Episode 2811 CWSA 04/16/25
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What is the highlight of this podcast episode?
welcome to the highlight of human civilization skull and coffee with scott adams you've never had a better time but if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny shiny human brains all you need for that is a copper mug or a glass of 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 of the dopamine today, the thing that makes everything better. It's called a simultaneous sip. It happens now. Go. The technology is not working today. It's the way I like it. Well, I wonder if there's any science that looks sketchy. Turns out there is.
So according to The Guardian, there's British hospitals have decided that if you give the patients way more medication than they used to, they could cut deaths by 62%. They say it's a game changer.
What new study about medication is discussed?
it might be what is the first question you would ask if you saw a study that says oh it turns out if you just just gave people way more of the stuff you're already giving them that would be even better well i would suspect the companies that are making those drugs you're already giving them but somebody did some research when i posted on this and said no it's just a data a data entity. So an entity that's just trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. But the data entity is part of a bigger pharma. Do you think that anyone in that larger pharma of which the data entity is a part, do you think any of them provide any drugs that you give to people for heart failure? I don't know. But my My pattern recognition says, did you see the study about, was it OxyContin?
And when people were getting bad results with OxyContin, they decided that the solution was to give them way more. Whenever you see science that says, you know what? You should take way more of this medication. I just automatically say, I don't know. I'm gonna need to know a lot more about who did that study. So that's the first thing you should ask. All right, here's another one.
How does political overconfidence affect debates?
I wonder if they could have done this in a faster, more efficient way. But according to Eric Dolan on SciPost, political overconfidence worsens polarization in online debates. So apparently, if you believe you know a lot about politics, but you might be sort of exaggerating your own ability. You get extra mad when you talk to people who have different opinions. Do you know what they could have done instead of this study? They could have just asked me. Just ask Scott. Yes, if you talk to somebody who is really sure that their view of the world and politics is correct and yours is not, they will get quite worked up if you give them an encounter to what they think they believe. Yep, it's the Dunning-Kruger for politics.
The overconfidence effect, they call it. Yeah, you don't want to talk to somebody who's overconfident about politics. Well, here's a high blood pressure mystery. I've always believed... that high blood pressure was not fully understood. And I don't know if this explains it, but since it agrees with me, I'm going to tell you about it. So according to the University of Waterloo, generally speaking, if you had high blood pressure, they tell you to eat less salt. Has anybody had that experience? Eat less salt. And apparently that works, or they wouldn't recommend it. But apparently the University of Waterloo figured out that maybe what's more important than less salt is the ratio of salt to dietary potassium.
So if you eat bananas and broccoli, which have potassium in them, you might be better off than lowering your salt intake. Because what you need is a good balance of potassium to sodium. So I don't know if that's true. Half of all scientific studies are not reproducible. But I like this one because I like bananas and I like broccoli. It's a perfect example of how people accept or don't accept science. If this is said, yeah, you've got to eat, I don't know, some kind of food I don't like. I couldn't even think of anything because I like pretty much all food. But... I really like bananas and broccoli. I eat a banana and a broccoli almost every day. So yeah, I believe the science because I like bananas and broccoli.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the highlight of this podcast episode?
0:00–1:05
2
What new study about medication is discussed?
1:05–2:36
3
How does political overconfidence affect debates?
2:36–14:24
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What recent ruling did the UK Supreme Court make?
14:24–18:18
5
What allegations are made against Letitia James?
18:18–29:50
6
What concerns are raised about Melinda French Gates' statements?
29:50–42:13
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What is the controversy regarding Harvard funding?
42:13–59:40
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