The Judge's Mastery and the Kid's Desperation

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In this chapter, the hosts delve into the character of Judge Holden and highlight his expertise in the law despite his disregard for it. They also discuss the dynamics between the judge and the protagonist, the kid, speculating on the fate of the kid in the final scene. The chapter concludes with an exploration of the temptation the kid faces from the devil-like judge.

In part one of our two-part episode on Cormac McCarthy’s blood-soaked phantasmagorical 1985 masterpiece Blood Meridian, David and Tamler talk about the historical sources of the novel, the cosmic questions the book poses, the capriciousness of the near-constant violence, and the ethical neutrality of McCarthy’s prose. We also get into the religious imagery, the gnostic elements, and the judge – what to make of the judge?

Plus a new meta-analysis refutes the common wisdom that “opposites attract.” But did we ever really believe that anyway?

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https://phys.org/news/2023-08-evidence-opposites-dont.html

Evidence of correlations between human partners based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of 22 traits and UK Biobank analysis of 133 traits | Nature Human Behaviour

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