Episode 2681 CWSA 12/06/24
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What is the highlight of human civilization?
All right, we're almost ready here for the show of shows, the thing that will make you so happy. Are you ready for this? Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of human civilization. It's Cold Coffee with Scott Adams, and I'm pretty sure you've never had a better time. But if you'd like to take it up to levels that nobody can understand with their tiny, shiny human brains, all you need for that is a cup or mug or a glass, a tank of Chelsea Stein, a canteen jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. with a little oxytocin today, a little bit. It's called the simultaneous sip, but it happens now. Go. Ah, extraordinary. The best ever, probably. Well, this might surprise you, but did you know, according to psychology today, that smelling coffee can increase your attention and memory? That's right.
How does the smell of coffee affect mental performance?
They did a little study where they just gave people the smell of coffee and it gave them some of the mental benefits of actually drinking coffee. And then they made this mistake. They called it the placebo effect. No, that's not the placebo effect. That's hypnosis. Now, I'm just sort of recreationally playing with this. But the placebo effect, as I understand it, is if they give you a fake medication and you don't know it's fake, but because you expect it might work, there's something about your expectation that makes it work. Whereas I think what's happening with the coffee test is that because real coffee gives you real mental benefits, that being triggered by the smell of coffee makes you remember and associate those mental benefits and puts you back into that state. That would be closer to hypnosis. So hypnosis is where you pair two things so that the quality of one thing kind of slops over into the other. The reason that beer companies used to do commercials with attractive young people is
was people would like looking at the young people, and especially the women, and they'd feel good. And then when they saw that brand of beer, they'd transfer some of that good feeling into the beer. So I feel like the reason that the people smelling coffee performed better is because it triggered their past memory, not because it influenced their expectations of what would work. That's what I think. Anyway, here's some backward science, according to the University College of London. Did you know that adults who frequently post on social media are more at risk of developing mental health problems? So apparently it doesn't hurt you so much to consume social media. That's not highly correlated with mental problems. But if you post a lot and you also consume it,
What are the risks of posting on social media?
It's highly correlated with mental problems. So did this study show that the more you post, the more likely you'll have a mental problem? No, I think it's backwards science. Backwards science. Let me explain what I mean. If you've ever had incredibly good sex with somebody you were in a long-term relationship with and you were in love with, and you remember how good that felt? While you were doing it, when you were right in the middle of it, did you ever feel like a pressing need to post something on social media? Or were you perfectly happy doing what you were doing at the moment? I'm going to say you were happy. You were happy. So could it be that rather than posting on social media gives you mental problems, could it be that if you're not happy with your life, you're looking for something outside of your life to give you a little thrill? I've got a feeling that being unhappy is what makes you post. I don't think that the posting is so much what makes you unhappy, but I think both are true.
I think it's true both ways, but I think it's more about unhappy people are looking for something to fill the need And if you were already happy, you probably wouldn't do a lot of posting, except maybe family pictures or something. According to The Hill, the Pentagon has finally admitted they don't know what's up with UFOs. So apparently in the past, there's been a lot of denying and obfuscating.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the highlight of human civilization?
0:00–1:20
2
How does the smell of coffee affect mental performance?
1:20–3:44
3
What are the risks of posting on social media?
3:44–11:47
4
What does the Pentagon say about UFOs?
11:47–16:54
5
How could camouflage technology change our appearance?
16:54–23:46
6
What breakthrough has Mercedes-Benz made in car technology?
23:46–31:02
7
What are the implications of the Havana Syndrome?
31:02–41:38
8
How does AI influence energy policies?
41:38–1:08:57
Speakers
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