Why You Are SO Not the Person You Used to Be & How to Face the Unknown

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, what do the initials are X, actually mean when it comes to medicine?
0:09.0	Then, how the human mind works and how it's constantly changing who we are as we get older.
0:16.0	And what you find is, as people age, their personalities on average get a little bit better.
0:21.0	They become less belligerent, more understanding, more agreeable.
0:24.0	They're more conscientious you could trust them more. They're less neurotic.
0:27.0	We seem to be bellow out maybe once we pass 30 or 40.
0:31.0	Also, the difference between a road, a street, and an avenue.
0:35.0	And how to make the best of uncertainty, because many of us fear what uncertainty may bring.
0:41.0	When you spend your whole life running away from uncertainty, you also spend your life running away from possibility.
0:47.0	You know, sometimes you take a risk and it doesn't work out.
0:50.0	But on average, if you're taking thought for risks, it leads to such a more exciting life.
0:56.0	All this today on something you should know.
1:02.0	Something you should know, fascinating intel, the world's top experts,
1:07.0	and practical advice you can use in your life today.
1:11.0	Something you should know, with my carothers.
1:16.0	Hey, hi, welcome to something you should know.
1:19.0	When you hear the letters are X together, you probably think of medicine.
1:25.0	I mean, you see RX at the drugstore on signs and on bottles of medication.
1:31.0	But what does RX have to do with medicine?
1:35.0	Well, the R part of the symbol stands for the Latin recipe, which means take this.
1:42.0	The X part of the symbol is derived from the symbol for the Roman god Jupiter.
1:46.0	It represents a prayer or invocation to Jupiter that the treatment would result in a cure with divine help.
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