Your Brain Is So Easily Fooled
Science Talk
Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. |
| 0:02.3 | Hiya. |
| 0:02.9 | So, Benny has really blossomed this term. |
| 0:05.6 | You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. |
| 0:09.6 | Oh, that's not quite what I meant. |
| 0:11.1 | It's free to sell on there? |
| 0:12.3 | Free to sell? |
| 0:13.4 | Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. |
| 0:16.8 | You sold my guitar? |
| 0:19.9 | Shall we talk about Benning? |
| 0:22.1 | When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay. |
| 0:26.7 | Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles. |
| 0:30.3 | Science talk will begin after this short message. |
| 0:33.6 | Hey all, I'm hoping you'll join me in a step back into the past, a past where you, |
| 0:39.0 | pa, my, grandma, and grandpappy might head down to the local state fair to enter what was once |
| 0:45.0 | called a fitter family's competition. |
| 0:48.0 | And these were not about athletics. |
| 0:50.5 | They were held in the name of eugenics. |
| 0:53.0 | Families would happily line up to be judged on their breeding just like livestock. |
| 0:57.7 | My name is Brian. |
| 0:58.7 | And I'm Andrea. |
| 0:59.6 | We're from Base Pairs, the official podcast of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. |
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