Scales known for balancing.

Famous for balancing.

We're talking about that meaning of the word scales specifically.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why scales are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey there,

Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm not alone because I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden.

Katie, what is your relationship to or opinion of the topic of scales?

Yeah, you know, I mean, look, sometimes I'm trying to trade some salt for some gold dust.

And you know what I use?

I use a set of scales.

And it's fair except for when someone puts their hand on the scales, which is not good.

That's not cool.

That is a party foul sort of in the Silk Road community.

You're not supposed to tip the scales.

You're supposed to weigh them fairly for the spices that I have brought to you.

Alex, that is the extent to my knowledge about scales is that they're used to weigh and measure goods and spices.

This one, if people remember the windmill episode recently where we kind of did a progression

of windmills for grain, windmills for lifting water, then wind power. We're going to do a progression of windmills for grain, windmills for lifting water, then wind power.

We're going to start with the balancing type of scales this week and then go into other scales from there.

So I'm glad we're starting in this vibe of being out there with Marco Polo recording your activities and being like, I'm just a normal person.

Why are you pretending I live in a land of dragons?

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