What Makes You Who You Are & Could You Be A Genius?

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Everyone knows what “riding shotgun” means. And most people think they know where it came from, which is from the days of stagecoaches. But that is not exactly correct. This episode begins by revealing the real origins of the phrase. Source: Cecil Adams author of The Straight Dope (https://amzn.to/3iPlGfp) What are you? It’s a fascinating question because we often don’t think about what we are made of. It turns out we are made from atoms that have been recycled and have been parts of stars, dinosaurs and even other people. Science writer Brian Clegg author of the book What Do You Think You Are? The Science of What Makes You You (https://amzn.to/35TifRq) reveals the latest science about what goes in to making you - you and how you are different from everything else on this planet and in the universe. If you ever got a bad grade in school, you were probably told to work harder to get better at that subject. While maybe that is a good idea sometimes, it basically sends the message that you should try to improve at things you are not especially good at. And that turns out to be some pretty bad advice, as I explain. Source: Kathryn D. Cramer, PhD, author of Change The Way You See Everything (https://amzn.to/2FW1tpC) What do you think of when you think of a genius? Is it how smart someone is or is it much more than that? Can anyone be a genius or is it something you are born with. Joining me to discuss the whole concept of genius is Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course” and who has devoted more than two decades to exploring the nature of genius. He is author of the book The Hidden Habits of Genius (https://amzn.to/2HjA69S) and I think you will be surprised by what he has to say about genius and encouraged by your chances of becoming one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today on something you should know, you think you know the origin of the phrase writing
0:07.0	shotgun, but I bet you don't.
0:09.6	Then, what are you made up?
0:11.6	The atoms that make up you have been around for a long time.
0:15.6	There are atoms in your body that were once in dinosaurs, in pretty well any living thing
0:19.7	you can think of.
0:20.7	It's about a 10 year cycle that pretty well everything in your body gets replaced.
0:25.8	Some of it's a lot quicker, but pretty well all of the atoms in your body were replaced
0:29.6	in the last 10 years or so.
0:31.2	Also, why you should stop trying to get better at things you aren't very good at in the
0:35.8	first place.
0:37.3	And what makes a genius and what do geniuses have in common?
0:42.0	Most importantly, they are curious.
0:44.0	They are not uncomfortable with being outsiders.
0:48.2	They have the ability to learn vast amounts of material and be able to combine it which
0:53.5	will lead to new ideas.
0:56.0	Call this today on something you should know.
1:16.1	Hi, welcome to something you should know.
1:19.1	When I was a kid and perhaps this happened to you if you had siblings as well, I had
1:24.7	an older brother and whenever we wanted to ride in the front seat, we would say, I got
1:31.5	shotgun because riding shotgun meant sitting in the passenger seat of the front seat of
1:38.1	the car.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.