Follow Ella's new job's tiktok!When we say save the bees, which bees are we talking about? What happens when you repeat a word and it loses meaning? And how could you design an experiment to figure that out? And what is speed running and why do we all love it?Support us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: solitary bees dance in their spare time, 25000 species of bees, send your enemies bees in the post, Bombus terrestris, human centric beekeeping, the billion pound honey market, honey bees are important, but also bad sometimes, local bee jobs stolen by foreign invaders, bee to bee pathogens, save ALL the bees, hanging out in the park and repeating words words words, good experimental design, the meaning test tube, tuning out meaning, Zeus, pitfalls of psychology, introspection, “familiar feels”, neutral words, clever Hans, the observer expectancy effect, dream of good experiments goodnight, don’t use flash when taking a picture of your screen, Dragster, Atari, Doom, pacifist runs, Quake done quick, games done quick, lowest percent, link stares at a rupee for 17 hours, bullet time bounceSources: Caroline's Paper on the Western Honeybee---Sheila Black's Semantic Satiation ReviewTitchener's Early Description of Meaning LossSemantic Satiation for Poetic EffectJakobovits Naming Semantic SatiationBassett and Warne Introspective StudyLambert and Jakobovits Semantic Polarity ExperimentClever HansSchultz Constructively Criticizing Semantic SatiationSmith Category Verification ExperimentNeural Analysis of Semantic Satiation---A Brief History of SpeedrunningA Quick History of SpeedrunningActivisions Magazine Volume 1Marimoto Super Mario Bros 3 SpeedrunZikubi! Super Mario Bros 3 SpeedrunThe Speedrun Where Link Stares at Rupees for 17 HoursWhat is the hardest trick in Speedrunning?Psychonauts Devs React to SpeedrunnerTom’s Favorite TAS Speedrun

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