The Science of Sports Fandom

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Natural Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Life Sciences

4.3 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Why do humans devote so much time to organized sports? As it turns out, the roots of sports run deep. In this episode, Julie and Robert explore the evolutionary, tribal and neurological reasons to cheer on the Cornish Hens against the Fighting Cloacae.

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1:35.0	Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind from howstuffworks.com
1:43.0	Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam.
1:46.0	And I'm Julie Douglas. Julie, are you a sports fan? Would you categorize yourself as a sports fan?
1:51.0	Well, I mean, the reason why my voice is like this today is directly related to me being a sports fan.
1:57.0	Oh, yeah. Yeah.
1:58.0	You were yelling at them to turn their game down or?
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