The Importance of Not Being Insulted

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"If the behavior isn't the key if the question is should we be reasonable, then the answer is yes," he says. "But all I'm saying is that it reflects something about you if if someone comes up and like yells, you know, some guy comes up and yells at your wife that she's a c**p", Tamlin adds. 'It doesn't really bother you unless you're willing to take some sort of risk,' Travolta continues. "'I just don't like the fact that somebody you can't you cannot be willing to be insulted' -- this goes beyond my point."

Dave and Tamler celebrate their one year anniversary and 30th episode with one of their least cynical episodes yet. They talk about 5 philosophy/psychology(-ish) books that influenced and inspired them throughout the years. They also respond to a listener email that accuses them (mostly Tamler) of being "reckless and irresponsible" in their discussion of responding to insults.

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(Please note that the Top 5 links below are to purchase books through amazon.com via the Very Bad Wizards amazon affiliate account)

Tamler's Top 5

5. The Razor's Edge

4. Culture Of Honor: The Psychology Of Violence In The South (New Directions in Social Psychology)/Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence

3. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)

2. Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions

1. Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (Penguin Classics)

David's Top 5

5. Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

4. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

3. The Modularity of Mind: An Essay on Faculty Psychology