The Amazing Reason You Get Disgusted & Inventions that Could’ve Happened Much Sooner

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

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🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Not long ago I went to the supermarket only to find everything had been moved around. Nothing was where it used to be. Why? I’ll explain why they do that and other little tricks supermarkets play on you. http://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Supermarket-Psychology-Tricks-18344600?stream_view=1#photo- Ever wonder why certain things disgust you? The things you find disgusting may be perfectly acceptable – even pleasing to someone else. Disgust turns out to be a fascinating human emotion. No other animals get disgusted by the things we do. And this emotion has served us well. Rachel Herz, a teacher at Brown University is also author of the book, That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion (https://amzn.to/2xTcjVG) joins me to discuss why we get disgusted. Very few people think they look great in photographs. So I have some advice from top photographers on what to do so you look great in every photograph you are in – no matter who is taking the picture. https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/how-to-look-better-in-photos-best-ways-to-pose-for-pictures It is amazing to think that so many inventions that changed how we live could’ve been invented a lot sooner. The stethoscope, the compass, human flight and other inventions took way too long to materialize since the technology for them was around a long time ago. It's just that no one figured out how to put it all together. Ryan North, author of the book How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler (https://amzn.to/2DFFLoy) takes us on a journey back in time and explains what went wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, ever go to your supermarket only to find that everything's
0:07.1	been moved around, I'll tell you why they do that.
0:10.3	Plus the fascinating emotion of disgust, and why we all find different things disgusting.
0:16.2	An Arabic culture is interesting to burp loudly at the end of a meal so like a big belch
0:22.1	is a real compliment to the chef.
0:23.9	Whereas if we were sitting around a dinner table in North America and someone let out a giant
0:28.0	belch who would think, oh my god, how inappropriate that's disgusting.
0:32.1	Also some professional photographer tips on how to look good in any photograph.
0:37.4	And it's amazing how many inventions should have been invented a lot earlier than they
0:42.1	were.
0:43.1	When it comes to mind is the stethoscope which we could have invented around 300 BCE, that's
0:48.0	when we first invented paper.
0:49.8	When they were actually invented in 1816 CE so that's over 2,000 years we could have
0:54.6	invented it and didn't.
0:56.0	All this today on something you should know.
1:01.1	I just learned discover credit cards do something pretty awesome.
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1:24.5	And the best part you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.
1:28.3	Oh, discover does it automatically.
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