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Parents Rarely Pass Their Politics to Their Kids, Source of Peanut Allergies Found in the Gut, and Why Stars Don’t Make the Night Sky Bright

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Learn about the perception-adoption model, which says that most parents don’t pass their political ideology to their kids; how researchers found the source of peanut allergies in the human gut; and Olbers’ Paradox, which asks why the night sky is so dark if stars are so bright.

Most parents don't successfully transmit their political ideology to their kids by Kelsey Donk

Researchers find source of peanut allergies in the human gut by Grant Currin

Olbers' Paradox Asks Why the Night Sky Isn't Blazing With Light by Trevor English

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0:00.0

Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com.

0:06.3

I'm Cody Goff.

0:07.3

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:08.3

Today you learn about why most parents don't pass their political ideology to their kids,

0:13.2

how researchers found the source of peanut allergies in the human gut,

0:16.5

and a paradox that asks why the night sky is so dark

0:19.9

if stars are so bright.

0:21.6

Let's satisfy some curiosity. Where did you get your political beliefs?

0:26.8

According to a lot of previous research, the chances are pretty good that you got them from your parents.

0:32.0

But recently, a pair of political scientists

0:34.3

realize that past studies into this issue were making one big very wrong

0:38.8

assumption and they revealed the reality that parents pass their politics to their kids

0:44.7

way less off than you might think.

0:47.6

That idea that parents reliably pass their politics down to their kids

0:51.6

is called the direct transmission model.

0:54.0

It's a cornerstone of political science research and it basically says that parents

0:58.9

drive the bus when it comes to a child's political beliefs.

1:02.3

I mean after all parents teach children when it comes to a child's political beliefs.

1:02.7

I mean, after all, parents teach children values and morals,

1:06.5

show them how the world works, and generally act as role models.

1:10.9

Since kids can't really grasp political policies until they're much older,

1:15.0

the model says that they're basically passive recipients of their parents' politics.

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