Schauer Thoughts

This week we’re covering anti-intellectualism: what is it, who’s involved, is there room to grow? Hope you like *light* mental lifting (don’t worry I’ll spot you) because we’re answering all these questions and more on this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts!

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Articles:

Anti-intellectualism 

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/anti-intellectualism

Exploring the Reasons Behind Parental Refusal of Vaccines

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4869767/

Information Density

https://publish.obsidian.md/pkc/Hub/Theory/Sciences/information+density

The Development of Concrete and Abstract Thinking Patterns 

• Blog post but clinically reviewed by Tiffany Lovins, Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

https://calmerry.com/blog/psychology/the-development-of-concrete-and-abstract-thinking-patterns/#:~:text=Abstract%20thinking%20and%20concrete%20thinking%20are%20two,us%20to%20make%20connections%20and%20see%20patterns

Cliche’s - What is a cliche?

https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/cliches/#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20cliché?,memorable%20contributions%20to%20your%20writing

Books:

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach

• Quoted pages: 175 - 178

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness - Gay Watson

If there are any resources I mentioned that are not listed, please let me know and I’ll update ASAP.

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This week is a semi-book club, we’re going over the heartbreak of a book ending on a bad note. However, next week we’ll be discussing anti-intellectualism, anti-science, and anti-vax! Hopefully this episode shed light on the present and we emerge from these Schauer Thoughts with a fresh perspective and ready to take on the next sticky situation. 

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If any books or resources are missing, please let me know and I will update this list ASAP.

Books:

On the Art & Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania 

Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods - Shawn Wilson 

The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli 

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach

The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know - Shawn Coyne 

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This week we’re tackling the “male loneliness epidemic!” From men’s first widespread tango with mental health to the socialization and neural pathways that got them there, no corner of our kooky brains will go unchecked. So strip down, mull around, and join us in the communal lavatory for some Schauer Thoughts.

If any resources are missing, please let me know and I will update this list ASAP. 

Resources: 

Facts and statistics about loneliness

https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/facts-and-statistics/#:~:text=Emotional%20loneliness%20%E2%80%93%20%27the%20absence%20of,others%20and%20the%20wider%20world

The Psychology of Loneliness

https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/wp-content/uploads/Psychology_of_Loneliness_FINAL_REPORT.pdf

Are Women Equivalent to Tools?… To Him, Yes!

https://sharedhope.org/2011/03/30/are-women-equivalent-to-tools-to-him-yes/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%20article%20from,perceive%20women%20as%20sex%20objects

Accessing neural responses towards objectified targets and objects to identify processes of sexual objectification that go beyond metaphor 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6491438/

The Beneficial Effect of Empathy on Loneliness Intervention 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7249960/#:~:text=The%20Beneficial%20Effect%20of%20Empathy%20on%20Loneliness%20Intervention&text=Additionally%2C%20existing%20research%20has%20demonstrated,et%20al.%2C%202012

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Yes, trauma can be funny and “make” us funny to some degree! Sure! But here on Schauer Thoughts, a podcast for left and right brainers, we simply must explore the psychological crevices. Hopefully we can all laugh about this later and enjoy the endorphin rush. 

Resources:

Ancient & Healthy: The Science of Laughter

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315290#The-neuroscience-of-laughter

Effects of Mirthful Laughter on Pain Tolerance: A randomized controlled investigations 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301184

Social Laughter is Correlated with an Elevated Pain Threshold 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3267132/#RSPB20111373C35

The informational and facilitative effects of an audience upon expression and the evaluation of humorous stimuli 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022103175900165

Neural Basis of the Behavioral Contagion and Authenticity of Laughter 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945221002380?via%3Dihub

Laughing Through the Pain: An Analysis of Dark Humor in Trauma-and-Crisis Centered Occupations 

https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2550&context=honorstheses

Alt-Right Pipeline Indoctrination 

https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10108

“Evolutionary Stages of Minorities in the Mass Media” An Application of Clark’s Model to American Indian Television Representations 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10646175.2010.519651#:~:text=Clark%20wrote%20that%20minorities%20are,ridicule%2C%20regulation%2C%20and%20respect.

Books:

Humour - Terry Eagleton 

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer 

If any resources are missing please feel free to ask me and I’ll get back to you ASAP. 

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Okay final part in my series on the demonization of play and the exaltation of work, thank you so much for listening and learning. Also, you do not have to memorize, understand, or accept this immediately. Capitalism has taught you that your worth is tied to your work and that you are a tool and that is fundamentally incorrect, it is a lie. Make sure to like, subscribe, and comment, I love reading y’alls feedback. I hope your perspective is just a wee bit refreshed - you are worthy because you exist.

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Resources:

(Please feel free to ask if any are missing)

Underpaid and Undervalued 

https://nationalpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/womens-work-is-undervalued.pdf

Cultural Domination

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026119854259#body-ref-bibr3-0038026119854259

Oppressive Double Bind 

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713943#:~:text=As%20Frye%20describes%20them%2C%20double,options%20involve%20punishment%20or%20censure.

Prejudice Against Manual Labor

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2020/09/the-venerable-prejudice-against-manual-labour.html

Morale and Fairness Issues Related to Accommodations Under the ADA

https://askjan.org/publications/consultants-corner/vol12iss07.cfm

Cognitive Dissonance

https://www.verywellhealth.com/cognitive-dissonance-5248814#:~:text=Cognitive%20dissonance%20happens%20when%20situations,conflict%20with%20your%20personal%20values.

Alternative Discipline Strategies for Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline 

https://jjie.org/2017/09/07/alternative-discipline-strategies-for-dismantling-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/

The Government Invests More For Each Inmate Than for Each Student

https://broadcastreporting.org/the-government-invests-more-for-each-inmate-than-for-each-student/#:~:text=April%2020%2C%202023%20Kiara%20Rodriguez,of%20%2412%2C756%20per%20student%20annually

Books:

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

Connections Over Compliance - Lori L. Desautels Phd

Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis 

Disability Pride - Ben Mattlin 

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Got a little side tracked (but not really) on our discussion of the demonization of play and the exaltation of labor, but most morality is rooted in disgust so good, evil, disgusting, compelling, you get it. Next week I will wrap this three part Schauer Thought and hopefully your perspective shifts and pores clear out.

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Resources:

Aurel Kolnai on Disgust: https://philarchive.org/archive/KORVVA#:~:text=Disgust%20is%20a%20powerful%2C%20visceral,casts%20doubt%20upon%20their%20validity 

What the Thalamus Does: (super cool)

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22652-thalamus 

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

• Chapter 3 is on the Essence of Taste (& Smell)

The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health

https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/connections-between-smell-memory-and-health 

What the Nose Knows

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/how-scent-emotion-and-memory-are-intertwined-and-exploited/#:~:text=Odors%20take%20a%20direct%20route%20to%20the,the%20regions%20related%20to%20emotion%20and%20memory.&text=During%20the%20talk%20she%20explained%20that%20smell,of%20around%2010%20when%20sight%20takes%20over. 

My research on the politics of smell divided the internet - here’s what it’s actually about 

https://theconversation.com/my-research-on-the-politics-of-smell-divided-the-internet-heres-what-its-actually-about-245899 

Maggots and morals: 

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1160&context=book_chapters#:~:text=In%20physical%20disgust%2C%20we%20kill,response%20of%20oral%2Dnasal%20rejection. 

If there are any resources I forgot please let me know and I’ll let you know ASAP.

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Well it’s looking like another two parter! This week on Schauer Thoughts: the demonization, moralization, and general uncertainty around play and pleasure. So let’s slip into our skin suits and crank up the heat, we’ve got a lot of internalized beliefs about work to scrub raw from our left and right hemispheres, might have to even get in the crack.

Sources:

Rest is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

Decolonizing Therapy - Jennifer Mullan PsyD

Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Francis Su

I believe the eyeliner joke is from Cat Cohen (cat_cohen on TT) - if I’m wrong please let me know. 

If there are any sources I’ve left out, please feel free to let me know in the Youtube comments, I’ll get to you ASAP.

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Well y’all, here it is, the second and maybe (?) final episode on decentering men. Decentering is a huge topic as it covers how we’ve been socialized and that touches every facet of our lives so I can always go for another round! Sit back, relax, and let your mind mesh with mine during this week’s communal Schauer.

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Books: 

Rest Is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

Leadership Recreated - Kem Grambrell

Bargaining for Advantage - G. Richard Shell

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson 

If I missed any resources please feel free to ask in the comments!

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This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re decentering men! Before you rev up those keyboards: decentering men is not abstaining from men, anyone can decenter men (including men). You will not be “exiting” the patriarchy, decentering men is not the same thing as misandry, and [continued list of misconceptions]. So join us in the communal Schauer and open those pores (and perspectives) to a reimagined, gender nonspecific way of moving and grooving.

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Books:

Leadership Recreated - Kem Gabrell PHD

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman

Justice - Michael J. Sandal

If there are any books or resources not listed, please feel free to ask and I’ll let you know!

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Time for some semi-structured yet informal musings from god’s gayest student-of-the-world, Sarah Schauer! This is Schauer Thoughts, a punderful new pod for left and right brainers! So sit back, relax, and let your frontal lobe mull over a little hopecore.

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Sources:

SchizophrenicReads IG - https://www.instagram.com/schizophrenicreads/reel/DCFcALFSZ0-/

Wired to Wonder - Todd Kashdan

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/wired_to_wonder#:~:text=Part%20of%20the%20answer%20is%20whether%20a,and%20experiences%20are%20transferred%20into%20long%2Dterm%20memory.

Abramson, A. (2024, January 1). Hope as the antidote. Monitor on Psychology, 55(1). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-hope-greater-meaning-life

Wamsley EJ. How the brain constructs dreams. Elife. 2020 Jun 8;9:e58874.

doi: 10.7554/eLife.58874. PMID: 32508304; PMCID: PMC7279884.

How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita

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