Why Fake News Spreads, Positive Lightning, and the Habitable Trinity

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

For a Planet to Sustain Life, It Needs the Habitable Trinity
Negative Lightning Is More Common, but Positive Lightning Is Way Worse
Fake News Spreads Way Faster Than Real News Online
Confirmation Bias Makes You Ignore What You Don't Agree With
The Backfire Effect Says When You Hear Contradictory Evidence, Your Beliefs Get Stronger

To learn more about your own biases and how to overcome them, check out "What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite" by David DiSalvo.

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you learn why positive lightning is more rare and more deadly than your average lightning.
0:11.0	The three things needed for a planet to sustain life,
0:14.8	and why fake news spreads way faster than real news online.
0:18.1	The last story is in response to a listener question.
0:20.4	Michael emailed us and asked, what is the psychological fallacy that leads us humans to
0:24.4	believe in bias and fake news.
0:26.4	Great question Michael.
0:27.4	There's a lot to this answer but we'll do our best to get into it at the end of today's
0:30.8	episode.
0:31.8	Stay tuned. Let and satisfy some curiosity
0:33.6	so kody what does it take for a planet to sustain life
0:36.7	kiddie cream
0:37.8	netflicks
0:38.9	and chill
0:40.8	wow is that is that the list?
0:44.0	That is a forward thinking way, finding aliens.
0:48.0	I mean, we don't want to live on any other planet that doesn't have those things right so we might as well.
0:54.6	Right. Well I think the general answer is usually water.
0:58.6	Yeah I think water does come to mind. Yeah and usually that's what people are looking for. They're looking for a planet that is within the habitable zone, one of the best words to say by the way, habitable habitable habitable. Habitable. Habitable?
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