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Evan Bernstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1385 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Let me tell you about buttons real quick.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I took the shirt out of my closet, had to unbutton it to basically get it off the hanger, had to rebutton it again to pack it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

When I got it out, when we arrived at our destination and I had to unpack it, I put it back on the hanger.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I have to unbutton it in order to put it on myself and rebutton it to put it back onto me.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Then I have to take it off by unbuttoning it, putting it back on the hanger again, and then buttoning it again before I repack it and then bringing it back home.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I had to go eight times.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I had to unbutton or button the shirt to wear it once.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

And there's buttons on the cuffs and there's buttons on the sleeves and there's buttons on the collars.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I fastened 58 buttons this weekend to wear a shirt one time.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

This is what I hate about buttons.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

You know how many days of my life I've probably wasted in buttoning things?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It's probably a week.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I will bet you it's a week.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I'll bet you it's a week.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Appreciate that.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

No computer has any awareness of what it does.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Roger Penrose, back in supposedly 1989, said this.