Dr. Jack Kruse and Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (Part 1)
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
The Evolution of Da Vinci's Painting: From Cadmium Yellow to Dark Red
Da Vinci's painting of St. John the Baptist at the Louvre appears dark today due to the oxidation of atoms in the paint, causing a change in color. The artist's use of specific atoms in his homemade paint altered the magnetic footprint and affected the way light interacted with the painting. This revelation led to the understanding that light changes the charge density of proteins in the eye, resulting in our own light show. It also provided insight into Schrodinger's concept of negative entropy organisms. Interestingly, humans only utilize atoms from one to iodine on the periodic table, with a preference for around 26 of them.
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