Why Your Fingers Get Pruney When Wet & How to Use Online Reviews Effectively

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What is the best way to sign-off an email? Well, it depends on what you want the outcome to be but if you re hoping for a reply, there is one sign-off that is more likely to get someone to respond. This episode begins with me revealing those magic words. http://www.businessinsider.com/best-way-to-end-an-email-2017-2 Why is your brain in your head? Why do your eyes face forward but a fish’s eyes are on the side of it’s head? These are just a few of the interesting questions about your body that I discuss with Mark Changizi. Mark is a cognitive scientist, he has a YouTube series about science (https://www.youtube.com/user/mchangizi) and he has authored some science books – one being The Vision Revolution: How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision (https://amzn.to/2SwLNMs) Wrinkles are inevitable. However, there are things we can all do to minimize how many you get and how prominent they are. Listen as I discuss some expert advice from Good Housekeeping magazine and I’ll also reveal the best way to tell how many wrinkles you will likely get. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/anti-aging/things-you-didnt-know-about-wrinkles When you make buying decisions, a lot of factors go into it – some you aren’t even aware of. And then there are customer reviews. Are they a could way to determine if you should buy or not buy a product? That’s what I discuss with Bart de Langhe, a behavioral scientist and a marketing professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and an expert on buying behavior. He has a TED talk on the subject you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=d8TxoQWFW7E&feature=emb_logo This Week's Sponsors -Blinkist. Go to www.Blinkist.com/sysk to start your free 7 day trial and get 25% off your subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, what's the best sign off to use on an email if you
0:06.8	want the person to reply back?
0:09.5	Then interesting questions about the human body.
0:12.2	Like why is your brain in your head?
0:14.7	One of the most difficult things about building a nervous system is the amount of wire that
0:19.6	it takes to build it.
0:21.2	So the reason the brain is in the head is it comes down to trying to save wire.
0:25.4	You see with your head, you hear with your head.
0:27.7	If you want to minimize the amount of wiring that you have to use, then the best place
0:31.4	to put the brain is right up against those sensors.
0:34.1	Plus, the truth about wrinkles and why you get them and the pitfalls of believing online
0:40.0	product reviews.
0:41.5	An additional problem with online reviews is their goals are not necessarily to evaluate
0:47.6	the objective performance of products, but their goals may be different just to leave
0:51.3	their opinion or to have an influence on other people or to achieve a certain incentive.
0:56.4	Call this today on something you should know.
1:01.2	I've talked about this before.
1:02.7	There is a podcast that I really would like you to listen to.
1:07.0	It will get you motivated.
1:09.0	It will make your day better.
1:10.8	It's called the Daily Boost.
1:13.0	And it is a daily motivation and coaching podcast that helps you get what you want, practical,
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