Look - there's an easy equation explaining all this that has nothing to do with a sweaty stack of pancakes… Misremembering + absolute certainty = The Mandela Effect Because: - People are terrible spellers and don’t pay close attention to details - You know more “-steins” than you do “-stains”  - You’re confusing the dude [...]

Is attention the currency of value? Max gets vulnerable about confusing jealousy and love You're having a White Claw sausage party? Sign Geoff up! Ben reflects on his affinity for Superman Ps - there's a slight 12-second glitch at 24:12 where the sound cuts out In case you want a laugh... *** Topic - How [...]

First off - thank you for all the topics over all the years. Second - things get weird.  Is the Bermuda Triangle some old Atlantean War Games remnants?  Oh - and real talk - does anyone still actually want more superhero movies? References - Crazy library Max couldn’t remember - The Kardashev Scale, type 1 [...]

Time travels lessons at the feet of Ashton Kutcher Ben’s thought a lot of about this Max’s poor attempt to explain block time Geoff’s got a good question around 25 minutes Can we only comprehend the dimensions beneath us? Two PBS shows on time - here and here *** Topic - If you can change [...]

Give Geoff a good GM. Max just wants to know why. Ben has actual predictions. Podcast Max mentions about the election process/selection bias Article about kids picking the president based on looks.  *** Topic - Who, that’s famous now, will end up running for president in the next 10-15 years? From - Mike Hammerling *** [...]

Ben’s Sliding Doors moment. Geoff finally failed his saving throw. Max took one for the team. Good news - certificates of sainthood are here! *** Topic - Your first, best, TTRPG experience From - Roscoe Tealeaf *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - [email protected]

Screw you, elections. We want to get Olympic.  What 10 events would you want your potential leaders compete in? It’s the Triwizard Tournament (hedge maze and dragon fights), plus some Star Trek: Next Gen (Kobayashi Maru). Oh, did we mention each contestant would compete in a NASCAR inspired uniform, blatantly displaying their sponsors?  Ps - [...]

Ben’s hostile takeover of Future Educators of ‘Merica  Survivorship bias and never hearing about the hundreds of thousands who don’t make it. Theoretical dollars. Love for Adam Conover. Billionaires and Tech Guru Worship? (Enjoy!) The government, good and bad? (Boom!) A whole bunch of pluralistic ignorance on a host of topics? (You're welcome!) *** Topic [...]

The Sykes-Picot agreement was the sticky wicket Max mentioned.  (Though it’s not the sticky wicket responsible for this specific situation). Late-stage capitalism - are these, like, cancer-stages we’re talking here? Outsourcing the things that got you to the top isn’t a great long-term strategy. The Buddha must be stopped!  *** Topic - Afghanistan, graveyard of [...]

Lessons learned from board games: Choice is an illusion - Life How to perform surgery - Operation Keep on, keeping on - Shoots & Ladders Diabetes - Candyland The most complicated solution is the best solution - Mousetrap There’s never enough, leftover are for losers - Hungry, Hungry Hippos How to apologize without meaning it [...]