chocolate was responsible (at least partly) for the discovery of the microwave oven? Do you know how much caffeine is in chocolate? And what about the link between chocolate and acne? Listen as I explain some fascinating facts about chocolate you may have never known. http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-chocolate/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! With Grove, making the switch to natural products has never been easier! Go to https://grove.co/SOMETHING and choose a free gift with your 1st order of $30 or more! M1 Is the finance Super App, where you can invest, borrow, save and spend all in one place! Visit https://m1finance.com/something to sign up and get $30 to invest! Athletic Greens is doubling down on supporting your immune system during the winter months. Visit https://athleticgreens.com/SOMETHING and get a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Check out Dan Ferris and the Stansberry Investor Hour podcast at https://InvestorHour.com or on your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, why do some men act foolish in front of beautiful

0:07.0

women?

0:08.0

Then the hidden forces that influence every aspect of your life.

0:12.4

Think about it, why do some medicines work for some people but not others?

0:16.6

Why does one smoker die young and another lives to a hundred?

0:20.0

There's a difference that we cannot track down, we cannot fully explain, but it's there

0:25.0

and it's powerful and anybody who doesn't talk about it is misleading you about a fundamental

0:30.1

aspect of the way that things work.

0:32.4

Then how chocolate is responsible for the microwave oven and just how important is the news

0:39.2

to the average person?

0:40.8

Do people really care about the news?

0:43.0

If you ask people why do you watch the news or why do you read the news, the number one

0:47.1

answer you get is for the weather.

0:48.7

So people aren't so much in it or the stories about politics or buildings burning dine or

0:53.5

all that kind of thing.

0:54.5

So they're watching it for the weather.

0:56.0

All this today on something you should know.

1:01.0

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