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Something You Should Know

Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Wisdom comes with age. That’s a common belief – but is it necessarily true? Can you acquire wisdom when you are young? This episode begins by looking at the science of wisdom, where it comes from and when it shows up. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8493820/ Doesn’t it seem like the world is safer? Cars are safer, equipment is safer, people wear helmets, warning signs are everywhere. So it makes sense to believe that we are safer today than ever before but that’s not true according to my guest. Steve Casner is a research psychologist and NASA scientist. He is author of the book, Careful: A User's Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds (https://amzn.to/4j74GjN). Listen as he explains how and why accidents have been getting worse lately. While you have surely done things in your life that required courage, you can probably recall other times when you wished you had the courage to do something differently – to speak up, to make a move, to do something! But you didn’t. How can you be courageous when you need to be? Listen to my guest, Jenny Wood. She is a former Google executive, speaker, and airplane pilot. Her writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Inc., and Forbes. Jenny is author of the book Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It (https://amzn.to/4iNpYCJ). Yes or no questions can be very telling when you want to figure out if someone is telling the truth. Actually, it’s not the question so much as how people answer it that can raise some red flags. Listen as I explain how to use yes or no questions to get a better sense of someone’s truthfulness. https://www.inc.com/jack-schafer/an-fbi-agent-on-how-to-detect-deception.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor! Get 50% off at https://FactorMeals.com/something50off QUINCE: Indulge in affordable luxury! Go to https://Quince.com/sysk for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. TIMELINE: Get 10% off your order of Mitopure!  Go to https://Timeline.com/SOMETHING HERS: Hers is changing women's healthcare by providing access to GLP-1 weekly injections with the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as oral medication kits. Start your free online visit today at https://forhers.com/sysk INDEED: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING right now! SHOPIFY:  Nobody does selling better than Shopify! Sign up for a $1 per-month trial period at https://Shopify.com/sysk and upgrade your selling today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Anne Foster, host of the feminist women's history comedy podcast, Vulgar History.

0:06.3

And every week I share the saga of a woman from history whose story you probably didn't already know, and you will never forget after you hear it.

0:13.5

Sometimes we reexamine well-known people like Cleopatra or Pocahontas, sharing the truth behind their legends.

0:18.7

Sometimes we look at the scandalous women you'll never find in a history textbook.

0:22.1

If you can hear my cat purring, she is often on the podcast as well.

0:26.0

Listen to vulgar history wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.2

Today on something you should know, where does wisdom come from?

0:37.9

And more importantly, when do you acquire it?

0:41.2

Then why do accidents happen?

0:43.6

Some explanations may seem hard to believe.

0:46.7

We saw a spike in the number of ladder falls following the introduction of the show Home Improvement,

0:53.2

and it was a really noticeable increase,

0:55.7

that show inspired people to be involved in more do-it-yourself home projects, and a lot of those

1:00.9

involved ladders.

1:02.1

Also, why you simply cannot rush wisdom.

1:06.3

And would you like to be more courageous?

1:08.7

You may need to be a bit more reckless.

1:12.0

Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action.

1:17.9

Because, frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right?

1:23.8

Like, think fast and fearless.

1:25.4

And if you're on the fence, do it.

1:27.4

All this today on

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