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The Skeptics Guide #935 - Jun 10 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Effects of Longevity on the Human Brain

The study looked at how when the ecology shifts in places over time, culture actually shifts as well. And interestingly, in America, we actually had some of the lower levels of strict social norms before COVID-19 pandemic because of our health care. So kind of fascinating there. I think we tend to think of these cultural differences as being all historically contingent. Right? Not geographic. Yeah, but a lot of historians and sociologists do look at how much of it is kind of destiny. It's like social evolution. Makes sense.

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