Ep. 148: Evolution & neurodivergence [w/ Boffin Eileen!]

We’re in for a huge treat this week as our favorite scientist Eileen Marks-Nelson joins us once again, and absolutely BLOWS OUR MINDS with a look into the relationship between neurodivergence and evolution. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Eileen and Anna and Eileen about stupid and dangerous things people do for views on the internet[40:07] We give a brief overview of our Christian backgrounds and why it brought us to this topic; plus an inevitable climate change and capitalist dystopia rant, and how we’re doing![49:27] What we watched! [High Spirits, Bloodz vs. Wolvez, Meet The Robinsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Greener Grass, Wrath of Becky, The Pope’s Exorcist, Fear][79:23] Anna and Eileen’s terrible Christian science education is discussed[101:13] Has neurodivergence ever been evolutionary advantageous? Is it now? Eileen explains! Stuff we referenced: The Masai Part II: A Glimpse of the Masai Diet at the Turn of the 20th Century — A Land of Milk and Honey, Bananas From Afar TikTok ‘Liver King’ touted raw organ meat diet. He also took steroids. The rise and fall of the Liver King—a social media sensation who is now being sued by his followers for $25 million Meet the Scientist Studying How Humans Started Eating Meat Meat-Eating Among the Earliest Humans What’s Cookin’? Nothing, If You Were an Early Human ‘Skull-Breaker Challenge’ going viral on TikTok could be fatal, doctors warn Arizona mom warns others after son injured during TikTok challenge Cherry Hill family warns of ‘skullbreaker’ challenge on TikTok Colorado boy left brain-dead after TikTok ‘blackout challenge’ dies Family warns of viral TikTok ‘Benadryl Challenge’ after daughter dies The ‘high’ of becoming TikTok famous is killing millennials and Gen Zs ‘I’ll buy anything TikTok tells me to’: A TikTok ‘nurse’ is pushing turpentine cures—don’t be fooled Wellness influencers are telling followers potenti...