Why We Do What We Do

We are joined by special guests Dr. Andre Bulla and Oscar Turcios who share their continued adventure training wolves on a reserve. We invited them on after a conference presentation in which they described their experiences testing for concept learning in wolves, learning about wolves, and traveling during pandemic. It all started with a bottle of bourbon. Listen in to hear their story about training wolves.

Wokeism has a much longer history than you might think and its original meaning has been appropriated and obfuscated beyond recognition. We break down the defintiion, the current application, and level a critical lens at "woke" culture. Warning: We discuss a few awful people doing awful things.
Vocab: Pejorative.

Recommendations:

• Abraham: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird)
• Shane: Samiam - Stowaway (https://open.spotify.com/album/5EZd3zQ30PFR9Xtbcbp0EU?si=o-wT0RWXQOWCcog4WL0EtQ)

Links and References:

1. https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy
2. https://www.nationalworld.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/what-does-woke-mean-definition-woke-culture-2023-3215758
3. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/2167/stop-w-o-k-e-act
4. https://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/dsjel/vol2/iss3/1/
5. https://shareok.org/handle/11244/326817
6. https://formationreimagined.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Church-membership-has-fallen-below-the-majority-for-the-first-time-The-Washington-Post.pdf
7. https://diversity.social/wokeism-woke-culture/

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Swearing involves the use of taboo words considered coarse, blasphemous, or otherwise unacceptable in polite or formal speech to accentuate a statement. Contrary to the myth that frequent swearing reflects a poverty of vocabulary, research shows that people who use taboo words tend to have larger vocabularies and higher verbal fluency. Swearing serves different functions like expressing emotions, creating humor, and constructing identity. Additionally, some researchers believe swearing can provide stress relief in upsetting situations, like when one stubs their toe.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (https://www.dungeonsanddragons.movie/)
• Shane: Baseball: A History of America’s Favorite Game by Greg Vecsey (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/90596)

Links and References:

1. https://people.howstuffworks.com/backward-evolution-swear-words.htm
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2015/06/26/2ba794c6-1abc-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html
3. https://www.proquest.com/openview/c9bc23a0134b3d738b563383c931be06/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=31040
4. https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/files/86158666/Swearing_and_perceptions_of_the_speaker.pdf
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd-Sa_3iBVA
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkPudcbNz0
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1F90W40t6g
8. https://list.co.uk/news/9980/interview-jim-jefferies-im-the-rosa-parks-of-cnt
9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/01/20/station-fined-for-playing-the-whole-slim-shady/6bf0d192-4e57-4341-96cd-ae4c5534f86c/
10. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S038800011400151X
11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00723/full
12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-022-02202-0
13. https://word.tips/us-states-curse-words-map/

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Factitious disorder by proxy (FDbP) is a mental illness where a caregiver, often a parent, exaggerates, fabricates, or induces illness in someone they care for, such as a child or elderly person. The motive for FDbP is usually to gain attention or sympathy for themselves by appearing to be a devoted caregiver. FDbP can cause serious harm to the victim and often involves a long and complex pattern of deception. Treatment typically involves therapy for both the caregiver and the victim.

Recommendations

Abraham: Ozark Season 4 Part 1 (https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552)

Shane: Pinegrove - 11:11 (https://store.pinegroveband.com/products/713782-11-11-album)

Sources and additional content

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingering

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatization_disorder

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factitious_disorder_imposed_on_self

4. https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/ishm/vesalius/VESx2002x08x01.pdf

5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673651923136

6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1028417/

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux

8. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1078.8665&rep=rep1&type=pdf

9. http://web.tiscali.it/humanrights/articles/meadow77.html

10. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9834-factitious-disorder-imposed-on-another-fdia

11. Schreier, HA (2004). "Munchausen by Proxy". Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 34 (3): 126–143. doi:10.1016/j.cppeds.2003.09.003. PMID 15039661.

12. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20356034

13. R v LM [2004] QCA 192 at para. 67 (4 June 2004)

14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

15. Associated Press (April 8, 2016). "Mommy blogger gets 20 years to life for salt-poisoning son". NY Post.

16. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24563814

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fPZ2trpbMs

18. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028#:~:text=Factitious%20disorder%20imposed%20on%20another,the%20intention%20of%20deceiving%20others.

19. https://youtu.be/eNDDyC25QgA

20. https://denvergazette.com/news/courts/kelly-turner-pleads-guilty-in-connection-with-death-of-7-year-old-daughter/article_8967b4c2-6ce7-11ec-ae8b-fb2d364f66d4.html

In this third and final installment of our discussion about Facilitated Communication, we explain why Facilitated Communication is not only ineffective, it is actively harmful, even fatally. Facilitated Communication is dangerous and does not work.
WARNING: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse and violence.

Recommendations

• Rick and Morty season 6 (https://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty/solaricks)
• Shane: Evolve Modern Vegan Kitchen (https://www.evolvemodernvegankitchen.com/)

Links and References

1. https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/
2. https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/
3. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fc
4. Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience science working group on facilitated communication. American Psychologist, 50(9), 750–765. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.750
5. https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.
6. https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/
7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
8. https://i-asc.org/
9. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
10. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3
11. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/
12. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/
13. https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
15. https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-stop-exposing-people-to-the-dangers-of-facilitated-communication-95942#:~:text=FC%20can%20mask%20the%20true,for%20sex%2C%20or%20other%20crimes.
16. Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.
17. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitated
18. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3

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The follow-up to the history of Facilitated Communication. How can we determine if the messages typed by an individual with little or no previous language experience is coming from them or their facilitator? Simply. This episode describes the experiments that cleverly demonstrated the nature of the Facilitated Communication dynamic. It was very one-sided. Only one-sided in fact. Check out part two of the FC trilogy.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Join a Book Club
• Shane: Transmetropolitan (https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/transmetropolitan-1997/transmetropolitan-book-one)

Links and References

1. https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/
2. https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/
3. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fc
4. Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience science working group on facilitated communication. American Psychologist, 50(9), 750–765. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.750
5. https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.
6. https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/
7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
8. https://i-asc.org/
9. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
10. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3
11. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/
12. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/
13. https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
15. https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-stop-exposing-people-to-the-dangers-of-facilitated-communication-95942#:~:text=FC%20can%20mask%20the%20true,for%20sex%2C%20or%20other%20crimes.
16. Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.
17. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitated
18. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3

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Being as charitable and honest as we can, facilitate communication is an ineffective pseudoscience. We explore the history, the claims, and a careful discussion of the general procedures. We handle this first discussion gently. Next episode, the gloves come off.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Vindication (board game; https://www.orangenebula.com/product/vindication/)
• Shane: Everything Everywhere All At Once (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/)

Links:

1. https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/
2. https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/
3. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fc
4. Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience science working group on facilitated communication. American Psychologist, 50(9), 750–765. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.750
5. https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.
6. https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/
7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
8. https://i-asc.org/
9. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
10. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3
11. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/
12. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/
13. https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
15. https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-stop-exposing-people-to-the-dangers-of-facilitated-communication-95942#:~:text=FC%20can%20mask%20the%20true,for%20sex%2C%20or%20other%20crimes.
16. Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.
17. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitated
18. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3

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Seizure alert animals, like dogs, help during and after seizures and require training and upkeep. They aren't just pets and may stay with their owner for 8-9 years. The animals recognize seizures through sudden shifts in behavior and intense pacing, whining, or licking. Researchers also explore capturing seizure-associated scents. So, if you see a dog licking you intensely, it might be detecting something more exciting than just sweat or crumbs.

Recommendations

• Abraham: We Have a Ghost (https://www.netflix.com/title/80230619)
• Shane: The Stand (So Far; https://stephenking.com/works/novel/stand.html)

Links
How to Train a Seizure Alert Dog - Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc.
Seizure Alert Dogs | Epilepsy Foundation
Seizure Alert Service Dogs | Epilepsy Warning Dogs | CPL (k94life.org)
*Dog alerting and/or responding to epileptic seizures: A scoping review (nih.gov)


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A highly controversial speculative hypothesis. Julian Jaynes read ancient texts and arrived at a unique and wholly original hypothesis: Our ancestors did not have consciousness. He reasoned that their brains did not work in concert as ours do today and instead they "hear" the messages from one hemisphere as the ethereal voice of gods. Is there evidence for this? Have we learned something knew about human psychology? We weigh in on the relatively utility of Jaynes' bicameral mind, for what it's worth.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Track your miles per gallon
• Shane: Gift cards

Links:

1. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/5/12/the-lonely-odyssey-of-julian-jaynes/
2. https://www.julianjaynes.org/about/about-jaynes-theory/overview/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
4. https://www.academia.edu/7100194/Julian_Jaynes_and_the_Promise_of_the_Other_Psychology_Cultural_Historical_Approaches_to_Psyche
5. https://youtu.be/ll12kPSi1Xc

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The royal "you" feel high, that is. Many if not most people understand that THC is the primary chemical in cannabis respnosible for the effect of feeling "high." But what is happening in oury brain to produce this sensation? How does it work and why? We explore the history of this weird plant, the chemical process and neural mechanisms responsible for its effect, and a variety of other topics related to cannabis. Whether or not you partake, there is a lot of interesting information for everyone.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10954600/)
• Shane: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Links and Resources:

1. https://www.history.com/topics/crime/history-of-marijuana#:~:text=Marijuana%2C%20also%20known%20as%20cannabis,hemp%20for%20textiles%20and%20rope.
2. Crocq M. A. (2020). History of cannabis and the endocannabinoid system�. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 22(3), 223–228. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.3/mcrocq
3. https://www.news-medical.net/health/Cannabinoid-Receptors.aspx#:~:text=In%20the%20brain%2C%20the%20CB1,pain%20regulation%20and%20motor%20control.
4. https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/how-does-marijuana-produce-its-effects#:~:text=Like%20most%20other%20drugs%20that,response%20to%20natural%20rewarding%20stimuli.
5. https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/why-does-cannabis-make-you-feel-good
6. https://blog.cannabisclinics.ca/new-to-cannabis/why-does-cannabis-make-us-euphoric/
7. https://interestingengineering.com/science/marijuana-makes-some-people-feel-euphoria-and-others-extreme-paranoia
8. https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-gateway-drug
9. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/marijuana-gateway-drug#the-gateway-theory
10. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/29/marijuana-name-cannabis-racism
11. https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/why-does-cannabis-produce-thc
12. https://youtu.be/FsJzCdFlpyQ
13. https://youtu.be/Yu4e4YEqVLw
14. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-you-get-high-from-eating-raw-weed
15. http://web.archive.org/web/20070704003310/http://science.nasa.gov/faq/NASA%2520Tech%2520Brief.pdf
16. https://medmen.com/blog/medmen-news/mythbusting-scientists-say-cannabis-strains-are-the-same

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