0018 - The Big Flood (of nonsense)
Sqeaky and Mako discuss the biblical flood myth. There really are some people who think the world really did drown save one boat. Why do people think this? How can you know this non-sense when you hear it? We also spend a hot minute on covid, again.
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Here are the sources we used this episode:
In our intro:
In our intro:
- SOURCE [1:20] Buoyancy is often taught to 1st grader but we said 3rd to make the insult sound more plausible and therefore more insulting: https://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/129311-first-grade-summer-science-what-floats/
When we discussed meta stuff and corrections:
- SOURCE [6:13] EPA on using HVAC filter - 8:19] Baricitinib is a real medicine and here are some other treatments - https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/episodes/covid-19-can-we-treat-it-treat-it-no-one-wants-to-be-defeated">https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/air-cleaners-hvac-filters-and-coronavirus-covid-19
- 8:19] Baricitinib is a real medicine and here are some other treatments - https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/episodes/covid-19-can-we-treat-it-treat-it-no-one-wants-to-be-defeated">SOURCE [8:19] Baricitinib is a real medicine and here are some other treatments - https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/episodes/covid-19-can-we-treat-it-treat-it-no-one-wants-to-be-defeated
- SOURCE [9:06] Last episode we had an emotional interview with someone who lost someone to covid - https://dysevidentia.transistor.fm/episodes/0017-disecting-misinformation
- SOURCE [9:56] only 100 to 200 in trump crowd - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-capitol-high-alert-pro-trump-demonstrators-converge-rally-2021-09-18/
When we discussed the Covid minute:
- SOURCE [12:20] Alaska also has crisis standards of care - https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/09/22/alaska-activates-crisis-standards-of-care-for-entire-state-to-help-covid-overwhelmed-hospitals/
- SOURCE [12:20] Idaho and the crisis standard of care is one example of a stressor on health care workers - https://www.mtexpress.com/news/coronavirus_covid-19_info/as-covid-19-numbers-stay-high-crisis-standards-kept-in-place/article_600318b4-27bf-11ec-9b43-0ba76e5738cd.html
- SOURCE [13:50] Idaho has 48% vaccination rate and the national rate is 58%, Idaho is the second worst state - https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/
- SOURCE [16:29] Merck Covid-19 Pill is good news - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/merck-covid-pill-who-says-antiviral-is-good-news-as-it-awaits-data.html
- SOURCE [18:37] Our interview with Cognitive Psychologist Sean Toppi in episode 10 - https://dysevidentia.transistor.fm/episodes/hard-to-joke-about-ethics
- SOURCE [18:37] Additional Doses from booster shots and you can read about that from the FDA - https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-additional-vaccine-dose-certain-immunocompromised
- SOURCE [18:37] "Booster shots" for Pfizer were recently recommended for: 18+ who live in high-risk settings - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html#HighRisk
- SOURCE [18:37] "Booster shots" for Pfizer were recently recommended for: 18+ who have underlying medical conditions - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html
When we discussed the flood myth:
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- SOURCE [28:34] Flood Myths - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth#Mythologies
- SOURCE [34:07] K-T Boundary - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/Chicxulub/
- SOURCE [35:53] Wikipedia on Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis
- SOURCE [38:43] Regrettably paywalled but talks about the merits and flaws of the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618206001984
- SOURCE [39:52] Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas_impact_hypothesis
- SOURCE [42:54] Burckle Crater - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burckle_Crater
- SOURCE [43:41] Did a comet cause the great flood? - https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/did-a-comet-cause-the-great-flood
- SOURCE [44:40] Impact craters as sources of mega-tsunami generated chevron dunes - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284318503_Impact_craters_as_sources_of_mega-tsunami_generated_chevron_dunes
- SOURCE [44:40] "Chevrons" are not mega-tsunami deposit: A sedimentologic assessment - http://faculty.washington.edu/jbourgeo/BourgeoisWeiss2009final.pdf
- SOURCE [50:06] Largest wooden boats in history - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_wooden_ships
- SOURCE [50:20] r/AskScience Discussion on max size - https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1sbztl/why_is_there_a_limit_to_how_big_wooden_boats_can/
- SOURCE [53:41] California Academy of scientists on species counts - https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/how-many-species-on-earth
- BULLSHIT SOURCE [56:43] Ark encounter bullshit on vegetation mats - https://arkencounter.com/blog/2012/08/31/noahs-floating-farm-of-animals-and-plants/
- SOURCE [58:08] Pando, a candidate for largest single plant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29
- BULLSHIT SOURCE [59:05] Ark was kept lightly loaded - https://arkencounter.com/animals/how-many/
- BULLSHIT SOURCE [59:20] Or the ark was immense Weight of fully loaded ark - https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/61146/what-was-the-weight-of-noahs-ark-before-and-after-the-animals-were-loaded-on-to
- SOURCE [1:01:29] Number on modern cargo ship - https://boatinggeeks.com/how-much-does-a-cargo-ship-weigh/
- SOURCE [1:04:01] Wikipedia on the molecular clock - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_clock
- SOURCE [1:05:04] Cheetahs, for example, genetically bottlenecked before most ark myths - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8475057/
- SOURCE [1:05:43] Talk origins on the flood non-sense - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html#flood