Real Truth Vs Fake Truth: How to Tell the Difference & The Science of Failure: Why Things Go Wrong

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

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🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We have a lot of devices – cellphones, tablets, laptops – and they all need to be charged up constantly. How much does that cost? And how much does it cost to run a television, light bulb or a Tesla every year? Listen to discover the answers. (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ekhf45ellkj/ipad-1-50-per-year/) It seems as if the truth has taken a beating in recent years. Your truth may not be my truth and then, of course, there is alternative truth. Huh? It’s time we take a closer look at what the truth is and isn’t. So joining me is Hector MacDonald, he is strategic communications consultant who has advised the leaders of some of the world’s top corporations as well as the British government. Hector is the author of a new book called TRUTH: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality (https://amzn.to/2pVUYs6) and I think you will find what he has to say very enlightening. Everyone has been worried about their breath on occasion. We all know what a huge turn-off bad breath can be. So I will let you in on some proven strategies to fight bad breath when you aren’t able to brush your teeth. I’ll also tell you a few myths about bad breath that may surprise you. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/03/cure-bad-breath_n_1126196.html) You’ve heard of Murphy’s Law… Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. But why is that so? Why do things go wrong? Whether it is your morning routine to get the kids off to school (which in my house OFTEN goes wrong) to how you do your job or cook Thanksgiving dinner to disastrous space shuttle launches – things can and do go wrong. Listen to Chris Clearfield, co-author of the book Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It (https://amzn.to/2pZgPy3) as he delves into the science of failure. You'll discover how failure works and more importantly how you can learn from failure to prevent it from happening again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, ever wonder when you charge your cell phone at your
0:07.1	friend's house, what does that cost them on their electric bill?
0:11.0	Then, with fake news and alternative facts, how do you tell if the truth is really the truth?
0:17.4	We should respect people's statements as true if they are true, but we should also notice
0:21.6	what they're not talking about, what they're leading out, what they're selectively highlighting
0:25.5	at the expense of other perhaps just as relevant information that might go against their agenda.
0:29.9	Then, ever worry your breath is not as minty fresh as it should be?
0:34.3	I'll have some bad breath first aid.
0:37.0	And why do things go wrong?
0:38.9	Why do systems fail?
0:40.7	And how do you prevent things from going wrong?
0:43.7	In the more pieces we have in the system, the more moving parts, whether it's tracking
0:47.4	at the space shuttle or our cars or our companies or our personal lives.
0:51.4	The more moving parts we have in these systems, the more likely we are to have these failures.
0:56.6	Call this today on Something You Should Know.
1:16.3	Have you ever been over someone's house and said, you might have I charged up my cell
1:20.5	phone and then wondered, wonder what that does to their electric bill?
1:25.3	What does it cost them to let you charge up your phone?
1:29.1	Well Forbes.com did the research on that and what it costs in electricity to charge up
1:35.7	or use other devices.
1:37.7	Here's what they found.
1:39.2	For your iPad, if you fully drain and charge your iPad every other day, it will use about
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