Jeremy's Iron

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It took 4 billion years for the first cells to evolve into the talking, walking, podcast-making, online shitposting, creative and utterly insane humans that now populate the earth. BUT! Is that ACTUALLY enough time for Darwin’s theory of incremental mutation to get us here??? A whole lot of smart people reckon it’s not. Justin and Justin try to find out whether they have a point!Justin Z also talks about his own recently published research looking at the health and educational deficit faced by twins.

We discuss the difficulties of conducting and publishing research in Russia.We also answer the following questions:What caused the mystery radioactive fog that descended on Europe in 2017? Can machine learning identify autism in babies from merely analysing eye movements?How does Burger King possibly have a 4.5 star google review rating

In an experiment that would make most researchers shudder with its methodological flaws, Justin Z and Justin B go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all 50m swim sprint. Why? We're both in our mid 30s, single and have too much time on our hands. With content like this its probably staying that way.

Scared of soy?? Us too. This episode unpacks the man-boob myth and also looks at the effects of soy consumption on pre- and post-menopausal women. Justin B grabs a strong Aeropress coffee just before the show - clearly his usual frenetic enthusiasm was going to be insufficient for this one. So we make it rain in the first half of the show as we deliver a some long overdue listener shout-outs, investigate the placebo effect, cross-examine Wim Hof, discuss the downside of having a twin and castigate Spotify DJs. Soy chat starts around 29mins.

Our sophmore interview on Jeremy’s Iron is with renaissance tech bro Dylan Baskind. He’s the CEO of Qwilr - an online document-creation platform. He’s also a polymath of various arts with a daily meditation habit. We ask him how meditation affects his high pressure work life and also how regular meditation might adversely affect creative processes.

Meditation is practiced by billions across the globe. Each person with their own personal relationship to their practice. There are countless stories of meditation’s positive effect on people’s lives. From tales of rapture, to people who have come back from the brink through meditation to those that just feel that meditation makes them 10% happier. Great! Meditation works then. Cool! No need for a podcast about it.[resumes online shopping for bulk-buy Golden Gaytimes]Wait. You’re saying there’s NO DEFINITIVE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT MEDITATION WORKS? How is that possibly true? Well in this episode, Justin and Justin creep through the sticky weeds of why the effectiveness of meditation is decidedly hard to tease out. Or maybe…. just maybe… it might not be as amazing as we think! We also talk about retired search engines, poop transplants and we announce an interview with Dylan Baskind (CEO Qwilr Industries). Note that the interview will be released as a separate episode to follow shortly!

Montessori and Steiner schools have been preaching “student'-focussed” education for more than 100 years. What’s more, their rejection of teacher authority and strict curricula is progressively encroaching on mainstream schools. BUT is there any evidence that their progressive take on schooling provides any longterm benefits to students?? Justin and Justin hope to find out!

Fly shame is real, and many people are going cold turkey on holiday making to reduce their environmental impact.In this episode, Justin B tries to convince Justin Z not to become one of these people. We also talk about new interesting findings in evolutionary biology, how a jet engine works and the magic castle in Los Angeles.