Show Notes 

• Ben blows up several drive-thru queues in his post-move fast food binge, Josh buys an electric car and installs yet more bling in his tricked-out custom PC, and they both reflect on how the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien is really just a bedtime story wrapped in a bad Dungeons and Dragons campaign. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-19:30) 
  • Area 51 is a real thing, but it’s boring 
  • Minecraft is actually the 2nd best-selling game of all time 
  • The 11th thing every game needs (brought to you by Bad at Magic): 
    • Minimized downtime 
      • If you’re sitting around doing nothing for too much time it gets, well, boring. Your game needs to have a way for non-active players to remain engaged other than just watching you play.  
      • Examples include: short turns, rapid gameplay, simultaneous actions, planning your next turn, etc.  
• Ben vs. Bureaucracy (19:30-51:22) 
  • Everything you need to know about the VW diesel emissions scandal 
  • Who among you has the power to censor the censor? 
• Bad at Logic (51:22-54:50) 
  • Self-serving bias 
• Bad at English (54:50-56:24) 
  • “Done and dusted“: completely finished, a reference to putting powder on what you’ve just written with your quill. US: “signed, sealed, delivered”. 
• Feature (56:24-end) 
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien – Read by Andy Serkis (Gollum) 
  • J.R.R. Tolkien’s relationship with C.S. Lewis 
  • Stranger than Fiction 
  • 11 times The Hobbit is Just like D&D 
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• Ben and Josh discuss the ‘Ten things every game needs’ by Mark Rosewater and a whole bunch of good and bad examples.  
• Intro/follow-up (0-22:43) 
  • Disc Golf World Championship 2021 FINAL HOLE MADNESS 
  • Assume spherical cow of uniform density 
  • Watch: Black Widow NOT: WW84 
• Bad at Husbanding & Josh vs. bureaucracy (22:43-41:34) 
  • To Be Honest by Michael Leviton 
  • Why pull forward in the drive thru? 
  • Refusers to pull forward UNITE! 
• Bad at Magic (41:34-55:43) 
  • MTGA Mirror Mirror event 
  • Eye of Judgement for Playstation 3 
  • Poker Terminology in Magic – an article by Ben Rich 
• Bad at Logic (55:43-58:25) 
  • Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Emotion 
• Bad at English (58:25-1:01:05) 
  • Swings and Roundabouts: n. gains and losses that offset each other 
• The 10 things every game needs by Mark Rosewater (1:01:05-end) 
  • The source article(s) by Mark Rosewater 
  • Josh’s article on ‘How to introduce board games’ to your friends 
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• Josh settles on this year’s Halloween costume just in the nick of time, Ben has a blowout summer vacation in Utah and Idaho, and they both rant about media bias, the future of humanity, Chesterton’s Fence, and dishonesty in the military. 
• Intro (0-33:38) 
  • Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix 
  • Josh after passing the CPA Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) exam 
  • Ben’s friend in Hollywood visual effects and animation 
  • Games to play: 
    • Happy Salmon 
    • 7 Wonders Duel 
    • Splendor 
    • Scythe 
• Bad at Logic (33:38-40:29) 
  • Today’s Bias: Curse of Knowledge 
• Bad at Husbanding (40:29-52:53) 
  • See the Halloween costumes in question on our Facebook page 
• Bad at English (52:53-54:09) 
  • Chuffed: adj. very pleased 
  • Chuffing: gerund of chuff, but used as “very” 
• Feature: some rants (54:09-end) 
  • Josh:  
    • Media Bias Chart 
    • Al Jazeera America 
    • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 
    • The Giving Pledge 
    • China’s CO2 levels almost surpass the G7 
    • How American’s became convinced their Halloween candy was poisoned 
    • Why age? 
  • Ben: 
    • Chesterton’s Fence 
    • Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession 
    • Air Force Reduces Ancillary Training Requirements (Nov 2016) 
    • Malmstrom AFB Cheating Scandal (2014) 
• Next book review:  
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• Ben drives 1,400 miles to Utah, Josh’s children are forbidden from chanting, and Ben’s eldest son gets married making him officially old. 
• Intro (0:00-5:16) 
  • 48 degree experience 
• Bad at Parenting (5:16-26:39) 
  • Games Ben is playing: 
    • Jamaica 
    • Alhambra 
    • Point Salad 
    • Disc Golf 
    • Magic: the Gathering 
• Bad at Logic (26:39-32:23) 
  • Begging the question 
  • Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Bad at English (32:23-34:58) 
  • Bang on 
    • Adj./Adv. (1943): with absolute accuracy; U.S.: “spot on” 
    • Verb (1979): talk too much 
• Feature (34:58-end) 
  • The wedding venue: The Bright Building, Provo, Utah 
  • Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
  • I’m afraid the correct answer was mormon 
  • LDS divorce rate 
  • Charles Coulson Rich 
  • Polygyny and the rate or population growth 
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• Why it doesn’t matter if you drop the Maltese Falcon, how unlikely it is to win the Newegg Shuffle, Josh’s son sleepwalks and Ben raises his children like a psychologist.  
• Follow-up (0:00-41:29) 
  • Ben said the Sesame Street Private Eye was Kermit…it was Grover 
  • Josh’s article on his computer upgrade and subsequent video 
  • Winning the NewEgg Shuffle is quite unlikely 
  • Bitcoin blockchain visualisation at University College London 
  • Frank Abagnale Jr. didn’t cheat on the Bar exam in Lousiana 
• Bad at Parenting (41:29-51:20) 
  • The Willoughbys on Netflix: worse parents than you 
  • Is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker? 
• Bad at Logic (51:20-55:55) 
  • Bias: declinism 
  • Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker 
• Bad at English (55:55-57:16) 
  • Clear as chips i.e. “clear as mud” 
• Feature (57:16-end) 
  • Pigeon-powered guided weapons! 
  • Operant conditioning and reinforcement schedules 
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• Josh rebuilds his already-excellent computer, Ben gets in some last-minute consternation before Coronavirus peters out, and the hosts examine some of their favorite examples time travel in fiction.  
• Intro & Follow-up (0:00-30:38) 
  • Josh’s computer rebuild video 
  • Video card shortage explained 
  • Bitcoin explained 
  • Crypto miners could soon flood eBay with cheap CPUs, motherboards and SSDs acquired via GPU bundle purchases 
• News (30:38-49:39) 
  • New CDC guidelines for “When You’ve been Fully Vaccinated” 
  • Halcyon Starcruiser: coming in 2022! 
  • Secret Cinema 
• Bad at Logic (49:39-52:58) 
  • the fallacy fallacy 
    • You presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong 
• Bad at English (52:58-55:26) 
  • “All-singing, all-dancing” 
    • Full-featured; i.e. “all the bells and whistles” 
  • The Broadway Melody, won the 1929 academy award for Best Picture (tap ballet?!?) 
• Feature (55:26-end) 
  • Time Travel in Fiction Rundown (minutephysics on YouTube) 
  • Josh’s top 3: 
    • Back to the Future 
    • Rick and Morty 
      • Rattlestar Riclactica 
      • A Rickle in Time 
        • See also: Bad at Magic Episode 28: The Darkest Timeline (starts @ 42:49) 
    • Star Trek: Voyager 
  • Ben’s top 3: 
    • Terminator 2: Judgement Day 
    • Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure 
    • Groundhog Day 
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• Ben summarizes his time on the US Central Command (CENTCOM) staff, Josh rants about why we don’t own anything we buy anymore, and they give the full Bad at Magic treatment to the excellent sci-fi film noir, Minority Report (2002). 
• Intro (0:00-20:51) 
  • Biden’s speech declaring withdraw of troops from Afghanistan 
  • US Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun 
  • Visit Tampa Bay 
  • **Josh’s Computer Setup Article on badatmagic.live** 
• Bad at parenting (20:51-37:04) 
  • Why kids lie and what to do about it 
• We don’t own anything that we buy anymore (37:04-58:34) 
  • Tesla wants you to pay $100 a month for its self-driving features 
  • Pepsi Ad: I Fought the Law 
  • Visualizing the Length of the Fine Print (EULAs) 
• Minority Report (2002) (58:34-end) 
  • Minority Report original short story by Philip K. Dick (1956) 
  • 18 minutes, 50 seconds of Tom Cruise running 
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• Ben and Josh discuss what the COVID-19 has revealed about Education in America and how we can keep the good changes as things start to return to normal. Also: Door Dash, kid missionaries, nose honkers, lock picking, and why school curriculum is like a Magic deck.  
• Intro & Follow-up (0:00-22:42) 
  • 2LT Caron Nazario gets pepper sprayed 
  • Brandolini’s Law and Hitchin’s Razor 
• B@M Glossary and Josh’s odd hobbies (22:42-31:41) 
  • Bad at Magic Glossary 
• Kid Proselytizing, COVID Vaccines, and Door Dash (31:41-52:09) 
  • My 7-Year-Old’s Best Friend Won’t Stop Proselytizing – Can I tell him to stop? 
• Bad at Logic and nose honkers (52:09-1:04:46) 
  • Negativity Bias 
• Bad at English (1:04:46-1:08:11) 
  • “Sponsored by Nike”: don’t be a sell-out 
• COVID-19 and Education in America (1:08:11-end) 
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy 
  • Why has COVID-19 been especially harmful for working women? 
  • PIMA ep. 22: Sal Kahn interview with Steven Leavitt 
    • Sal’s TED talk 
  • The 1892 National Education Association (NEA) Committee of Ten 
  • Lego Brick Experiment Channel on YouTube! 
  • Khan Academy – Learn online for free! 
• Next time: Minority Report 
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• Josh is also bad at staying alive, Ben sticks it to the man in St. Pete; and Josh tells the curious story surrounding his courtship and marriage.  
• Intro (0:00-13:58) 
  • Bad at numbers: Josh’s heart murmur and scorpion encounter 
• Magic: the Gathering (13:58-33:19) 
  • Which Strixhaven college are you?? (think: Hogwarts sorting hat) 
  • Play Magic on your computer or device: 
    • Magic the Gathering Arena (new, good place to start for new players) 
    • Magic the Gathering Online (old, most comprehensive Magic experience) 
• Bad at Logic (33:19-36:16) 
  • Today’s Fallacy: False Cause 
• Bad at Husbanding (36:16-49:02) 
• Ben vs. Bureaucracy (49:02-1:07:35) 
  • City of St. Pete sidewalk repair complete! 
• Bad at English (1:07:35-1:12:05) 
  • Pete Tong: Cockney Rhyming slang for “wrong” 
    • BBC Radio 1 DJ from the 1980s 
    • It’s all gone Pete Tong (2004 British/Canadian mocumentary) = It’s all gone a bit wrong 
  • Shaun of the Dead 
  • Weezer: Playing my Piano (COVID-19 quarantine song?) 
  • Ferris Bueller: the key to faking out the parents 
• Josh’s Marriage (1:12:05-end) 
  • Sandals Royal Bahamian 
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  • PIMA ep. 22: Sal Kahn interview with Steven Leavitt 
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Show Notes 

• Ben takes an unexpected trip to the ER, Josh spends way too much on a new mouse, and the hosts of the Bad at Magic Podcast unravel the secrets of the universe.  
• Intro/Follow-up (0:00-15:05) 
  • 31 Foods You’re Eating That Contain Sawdust 
  • PopChartLab’s Omnibus of Superpowers 
• Bad at Logic (15:05-24:11) 
  • Today’s Bias: The Backfire Effect 
  • Freakonomics ep. 455: Are you ready for a fresh start? 
• Bad at Husbanding (24:11-40:32) 
  • Josh’s computer build video 
  • Razr Deathadder v2 Pro Wireless 
  • Hip Hip Hooray for Annie McRae! by Brad Wilcox 
• Bad at Rollerblading (40:32-1:07:11) 
• Bad at English (1:07:11-1:10:13) 
  • Advertisement: British vs. American pronounciation 
• Feature (1:10:13-end) 
  • Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie 
  • Blind spot optical illusions 
  • The World’s Bananas Are Clones—and They Are in Imminent Danger 
  • CHECK OUT THIS GREAT WEBSITE for an even-handed approach to political issues: 
    • A Starting Point (.com) 
      • A Starting Point is a video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans…to create a bipartisan channel of communication and connectivity between Americans and their elected officials with the goal of creating a more informed electorate. 
  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet **MUST SEE** 
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