Will Future Civilizations Get Oil From Human Fossils?
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Learn the easiest way to forgive and forget; whether human fossils can produce oil; and what bees yell when surprised.
The forgetting part of "forgive and forget" is easier when you forgive emotionally by Kelsey Donk
- Here’s The Best Way To Forgive And Forget. (2021, May 4). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/04/heres-the-best-way-to-forgive-and-forget/
- Noreen, S., & MacLeod, M. D. (2021). Moving on or deciding to let go? A pathway exploring the relationship between emotional and decisional forgiveness and intentional forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47(2), 295–315. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000948
If we get oil from dinosaur fossils, will future civilizations get oil from human fossils? by Steffie Drucker (Listener question from Hunter in Chicago)
- Hunter’s tweet: https://twitter.com/whuntah/status/1390766688354902019
- Do Fossil Fuels Really Come from Fossils? | Britannica. (2021). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/story/do-fossil-fuels-really-come-from-fossils
- Westreich, S. (2021, March 29). Does Gasoline Really Come From Dinosaurs? - Sharing Science - Medium. Medium; Sharing Science. https://medium.com/a-microbiome-scientist-at-large/does-gasoline-really-come-from-dinosaurs-3d2d4e70c6d8
- What Are Fossil Fuels? | Smithsonian Ocean. (2020, March 26). Si.edu. https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/gulf-oil-spill/what-are-fossil-fuels
- Explainer: Where fossil fuels come from. (2018, September 20). Science News for Students. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-where-fossil-fuels-come
- DINO History | Sinclair Oil Corporation. (2015). Sinclairoil.com. https://www.sinclairoil.com/dino-history
Bees Yell “Whoop” When They're Surprised by Anna Todd
- Wong, S. (2020). Honeybees let out a “whoop” when they bump into each other. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121275-honeybees-let-out-a-whoop-when-they-bump-into-each-other/
- Ramsey, M., Bencsik, M., & Newton, M. I. (2017). Long-term trends in the honeybee “whooping signal” revealed by automated detection. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0171162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171162
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com. |
| 0:05.9 | I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:06.9 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:08.0 | Today you'll learn about a way to make it easier to forgive and forget and what bees yell when they're surprised. |
| 0:14.8 | We'll also answer a listener question about whether future civilizations will get oil from |
| 0:19.1 | human fossils. |
| 0:20.1 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. You know the saying Forgive and Forget? That's one of those |
| 0:26.2 | things that's much easier said than done. Lots of research has focused on ways to |
| 0:31.8 | forgive, sure, but not as much has |
| 0:34.7 | investigated the forgetting part. Well now a new study from DeMonthfort University |
| 0:40.3 | in the UK is showing how different types of forgiveness could help people who want to forget an unpleasant experience. |
| 0:48.0 | As for why you would want to forget, past research has shown that reducing the memories of a bad event also helps people feel less negative emotions. |
| 0:58.0 | So it could be helpful for people with PTSD or other severe anxiety. |
| 1:04.0 | So for the study, researchers focused on two different types of forgiveness. |
| 1:09.1 | Decisional forgiveness is when a person decides to forgive the person who has hurt them and maintain their relationship, even if they still hold a grudge. |
| 1:19.0 | Emotional forgiveness involves getting rid of the grudge altogether by working to replace their |
| 1:25.5 | negative emotions with positive ones. |
| 1:28.8 | In the first experiment, participants were told to imagine that just before moving in with a romantic partner, |
| 1:34.6 | they discovered that person was having an affair. Yikes. Some tried to forget through emotional forgiveness, |
| 1:42.3 | like wishing positive things for the offender. |
| 1:45.0 | And others tried to forget through decisional forgiveness, |
| 1:48.0 | to decide to treat the offender well, |
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