No Stupid Questions 42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?
Mar 7, 2021
The timing of your birth can shape your personality and life outcomes. The hosts delve into how cultural beliefs like the Chinese zodiac impact our trajectories. Funny coffee quizzes reveal personal taste quirks and a no-sugar challenge adds a playful twist. Exploring food preferences, they uncover how childhood memories and mindfulness influence what we like. Plus, the conversation touches on luxury coffee production and the surprising effects a mother's diet has on her child's flavor preferences.
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Birth Time Correlations
- Birth time correlates with factors like parental income and mental health outcomes.
- These correlations may invalidate its use as a purely random variable in econometrics.
Unplanned Birth
- Angela Duckworth's family did not plan her birth around the lunar calendar.
- Her sister told her that she wasn't planned at all.
Delayed Burial
- When Angela Duckworth's grandmother died, her family delayed the burial for months.
- They waited for an auspicious day according to tradition.