The Benefits of Cursing & How the World is Getting Better - Even If It Doesn't Seem So

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This episode begins with a look at some fascinating science of everyday life. For example, how the calorie count for food is determined, what does it take to actually crush a Lego brick, why water of the same temperature feels colder than air of the same temperature – and more. http://mentalfloss.com/article/66086/11-scientific-explanations-everyday-life Do you swear? If so, why? Are there any benefits to swearing? And how has swearing changed over the years? These are a couple of the questions tackled by Emma Byrne author of the book Swearing is Good For You. https://amzn.to/2vq8R3P. Listen to Emma and you may just come away with a whole new view of the power and usefulness of bad words. You’ve heard the phrase – “Sex sells.” Right? Well actually sex doesn't sell. Violence doesn’t sell either. You’ll hear about some fascinating research that shows that in terms of advertising effectiveness, sex and violence really get in the way. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3169550/Sex-DOESN-T-sell-Consumers-distracted-raunchy-violent-ads-forget-product-study-reveals.html#ixzz3gdzJRKwe If you watch the news or look at social media a lot, you might think the world is becoming a harsh and terrible place. But could it just be perception? Could it really be that the world and the people in it are getting better and have been for a long time? That is the contention of Gregg Easterbrook author of It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear. https://amzn.to/2MddPYH . Gregg explains that when you objectively measure the things that determine how our lives are trending – there are a lot of reasons to celebrate. This Week’s Sponsors Hoka One One. Get free expedited shipping on your first pair of shoes by going to www.hokaoneone.com/SYSKand use the promo code SYSK Hotel Tonight. Download the app Hotel Tonight to your phone and get $25 off your first eligible booking. Bombas Socks.Get 20% off your first order by going towww.Bombas.com/something and use the promo code SOMETHING Madison Reed. Get 10% off your first hair color kit plus free shipping by going to www.madison-reed.com and use the promo code SOMETHING InterContinental Hotel Group. Listen to the podcast called “Stories of the InterContinental Life” at Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, a food label tells you how many calories are in the
0:06.2	food, but how do they come up with that number?
0:09.5	Then, swearing.
0:11.2	Why do we do it?
0:12.2	Is there any value in it?
0:14.0	And why you use the same swear words most of your life?
0:18.0	For each of us, our swearing tends to sort of ossify towards the end of adolescence.
0:23.4	So what I think of as being highly offensive is likely to be very different to what my parents
0:29.0	are to be highly offensive and will be different against what my daughter thinks of.
0:32.6	Plus, you've heard the slogan that sex sells?
0:36.0	Well, it doesn't, and I'll explain why.
0:39.2	And if you think the world is going to hell, it may just be your thinking is wrong.
0:44.5	If you think in terms of facts, there's no conclusion that you can come to, but that most
0:50.0	things are getting better for most people in most places in our very large world.
0:55.5	All this today on something you should know.
1:00.6	I just learned, discover credit cards do something pretty awesome.
1:05.4	At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.
1:10.9	That's right, everything you've earned doubled.
1:13.8	All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup dumpling restaurant?
1:17.8	Doubled.
1:18.8	All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?
1:22.9	Also doubled.
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