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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

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Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Headlines Mike is NOT working on and the Shot of the Day

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0:00.0

I cut up here at 5.08, we'll drink and tell us with a shot of the day. And we do have your headlines on the way at 550. But first quick, checker with Mike Hawk and some of the stories and headlines he is not working on. Well, thank you, Miles. There's been a recent study of about 40 million academic papers and found that scientists who use AI tools publish more articles, though it lacks new discovery. Exactly.

0:41.0

They're not learning anything new. But the thing, you know, if that's your line of work, you just want to get published because that lends to your quote-unquote credibility. Right. You know, unless somebody actually goes to verify what it is you've written, then they go, oh, you've been writing crap. But, you know, if you've been published this many times, that's a very good look in the world of science. And AI can give you the exact things that you need to publish that will get you more in order writing.

0:54.6

Exactly. And you can even tell AI specifically, this is what I'm trying to accomplish. Correct. Oh, for publication. Correct. It appears that we've admitted that big touchscreens and cars are dangerous, and we may be seeing the return of buttons. Why did they think it wouldn't be? Keep your eyes on the road, don't text and drive, don't look down at your phone, you travel 60 feet and one second, all these things, right? And you put this big-ass iPad in the middle of the car. It's like, of course. Exactly. I don't... Look, I don't care, but I'm just, like, of course. And they put such an onus on the cell phone.

1:14.6

It's like... course. Exactly. I don't. Look, I don't care, but I'm just like, of course, guys.

1:12.7

And they put such an onus on the cell phone.

1:14.6

It's like the cell phone is not the only distraction that we have in this car.

1:18.5

At the time when cell phones were out, they weren't the only distraction we had in a car.

1:21.9

Right.

1:22.3

There was a day and age where that was the feature.

1:24.8

Yeah.

1:25.6

And now we got, like you said, giant iPads.

1:27.7

Yeah, keep your eyes on the roads.

1:28.8

It's hard not to see.

1:29.5

It's a giant touchscreen.

1:30.7

Yeah, it's hard not to look at, like, I don't know. I haven't driven one of those cars, but just when you're a passenger, it's like, man, look at this. We just had one. We had to get a rental in Phoenix over the weekend. We got a Durango.

1:41.8

It's basically seven of us traveled together the whole time.

1:44.1

It is not fun, by the way.

1:45.4

But, yeah, they had a massive touchscreen, and it's super convenient. over the weekend. We got a Durango. It's basically seven of us traveled together the whole time. It is not fun, by the way.

1:45.4

But, yeah, they had a massive touchscreen, and it's super convenient. But your eyes are off the road almost as much as they're on, especially if you're into town you're not familiar with. Right. Because you're staring at the GPS and making sure that we're making the right turn. And the whole thing is like, man, just listen to the GPS.

2:00.0

You don't have to look.

2:01.5

Right.

2:01.9

If it says take the next right, just take the next right.

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