The last male northern white rhino died in 2018. There are two (known) females left. Should we intervene? 

Nick and Chris wave goodbye to Pride Month 2021 with a look at how Alan Turing and the British were able to keep the fact that they cracked Enigma a secret from everyone for so long. 

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Resources:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/nov/28/imitation-game-alan-turing-us-intelligence-ian-fleming

https://drenigma.org/2018/06/13/did-the-nazis-know-the-british-were-breaking-the-enigma-codes/

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092

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Ep 8 

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Cicadas are so unathletic and unimpressive that they need a weird adaptation to survive. That adaptation is power in numbers. When they emerge, there are far too many of them for predators to eat them all. Also, they aren't above ground for long enough for preditors to adapt and focus solely on them.

Humans do something similar in large groups or mobs. Think of the infamous Malice at the palace or the capitol riots. In those cases, there are going to be some people who participated just passively enough to get away with it because the authorities just can't possible get them all.

Cicadas are annoying and they're back. They use power in numbers to survive. But how can humans employ something similar to get away with mob mentality. 

Nuclear weapons are a cheat code for war. How the prisoner's dilemma plays out on a global stage. 

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Resources used in this episode:

Kalist Research from the Journal of Statistics Education by Taylor & Francis.

Friend of Foe? Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3vWKmsz

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Without Prejudice game show wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3tEtuVQ

Kennedy Official Fox Business: https://fxn.ws/2RHdZiL

Kennedy Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3tHpXWN

How RPS works, why it's basically luck, and this one time it was used to settle an argument. 

In this episode, Nick and Chris talk about the idea and film Moneyball. 

Learn more:

• The Atlantic - The problems with the movie https://bit.ly/3dFWaYC
• Moneyball film Rotten Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/3dB32qb
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• Meditation in a Toolshed by C. S. Lewis https://bit.ly/3dHHybn

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