Jack of All Graves

Ep. 95: Superhumans

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A few weeks ago, Mark insisted Corrigan was a giant mark for believing in human echolocation, so this week we’re revisiting the topic, as well as other seemingly superhuman powers that exist in the world!

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the gruesome shark attacks that inspired Peter Benchley’s Jaws
[18:19] The 4th of July somehow leads us to a conversation about empathy
[35:00] What we watched!
[45:35] Spoiler for the movie Men
[48:18] End of Men spoiler
[73:51] We talk about the incredible capabilities of human adaptation

Stuff we referenced:
  • Charles Bruder killed in shark attack – Newspapers.com
  • 1916 New Jersey Shore shark attacks inspired Jaws and changed the way we view ocean predators
  • The 1916 shark attacks: Matawan, N.J.’s 100-year struggle with a bloody legacy – nj.com
  • The Matawan Shark Attack: A Deadly Day in 1916 – Yesterday’s America
  • July Attacks of the New Jersey “Jaws” | Weird NJ
  • Echolocation in blind people reveals the brain’s adaptive powers | Science | AAAS
  • Learning How to Be a Human Bat – Scientific American
  • People Can Learn Echolocation in Ten Weeks | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
  • How Does Human Echolocation Work? | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine
  • The ‘sea-nomad’ children who see like dolphins – BBC Future
  • Desert people evolve to drink water poisoned with deadly arsenic | New Scientist
  • Could we make a superhuman? | BBC Science Focus Magazine
  • A World Without Pain | The New Yorker
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