The ReasonRx Podcast

It is a big mistake to focus on grades over understanding. Doing so involves all sorts of errors and fallacies -- such as the idea that you cannot focus on both, or the idea that understanidng does not lead to high grades, or the idea that going after grades without developing the capacity to think critically will have no deleterious affects that outweigh the good grades got through impoverished thinking.Good grades are needed to achieve some goals, but should not be chased at the expense of harming and injuring one's ability to think and reason. In this context: "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36)Notes.1. "Why Focusing on Grades Is a Barrier to Learning" (Harvard, 25 April 2022) by Gerald E. KnesekLink: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/why-focusing-on-grades-is-a-barrier-to-learning"What’s apparent in all this focus on grades is that there’s no real emphasis on learning—the true purpose of education. It is a rare occurrence that students come to talk with me about concepts or new material presented, and even in learning-focused discussions, the topic of grades almost always arises."Yeah, that was a big disappointment to me, too: no discussion or interest in anything deep, in any understanding, in any "how" or "why," in any connection of a topic or concept to anything else. 2. "Nearly 60% of grades don’t match student test scores" (K-12Dive, 5 Aug 2024) by Kara ArundelLink: https://www.k12dive.com/news/equitable-grades-tests-teachers-students/723258/"The study of about 33,000 middle school and high school grades found that almost 60% of the students’ grades did not match the course knowledge they showed according to standardized test scores....″Each year, millions of high school students are receiving grades that don’t represent what they actually know and have learned. … Yet, they are presented as the truth and set expectations about what that student can accomplish,” said Guadalupe Guerrero, CEO of Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and former superintendent of Oregon’s Portland Public Schools, in a foreword to the study...."The study noted that teachers should not be blamed for grading variability and inaccuracy because they typically don’t receive training in grading practices. To improve this, the study recommends state and district education leaders support teacher professional development for equitable grading practices. The study also advocates for more research on the impact of accurate and fair grading practices."3. "Gen Z grads are right: Degrees don’t matter to top employers anymore, CEO who has studied thousands of companies confirms" (Fortune, 29 April 2025) by Orianna Rosa RoyleLink: https://fortune.com/article/great-place-to-work-ceo-warns-degrees-really-are-irrelevant-gen-z-millennials-college-waste-of-money/" 'The overwhelming focus of the last five years—and among companies on our list—is around skills and skills development,' he adds. 'They’re not even talking about degrees now. They’re talking about skills. What skills do you have and what skills are going to be needed in the future? Lot of activity there.'"The CEO adds that the shift to skill-based hiring has caught on globally because ultimately, degrees only highlight a person’s knowledge in a subject matter—not whether they have the skills to actually do the task at hand.“ 'When you want to start doing matching between complex problems and the people needed to solve them, a degree doesn’t help,' Bush explains. “ 'What helps is whether or not people have perseverance and passion and the actual skills required to bring innovative solutions to the work and AI is being used now to match people to challenges and complex problems and companies. They’re going to do that using the skills database, not degrees. Degrees are irrelevant in that analysis.' ”4.  "Reason: Why Students - and Often Teachers - Don't Reason Well" (55 min 6 sec)Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3YvC7U1zfI5. "Write: How to Teach Students to Write Well" (58 min 19 sec)Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDlrN3DfZ_M6. The Foundation For Critical ThinkingLink: https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/46th-critical-thinking-conference-main/17187. “But educators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health assert that memorization alone does not a scientist make — above all, students must be critical, creative thinkers who are honest and responsible with data. In order to train scientists as critical thinkers, the R3 Graduate Science Initiative was recently created in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), led by director Gundula Bosch, Ph.D.“More recently, Bosch’s training as an educator showed her the importance of critical thinking, a skill she realized is rarely formally taught." —Revolutionizing with R3: A New Ph.D. Program Seeks To Train Scientists As Critical ThinkersLink: https://biomedicalodyssey.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2018/03/revolutionizing-with-r3-a-new-ph-d-program-seeks-to-train-scientists-as-critical-thinkers/)8.  "These shortcomings, they say, may also contribute to some of the prominent problems in the biomedical sciences, including poor reproducibility and a rise in retractions.“To address these issues, the researchers encourage science graduate programs to adopt interdisciplinary curricula that include philosophy and history.…For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should result in scientists who are: -broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were some scientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling-versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the "3R" norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility-skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and able to tackle logical fallacies…-able to think innovatively and across disciplinary boundaries.“ ‘This curriculum is designed to give students the think-outside-the-box skills to build bridges among the science disciplines and between science and philosophy,’ Bosch says.”— Barbara Benham, “Biomedical science education needs a new philosophy, Johns Hopkins researchers say” (3 Jan 2018) Link: https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/9. “Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction."The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals...."We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, 'brethren!' Be careful, teachers!"--Martin Luther King, Jr.  (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. 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Science should be taught by following how it developed historically. There are all sorts of reasons why -- most importantly because that method fits with the nature and aims of education.The historical and inductive essence needs to be there, but how that is achieved could vary -- and should, by age, intellectual level, power of patience, etc. You could go into more or less depth and breadth, depending on the student(s). You could use some topic to capture interest, then start asking "how do you/we know???" You could start with an absraction and "reverse engineer" some inductions and theories. As long as the root in perceptual experience and the steps of abstraction are respected, and as long as principles of logic and reasoing are learned (in their practice).Notes.1. Introductory physics: An Historical Approach by Hebert Priestley https://archive.org/details/introductoryphys0000prie/page/6/mode/2up2. "For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should resultin scientists who are: (1) broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were somescientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling; (2)versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the‘3R’ norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility; (3)skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and ableto tackle logical fallacies.”—From "Biomedical science education needs a newphilosophy, Johns Hopkins researchers say"https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/3. “Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory” by Dr. Michael Fowler (Professor of Physics, University ofVirginia, retired)http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/TeachingHeat.htm More of his work here: https://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~mf1i/4. Physics for the Inquiring Mind by Dr. Eric Rogers (Professor ofPhysics, Princeton University, 1942-1971). Quotes from p. 205 and from the book descriptoin on the back jacket.https://archive.org/details/PhysicsForTheInquiringMind-Rogers/page/n217/mode/2up Available for purchase on Amazon, but free pdfs can be found on the Internet. 5. “The Purpose of Education,” by Martin Luther King, Jr., published in 1947 in the the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger.https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education6. "I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of methodology as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today—and evenprofessional scientists—seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of treesbut has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical backgroundgives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which mostscientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is—in myopinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seekerafter truth."—Albert Einstein (Letter to Robert A. Thorton, Physics Professor atUniversity of Puerto Rico (7 December 1944) [EA-674, Einstein Archive, HebrewUniversity, Jerusalem]. Thorton had written to Einstein on persuading colleagues of theimportance of philosophy of science to scientists (empiricists) and science.https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein 7. The very well-done physics lectures by Dr. Walter Lewin.https://www.youtube.com/@lecturesbywalterlewin.they92598. "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”--Robert Heinlien (quote from the 1973 sci-fi novel Time Enough For Love)https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Time_Enough_for_Love9.  Range: Why Generalist Triump In a Specialized World by David Epstienhttps://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/073521448410. “Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present."--E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge  https://www.amazon.com/Consilience-Unity-Knowledge-Wilson-ebook/dp/B00P5557DK/11. “The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and,following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but rather the one who suspectshis faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits toarguments and demonstration and not the sayings of human beings whose nature isfraught with all kinds of imperfection and deficiency. Thus the duty of the man whoinvestigates the writings of scientists, if learning the truth is his goal, is to make himselfan enemy of all that he reads, and, applying his mind to the core and margins of itscontent, attack it from every side. He should also suspect himself as he performs hiscritical examination of it, so that he may avoid falling into either prejudice or leniency.”—Ibn al-Haytham (Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, c. 965 – c. 1040.) Source: quote at the beginning of Chapter 11, “The Physicist,” in the book The House of Wisdom by JimAl-Khalili.https://www.amazon.com/House-Wisdom-Science-Knowledge-Renaissance/dp/0143120565/Picture of the Curies from Wikipedia. Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Thanks for the good administrators out there! But the less-than-good need to be "controlled" and "managed" by checks and balances of critical thinking, logic, root-cause analysis, and "Extreme Ownership." And sone outside oversight.“Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction."The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals...."We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, 'brethren!' Be careful, teachers!" [And, I'd add, "Be careful, Administratorts!")--Martin Luther King, Jr.  (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education )Some solutoins.1. Extreme Ownwership by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babinhttps://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-audiobook/dp/B015TM0RM4/2. Companies and organizations that teach critical thinkig. 3. Companies and organizations that teach root-cause analysis.I can help with the critical thinking and root-cause analsys. Just get in touch. I'd be glad to helip.And here, as promised:1. "Awful School Admins" (13 min 6 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxQ0xD80PM2. "Teacher Story Time: How I Was Fired in Front of My Class" (4 min 13 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4kJMkV1dY3. "Bad Principals Make Teachers Quit: Dealing w/Administration, Instructional Coaches & School Boards" (17 min 52 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc1wsE5kNak4. "Norwich school board places superintendent on administrative leave following personnel complaints" (2 min 37 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20xB5Eugu45. "About 1 in 8 senior leaders have psychopathic traits. Here’s how to spot an abusive boss" by Lindsey Leake. (Fortune, 26Apr2025)https://fortune.com/well/2025/04/26/psychopath-senior-leaders-abusive-boss/6. "The Truth About Corporate PsychopathsWhat research does—and does not say about psychopathy in the office." by Emilia Bunea (Psychology Today, 12May2023).https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/to-manage-is-human/202305/the-truth-about-corporate-psychopaths7. "How To Survive A Toxic Manager In Any Workplace" by Caroline Castrillo (Forbes, 5Mar2025)https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/03/05/how-to-recognize-and-survive-a-toxic-manager-in-any-workplace/8. "7 signs that your boss could be a toxic manager — and what you can do about it" by Julia Sullivan  (USA Today, 24Jun2025)https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/24/signs-of-a-toxic-boss/84323544007/9. " 'I was fired because my principal did not like me.' SCS Teacher Challenges School System" (9 min 13 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjq_ukpJ_bY10. "When Teachers Are Bullied (Why More Don't Speak Up)" (4 min 3 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDLION3_0s11. "4 Powerful Strategies for Teachers with Unsupportive Admin" (7 min 55 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3NWkPDnL812. "I Quit Teaching After 18 Years - Some Advice for Teachers" (9 min 27 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31qp-9_nTWEEtc.,  Etc., Etc.Image of scales from Wikipedia.Image from Wikipedia Entry "Pscyopathy."Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Induction is valid. Hume was wrong: there is no “problem of induction." Inductions validly and logically formed are contextual absolutes. We can and should confidently and certainly form inductions, use them, and rely on them. Necessity is in experience. It is in reality. It has epistemic and metaphysical priority over anyone’s imaginings and ramblings. 1. “Practical scientists [and adults] who rashly allow themselves to listen to [most modern] philosophers are likely to go away in a discouraged frame of mind, convinced that there is no logical foundation for the things they do, that all their alleged scientific laws are without justification, and that they are living in a world of naïve illusion. Of course, once they get out into the sunlight again, they know that this is not so, that scientific principles do work, bridges stay up, eclipses occur on schedule, and atomic bombs go off.“Nevertheless, it is very unsatisfactory that no generally acceptable theory of scientific inference has yet been put forward. … Mistakes are often made which would presumably not have been made if a consistent and satisfactory basic philosophy had been followed.” —An Introduction to Scientific Research by E. Bright Wilson, Professor Chemistry at Harvard. (About Edgar Bright Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bright_Wilson)2, "I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of methodology as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today — and even professional scientists — seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is — in my opinion — the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." —Albert Einstein (Letter to Robert A. Thorton, Physics Professor at University of Puerto Rico (7 December 1944) [EA-674, Einstein Archive, Hebrew University, Jerusalem]. See: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)3. "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience."—From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York4.“Rule 1 We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.“Rule 2 Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.“Rule 3. The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intensification nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.“Rule 4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.”—Newton’s Rules of Reasoning in Science. See: http://apex.ua.edu/uploads/2/8/7/3/28731065/four_rules_of_reasoning_apex_website.pdf5. "This is the case when both the cause and effect are present to the senses. Let us now see upon what our inference is founded, when we conclude from the one that the other has existed or will exist. Suppose I see a ball moving in a streight line towards another, I immediately conclude, that they will shock, and that the second will be in motion. This is the inference from cause to effect; and of this nature are all our reasonings in the conduct of life: on this is founded all our belief in history: and from hence is derived all philosophy, excepting only geometry and arithmetic. If we can explain the inference from the shock of two balls, we shall be able to account for this operation of the mind in all instances."Were a man, such as Adam, created in the full vigour of understanding, without experience, he would never be able to infer motion in the second ball from the motion and impulse of the first. It is not any thing that reason sees in the cause, which makes us infer the effect. Such an inference, were it possible, would amount to a demonstration, as being founded merely on the comparison of ideas. But no inference from cause to effect amounts to a demonstration. Of which there is this evident proof. The mind can always conceive any effect to follow from any cause, and indeed any event to follow upon another: whatever we conceive is possible, at least in a metaphysical sense: but wherever a demonstration takes place, the contrary is impossible, and implies a contradiction. There is no demonstration, therefore, for any conjunction of cause and effect. And this is a principle, which is generally allowed by philosophers."It would have been necessary, therefore, for Adam (if he was not inspired) to have had experience of the effect, which followed upon the impulse of these two balls. He must have seen, in several instances, that when the one ball struck upon the other, the second always acquired motion. If he had seen a sufficient number of instances of this kind, whenever he saw the one ball moving towards the other, he would always conclude without hesitation, that the second would acquire motion. His understanding would anticipate his sight, and form a conclusion suitable to his past experience."It follows, then, that all reasonings concerning cause and effect, are founded on experience, and that all reasonings from experience are founded on the supposition, that the course of nature will continue uniformly the same. We conclude, that like causes, in like circumstances, will always produce like effects. It may now be worth while to consider, what determines us to form a conclusion of such infinite consequence.“ 'Tis evident, that Adam with all his science, would never have been able to demonstrate, that the course of nature must continue uniformly the same, and that the future must be conformable to the past. What is possible can never be demonstrated to be false; and 'tis possible the course of nature may change, since we can conceive such a change. Nay, I will go farther, and assert, that he could not so much as prove by any probable arguments, that the future must be conformable to the past. All probable arguments are built on the supposition, that there is this conformity betwixt the future and the past, and therefore can never prove it. This conformity is a matter of fact, and if it must be proved, will admit of no proof but from experience. But our experience in the past can be a proof of nothing for the future, but upon a supposition, that there is a resemblance betwixt them. This therefore is a point, which can admit of no proof at all, and which we take for granted without any proof.”—From Hume’s (or maybe Adam Smith’s) “AN ABSTRACT OF A BOOK lately Published; entituled, A TREATISE OF Human Nature, &c. wherein The CHIEF ARGUMENT of that BOOK is farther illustrated and explained." See: https://davidhume.org/texts/a/6. "This Platonic heritage, with its emphasis in clear distinctions and separated immutable entities, leads us to view statistical measures of central tendency wrongly, indeed opposite to the appropriate interpretation in our actual world of variation, shadings, and continua. In short, we view means and medians as the hard 'realities,' and the variation that permits their calculation as a set of transient and imperfect measurements of this hidden essence. ... But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature’s only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of imperfect measures for a central tendency. Means and medians are the abstractions."—"The Median Isn’t the Message" by Stephen Jay Gould (See: https://www.edwardtufte.com/notebook/classic-articles-on-statistical-thinking/)7. “I can imagine." Uniformity. Future vs past.Self-contradiction. Applies also to deduction, reasoning, language, etc. And we are part of nature: we are not immune from what he says.8. And why is causality custom or habit? What causes it? Why only custom or habit? Why not anything else? Why is this suddenly a stopping point, and Hume does not “imagine things to be different again?” Are habit and custom necessary, or not? Are they uniform? How do you know about tomorrow or other instances?And I disagree: there are no “analytic” statements that are “true” in the mind only.9. Works of David Hume: https://davidhume.org/"The Problem of Induction": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/"Notes on Hume’s Argument(s) concerning Induction” by Peter Millican, Hertford College, Oxford  https://davidhume.org/teaching/documents/Hume_Notes_Induction.pdf  10. Galilean Spiral: i. https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d.gb/galilee/galilee.shtmlii https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GalileanSpiral.htmlDispersive Prism Illustration from Wikipedia.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Math is a way of understanidng of the world. It is a tool of thought that is governed by both metaphysics and epistrmoology. It is not a "free creation of the mind." In this episode, I discuss some thoughts on the nature and philosophy of mathematics and how it really works, contra to what many today and through the ages have said. (Their practice of math, thank goodnes, has not been entirely consistent with their philosophy of it.) I owe all or most of this to Pat Corvini, who has done great work on the foundations of mathematics. Of course, any mistakes or misunderstandings here are my fault, not hers. I take responsibility for them. Notes.Math is important. It helps you live, survive, and thrive. It helps solve problems of survival: shelter, food, fun, etc.Salary. Budget it, i.e., measure it out to your values. How much is something worth to you. Savings. Interest income. Salary increases.How much gas cost how much and can get you how far in context of what budget and what values. How much paint to buy to cover which walls or ceilings, why and when and how. Or the equivalent for gardening, and lawn care, or driveway care, or roofing, etc.How to understand ideas and science about exercise, fitness, health, diet, drugs. Hobbies and work. Engineering. Nursing. Fighting. Photography. It is integral to how we as humans interact with the world.It is an important tool of thought used in most every field of thought: physics, photography, fitness, philosophy, chemistry, medicine, accounting, finance, economics, art, painting, sculpture.It is not merely in our heads. Set theory wrong. Kant wrong. Math is not “pure reasoning.” It is not deductive. It is not “purely in the mind.”It is a method of knowing and understanding the world. It has content and method.  It arises from facts of reality, nature, and experience: repetition, multiplicity, etc.Entities: first concepts of numberAdd, subtract, multiply, divideLater, get 0 and 1Fractions: counting partsAttributes: more abstract concepts of numberPossibility of continual division (sequence/series)The science of number: even, odd, primes, etc.Attributes: the science of measurementCounting numbers —> real numbersNeed concepts of method, such as rootsConcept of “negative” — reality comes first, knowledge second; we give and take things and move things around, then start to figure out how to conceptualize that and make it scientific; no one ever had some idea in their head first, then “deduced” that things could be moved around, ergo reality snapped into place. That’s absurd. More abstract: complex numbersRatioProportionFunctionsArea and volume as functionCoordinate system   ---->CalculusImage from  "Counting" on Wikipedia.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Teaching, learning, and understanding -- examples are critical, not just in school, but in life and at work.After all, we all have to sometimes teach and sometines learn -- it's part of being a social animal. And we frequently have to think. So we should know how to do them well.No matter what -- Acid. Base. Titration. Redox. Quantum mechanics.  Maxwell’s equations.  Navier-Stokes equations. Turbulence. Government. Psychopath. Discipline. Friend. Money. Honesty. Integrity. Reason. Logic. Induction. Deduction. Wisdom. -- in forming concepts of these things and understanding them, we should have examples, preferably a wide, varying range of examples. Here are two cases where I've used examples to teach concepts and understanding of them.I. Adjectivesnouncat, human, wisdom, reason, emotion, victory, oak, butterfly, friend, physics, grammar, philosophy, logic, steak, hamburger, home, school--> a noun is a word that names a person, place, or thingverbthink, understand, feel, run, throw, lift, jump, cook, eat, digest, rest, sleep, move, is, was, smells--> a verb is a word that names an action or stateadjectivered, blue, big, small, fast, slow, strong, weak, wise, unwise, capitalistic, communistichis, her, theirthree, five, most, all, some, nonethis, that, a, the--> an adjective is a word that modifies a noutadverbslowly, quickly, wisely, intelligently, unsmartly, very, soyesterday, yesterday, tomorrow, on my birthday,here, there, on the corner, under the rooffor the team, because I said so, --> an adverb is a word that modifires a verbprepositionthrough, to, out, upon, because of, in, over, across, in spite of, up, down--> a preposition is a word that connects a noun to the rest of the sentenceThe Adjectives QuestionsWhich one(s)?What kind?How many?Whose?The Adverb QuestionsHow?When?Where?Why?Notice some logical features in what we did. We identified these things:What are they?How are they similar?How are they different from related things? What’s the contrast?What’s the context?We should do that in forming concepts of other things, and in understanding those things.II. Projectiles. horizontal: ball pushed on ground, etc.vertical: ball dropped, etc.projectile: rock thrown, coin flicked off a table, cannobal fired, bulllet firedself-propelled: bird, jet airplane, helicopteraffected by air resistance: feather dropped or thrown, piece of paper (not crumpled) droppedGalileo: just as ramp/incline slowed down free fall so he could study it, so also a ramp slowed down projectile motion so he could study it. Notice some logical features in what we did. We identified these things:What are examples?In contrast to what?What is definitive? How do we characterize it? Why do they do what they do? How can we understand it?We should do that in forming concepts of other things, and in understanding those things.Galilean Spiral: i. https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d.gb/galilee/galilee.shtmlii https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GalileanSpiral.htmlKepler's Lawshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motionExamples are key in forming concepts and in studying the things for understanding. And it is in the real things where we find their rich variety and all sorts of actions and causation. And it is in focusing on the examples that we stay tied to reality. Contact Michael at [email protected] or [email protected] consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Just a few thoughts on how to fix educaiton and on what won't work. We need to get to the funcamentals if we want improvement for our students and our children, and we want a better world -- we need to do to educaiton what Galileo and Newton did to physics: set education on a rational, inductive basis, one that is true to human nature. Notes.I. Here is more of the  MLK quote.”Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction."The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.... "We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. "If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, 'brethren!' Be careful, teachers!" --Martin Luther King, Jr.  (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education )II. AlliterationThe example I was tryign to recall is in this movie clip: "[MF] V for Vendetta - The V monologue - HD" (1 min 39 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKn1R6fekk4III. Some recommended logic texts.1. Logic: An Introduction by Lionel Rubyhttps://archive.org/details/logicintroductio00ruby2. An Introduction to Logic by HWB Jospehhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924032298949/page/n1/mode/2upIV. Feynman on understanding.1. "How to Build a MIND that CAN'T FAIL | Richard Feynman" (17 min 31 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkze-jrBnws2. "How Education DESTROYED Your Brain (Richard Feynman's Warning)" (28 min 52 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWBBIYB39g3. "The Feynman Technique — Stop Memorizing, Start Understanding" (14 min 345 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYSe2Ln0Tf4Contact Michael at [email protected] or [email protected] consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott Harris joins us to discuss:-what philosophy is-why you need it-why students need it-why it should be taught-his background in all that-how he teaches it-his scope and sequence-what students get out of it-some of his teacing experiences-how philosophy has helped his students-and moreAbout Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. https://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better livinng.Notes.1. "What is Philosophy?" (22 min 55 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKHJLxM7lM2. "Certainty" (10 min 37 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9ttUjI-y03. "What is Science?" (6 min 14 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYArLiumEc4. "Logic: Basics of Induction vs Deduction" (10 min 2 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYArLiumEc5. "Deep Thinking: Finding the Empirical and Causal in the Traditional" (27 min 23 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBxMkfhSnc6. "Bruce Lee incorporated philosophical ideas into his martial arts fighting style, jeet kune do."Chinese martial arts styles are grounded in traditional philosophy, and Hong Kong martial arts superstar Bruce Lee worked hard to endow jeet kune do, a fighting style he created, with philosophical underpinnings."Lee owned a library of around 2,000 books on martial arts, and he would often refer to these for inspiration. While a student at the University of Washington in the United States, Lee studied two courses in philosophy – Introduction to Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy – and he applied what he had learned there to martial arts."Excerpt from "Bruce Lee as philosopher: 10 of the ideas animating his martial art style ‘jeet kune do’, such as letting nature take its course" ( South China Morning Post, 8 Dec 2019)See: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3040994/bruce-lee-philosopher-10-ideas-actor-imbued-his-martial-art7. "He enrolled at Edison Technical School where he fulfilled the requirements for the equivalent of high school graduation and then enrolled at the University of Washington. At the university, Bruce majored in philosophy. His passion for gung fu inspired a desire to delve into the philosophical underpinnings and many of his written essays during those years would relate philosophical principles to certain martial arts techniques."Excerpt from "Long Bio"See: https://brucelee.com/bruce-lee8. "I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of methodology as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today — and even professional scientists — seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is — in my opinion — the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." --Albert Einstein (Letter to Robert A. Thorton, Physics Professor at University of Puerto Rico (7 December 1944) [EA-674, Einstein Archive, Hebrew University, Jerusalem]. Thorton had written to Einstein on persuading colleagues of the importance of philosophy of science to scientists (empiricists) and science.See: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)9. Monty Python sketch "Argument"i. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpAvcGcEc0kii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ10. “Sir, you are drunk.”“And you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.”Rumored to have been said by Wiston Churchill. See: https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/churchill-bulletin/bulletin-031-jan-2011/drunk-and-ugly-the-rumor-mill/See also: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/17/sober-tomorrow/11. "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Franklhttps://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/12. "Harrison Bergeron," aka "2081"i. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVHgpCnBmkii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU3myZ3H6u013. "Harrison Bergeron Full Movie - 1995 Starring Sean Astin, Christopher Plummer - Award Winning"i. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxLhqVIhIWQii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcpuBRUdNs14. In "How to Argue With Kindness and Care: 4 Rules from Philosopher Daniel Dennett," they write:"The subject of sound rhetoric—with its subsets of ethical and emotional sensitivity—has been taken up by philosophers over hundreds of years, from medieval theologians to the staunchly atheist philosopher of consciousness Daniel Dennett. In his book Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Dennett summarizes the central rhetorical principle of charity, calling it 'Rapoport’s Rules' after an elaboration by social psychologist and game theorist Anatol Rapoport."Like their classical predecessors, these rules directly tie careful, generous listening to sound argumentation. We cannot say we have understood an argument unless we’ve actually heard its nuances, can summarize it for others, and can grant its merits and concede its strengths. Only then, writes Dennett, are we equipped to compose a ‘successful critical commentary’ of another’s position. Dennett outlines the process in four steps:1) Attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly and fairly that your target says: ‘Thanks, I wish I'd thought of putting it that way.’2) List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).3) Mention anything you have learned from your target.4) Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism." They also write: "These are remedies for better social cohesion and less shouty polarization, for deploying 'the artillery of our righteousness from behind the comfortable shield of the keyboard,' as Maria Popova writes at Brain Pickings, 'which is really a menace of reacting rather than responding.'"Yelling, or typing, into the void, rather than engaging in substantive, respectful discussion is also a terrible waste of our time—a distraction from much worthier pursuits. We can and should, argues Dennett, Rapoport, and philosophers over the centuries, seek out positions we disagree with. In seeking out and trying to understand their best possible versions, we stand to gain new knowledge and widen our appreciation."Image and bio courtesy Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode I read Dr. Michael Fowler's "Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory" and discuss its significance. It recommends teaching physics historically, which also helps students learn science, logic, and reasoning, which they need for using thought in the world and they need for adult life. Note: sorry for some of the reading in the episode. I was tired, so my contacts were blurry, so I could not read too well sometimes. I should have put my glasses on before I started!It's a great article with lots of lessons. How does science develop? Do scientists always accept truth and reject falsity?What does history say? Scientists are nothing more and nothing less than human — and what do humans do? How do groups, cliques, bullies, cults, etc., work? Galileo was put under house arrest and was harassed for his scientific views. Someone at his time, Bruno, was burned at the stake for saying the earth went around the sun. Ignaz Semmelweiss was ridiculed for advocating doctors wash their hands before surgery, even though he had inductive evidence and proof. James Joule was ridiculed for claiming that heat was a form of motion, because ‘all he had was hundredths of a degree to prove his point.’Scientists of his day were committed to the “caloric” theory of heat. They rejected the idea that heat was a form of motion. We see failures on the part of some "scientists" throughout human history: -rejecting Aristarchus, Copernicus, Kepler, Bruno, Galileo on heliocentrism-rejecting Kolreuter that bees pollinate plants-rejecting Berger that the EEG was a useful tool-rejecting Mayer on energy conservation-rejecting some scientists who discovered that Killer Whales live in pods-rejecting some scientists who discovered that Wolves are social pack animals, not "lone killers"-Etc. Ad Infinitum. And the social group of scientists sometimes have errant, unfounded beliefs. Jane Goodall was the one who went and actually studied Chimpanzees to find out about them, instead of merely assuming things about them. She discovered that Chimpanzees eat meat, and are not merely fruit-eaters — a discovery anyone could have made if they’d have had the independence of thought to go look. Thank goodness for Jane Goodall! This kind of thing happens some all through human history. It is with us today. Why? Humans are social animals. We are not committed only to truth, but also to the group. Of course, the group needs to be committed to reality, else it suffers, fails, and dies, to the extent it departs from truth. But we need some group commitment to survive and thrive.There is a difference between science (a method of thought), the products of science, and the scientific community. An important difference students should learn deeply. Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxNotes.1. "Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory" by Michael Fowler, University of Virginiahttp://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/TeachingHeat.htm2. More good lecture, courses, and articles by Dr. Fowler: https://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~mf1i/home.html3. In "Scurvy: An Example of Science vs. the Scientific Community" I give an example of a failure of the scientific community to get things right.https://goldams.com/scurvy-and-science-vs-the-scientific-community/4. Introductory physics; an historical approach by Herbert Priestleyhttps://archive.org/details/introductoryphys0000prie5. Physics For The Inquiring Mind by Eric Rogershttps://archive.org/details/PhysicsForTheInquiringMind-Rogers/mode/2upImage from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joule%27s_Apparatus_(Harper%27s_Scan).pngPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode I discuss the great, classic article "The Median Isn't the Message" by Stephen Jay Gould. We delve into the article, its meaning, and lots of the depth and breadth we can get out of it. It should be read and studied by every statistics teacher and statistics student -- and everyone else, it is so full of lessons.Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxNotes.1. "The Median Isn't the Message" by Stephen Jay Gouldhttps://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003ms2. Left skewed vs. right skewedi. https://www.statology.org/left-skewed-vs-right-skewed/ii. https://www.cuemath.com/data/right-skewed-histogram/3. An article on Aristotle and science (high school- or college-level reading): https://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/lectures/aristot2.html“To summarize: Aristotle’s philosophy laid out an approach to the investigation of all natural phenomena, to determine form by detailed, systematic work, and thus arrive at final causes. His logical method of argument gave a framework for putting knowledge together, and deducing new results. He created what amounted to a fully-fledged professional scientific enterprise, on a scale comparable to a modern university science department. It must be admitted that some of his work - unfortunately, some of the physics - was not up to his usual high standards. He evidently found falling stones a lot less interesting than living creatures. Yet the sheer scale of his enterprise, unmatched in antiquity and for centuries to come, gave an authority to all his writings.“It is perhaps worth reiterating the difference between Plato and Aristotle, who agreed with each other that the world is the product of rational design, that the philosopher investigates the form and the universal, and that the only true knowledge is that which is irrefutable. The essential difference between them was that Plato felt mathematical reasoning could arrive at the truth with little outside help, but Aristotle believed detailed empirical investigations of nature were essential if progress was to be made in understanding the natural world.”4. The BBC provides a great, honest tribute to Aristotle for his work in science and biology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8ortM4M3oThe BBC program is also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12pbSHrzAs&list=PL2VcIjTwDHoLScpo2c26t-x3EdTP6WepL&index=15. From: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/02/the-lagoon-armand-marie-leroi-aristotle-reviewExcerpt 1. "The Greeks are famous, perhaps notorious, for casting their science whole, from first principles, without troubling to examine the natural world it sought to explain. But Aristotle changed everything, providing lengthy accounts of fish and fowl, their lives, courtships, kinds, anatomies, functions, distribution and habits. They were often erroneous, but what sets Aristotle apart is his workmanlike attitude. One gets the impression of a practical man, given to neither the remote and crystalline idealism of his predecessors, nor the flights of fancy of later natural historians such as Pliny the Elder."Excerpt 2. "Darwin knew almost nothing of Aristotle until 1882, when William Ogle, physician and classicist, sent him a copy of The Parts of Animals he'd just translated. In his note of thanks, Darwin wrote: 'From quotations which I had seen I had a high notion of Aristotle's merits, but I had not the most remote notion of what a wonderful man he was. Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.' “6. See also this article by Dr. James Lennox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-biology/7. A quote about Galileo that discusses the importance of Aristotle, reasoning, and a correct view of logic.In the book Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still, Atle Naess wrote:“Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ Collegio Romano: human reason has a basic ability to recognize and understand the objects registered by the senses. The objects are real. They have properties that can be perceived, and then ‘further processed’ according to logical rules. These logical concepts are also real (if not in exactly the same way as the physical objects).”8. A quote of Galileo himself that shows the importance of Aristotle to science and all human reasoning, and that identifies a basic principle of reason and logic: they are based on the evidence of the senses. "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience."From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York.9. Newton's Four Rules of Reasoning (showing he was Aristotelian, not Platonic, and showing you some fundamentals of how to reason and do science): http://apex.ua.edu/uploads/2/8/7/3/28731065/four_rules_of_reasoning_apex_website.pdfNewton explicitly rejects Platonic thinking and the practice of some at the time of making stuff up in their heads when he says, in Rule 4, “not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined.” So he is with Galileo in method and philosophy of science. He says himself that we stick to facts, we find causes, and that we use induction: “Rule 1 We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.“Rule 2 Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.“Rule 3. The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intensification nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.“Rule 4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.”10. In "Plato And Saving The Appearances," The Bedford Astronomy Club writes:"Plato lays down the principle that the heavenly bodies' motion is circular, uniform, and constantly regular. Thereupon he sets the mathematicians the following problem: what circular motions, uniform and perfectly regular, are to be admitted as hypotheses so that it might be possible to save the appearances presented by the planets? (Duhem, To Save the Phenomena, 5)"Continuing, Simplicius explained:"The curious problem of astronomers is the following: First, they provide themselves with certain hypotheses: . . . Starting from such hypotheses, astronomers then try to show that all the heavenly bodies have a circular and uniform motion, that the irregularities which become manifest when we observe these bodies—their now faster, now slower motion; their moving now forward, now backward; their latitude now southern, now northern; their various stops in one region of the sky; their at one time seemingly greater, and at another time seemingly smaller diameter—that all these things and all things analogous are but appearances and not realities. (Duhem, To Save the Phenomena, 23)"See: https://www.astronomyclub.xyz/uniform-circular/plato-and-saving-the-appearances.html11. The "Saving the appearances" quote I mentioned.https://goldams.com/galileo-rejecting-plato/12. Here is a good example of the failure of Platonic and “lost in math” “science.”Excerpt: ”Galileo claimed to have seen moons around the planet Jupiter. Another scholar, Francesco Sizi, attempted to refute Galileo, not with observations, but with the following argument:“ 'There are seven windows in the head, two nostrils, two ears, two eyes and a mouth; so in the heavens there are two favorable stars, two unpropitious, two luminaries, and Mercury alone undecided and indifferent. From which and many other similar phenomena of nature such as the seven metals, etc., which it were tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets is necessarily seven...ancient nations, as well as modern Europeans, have adopted the division of the week into seven days, and have named them from the seven planets; now if we increase the number of planets, this whole system falls to the ground...moreover, the satellites are invisible to the naked eye and therefore can have no influence on the earth and therefore would be useless and therefore do not exist.' (Holton & Roller, 1958, p. 160)"From: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/using_research_stanovichPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode I discuss what grammar is and why we need it. It ain't about blindly following rules or being rude to each other. Rather, grammar is how we put thoughts together so we can think better, so we can be better understood, so we can better understand others, so we can write and speak better at work, so we can teach and learn better, etc.Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxNotes.I. A definition of grammar: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grammarII. Haptic: https://www.etymonline.com/word/haptic?ref=etymonline_crossreference" 'pertaining to the sense of touch,' 1890 from Greek haptikos 'able to come into contact with,' from haptein 'to fasten' (see apse)."III. Readings from Writing and thinking. A Handbook of Composition and Revision by Norman Foerster and J.M. Steadman. 1. Thought and Expression: https://archive.org/details/writingthinkingh0000norm/page/2/mode/2up2. Grammar: https://archive.org/details/writingthinkingh0000norm/page/126/mode/2up3. Economy: https://archive.org/details/writingthinkingh0000norm/page/48/mode/2up4. Parallelism: https://archive.org/details/writingthinkingh0000norm/page/22/mode/2up5. General Obscurity — Loose Thinking: https://archive.org/details/writingthinkingh0000norm/page/414/mode/2upIV. Ayn Rand on grammar and logic: https://goldams.com/the-importance-of-grammar/V. Walden drafts1. The Walden Woods Projecthttps://www.walden.org/what-we-do/library/thoreau/the-writings-of-henry-david-thoreau-the-digital-collection/2. The Walden Manuscript Projecthttps://digitalthoreau.org/the-walden-manuscript-project/VI. Parallelism i. What parallelism is and some examples in literature: https://literarydevices.net/parallelism/ii. Some benefits of parallelism and more examples: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/parallelism/VII. Sentence Diagramming To learn grammar, you can study sentence diagramming. I recommend it. Good stuff. Here are some resources.1. Free online sentence diagramming books.i. GLENCOE LANGUAGE ARTS, Sentence Diagramming (answers at end)https://d3jc3ahdjad7x7.cloudfront.net/Uw3BMx78pj032cWUNrOWrznKoOtEzR2iCVP5krMeqziiIxpi.pdfii. Basics First Sentence Diagramming (answers at end):http://jwoodsdistrict205.yolasite.com/resources/BASICS%20FIRST%20DIAGRAMING%20SENTENCES%20A.pdf2. Sentence diagramming books you could purchase.i. Rex Barks: Diagramming Sentences Made Easy by Phyllis Davenport: https://www.amazon.com/Phyllis-Davenport/dp/1889439355/ii. Diagramming Step by Step: One Hundred and Fifty-Five Steps to Excellence in Sentence Diagramming by Eugene Moutoux: https://www.amazon.com/Diagramming-Step-Fifty-Five-Excellence-Sentence/dp/1935497650/3. Courses I teach.A. Can be done on a variety of media or in personi. https://goldams.com/services/language-and-literature/sentence-diagramming-grammar-course-session-1/ii. https://goldams.com/services/language-and-literature/sentence-diagramming-grammar-course-session-2/B. On Outschool.i. https://outschool.com/classes/sentence-diagramming-grammar-class-session-1-AbFeysbi#abl8xusnkvii. https://outschool.com/classes/sentence-diagramming-grammar-class-session-2-VHt7Knntiii. https://outschool.com/classes/sentence-diagramming-grammar-camp-session-1-4Rk6AvMWiv. https://outschool.com/classes/sentence-diagramming-grammar-camp-session-2-uG9DZ7hAImage from Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a Physical Therapist and a MovNat Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss-fitness-physical therapy-successes they have had working with physical therapy clients-ideas and techniques for working with physical therapy clients-theory and practice of physical therapy (and fitness)-philosophy of physical therapy (and fitness)-MovNat-MovNat MedicalUpcoming events!1. MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement – Albuquerque, NM,17-18 September 2022Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-clinical-applications-of-natural-movement-albuquerque-nm/2. MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement – Richmond, VA10-11 December 2022Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-clinical-applications-of-natural-movement-richmond-va/About Nick Burroughs, PT, MSPT, MCT: "Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from James Madison University in 1998 and then his Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001. After graduation, Nick served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar in the Public Health Sector from 2001-2002. Nick has accumulated vast experience in physical therapy, working with a plethora of medical conditions in multiple settings over his 20 year career. His speciality within physical therapy is in the area of functional movement and is certified with Functional Movement Systems, both in Level I and II. He also holds a Level II MovNat Certification in Natural Movement and is very passionate about restoring movement can bring about healing, restore function and mobility, and decrease pain."Follow him on Instagram at @ironspinemovment. About Dr. Phil Lombardo, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, PES, CES, NFHS, USATF, MCT, EMRT:"Dr. Phil Lombardo, a superior physical therapist, has extensive experience in the care of both sports injuries and general musculoskeletal injuries for patients of all ages. In 2007, Phil joined the top one percent of the Doctor of Physical Therapy in the country by becoming an APTA Board Certified Specialist in Sports (SCS). Dr. Lombardo has distinguished himself as a provider of choice in Sports Medicine and is recognized by the National Federation of State High School Association as a Certified Coach specializing in Track and Field (NFHS). His expert knowledge as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Sports Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), and a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) guarantee his patients the highest quality of care. Phil earned both his undergraduate degree and Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from New York University. It was also there that he received the department’s Service Award for Excellence in giving to others. "It brings Phil great joy as he shares MovNat, a physical education system for developing real-world capability through natural movement with his patients and now to the public. His journey led him to becoming a MovNat certified instructor, hosting the first-ever MovNat Elements Workshop in NJ and then becoming the first-ever licensed MovNat facility in NJ. "As a devoted fitness enthusiast, Phil loves to constantly learn about and train in all areas, including strength training, running, hiking, and kayaking. He grew up in Leonia and now resides in Butler with his wife and sons. Around the clinic, in addition to his passion for physical therapy, Phil is also known for his love of and expertise in chocolate, especially dark — 86% cacao, to be precise!"Contact Phil at [email protected] or www.paramuspt.comContact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Show notes:1. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, M.D.https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514/2. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epsteinhttps://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214506/3. The Learning Scientists Podcasthttps://www.learningscientists.org/podcast-episodes4. MovNati. Website: https://www.movnat.comii. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNat5. MovNat Medicali. https://www.movnat.com/movnat-for-medical-professionals/ii. https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-1/6. MovNat Certificationsi. Level 1: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-one-certification/ii. Level 2: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-two-certification/iii. Level 3: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-three-certification/7. Adriaan Louwi. https://evidenceinmotion.com/people/adriaan-louw/ii. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adriaan-Louw-2iii. https://www.amazon.com.au/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AAdriaan+Louw&s=relevancerank&text=Adriaan+Louw&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_28. Training: Drago vs. Rocky in the movie "Rocky IV"i. A 3 min 6 sec video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVP1wO_E4ykii. A 7 min 41 sec video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9FyTiq3SA9. Root Cause Analysisi. "Five whys"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_whysii. "5 Whys: Getting to the Root of a Problem Quickly"https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htmiii. "5 Whys: The Ultimate Root Cause Analysis Tool"https://kanbanize.com/lean-management/improvement/5-whys-analysis-tooliv. "The 5 Whys Process We Use to Understand the Root of Any Problem"https://buffer.com/resources/5-whys-process/v. "Understanding the Five Whys"https://www.creativesafetysupply.com/articles/understanding-the-five-whys/10. Philosophy and logic/epistemology matter. Deeply. Get them right, and we'll do well, get them wrong, and we'll be unsuccessful. i. "I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of methodology as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today — and even professional scientists — seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is — in my opinion — the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." --Albert Einstein (Letter to Robert A. Thorton, Physics Professor at University of Puerto Rico (7 December 1944) [EA-674, Einstein Archive, Hebrew University, Jerusalem]. Thorton had written to Einstein on persuading colleagues of the importance of philosophy of science to scientists (empiricists) and science.https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)ii. “Practical scientists who rashly allow themselves to listen to philosophers are likely to go away in a discouraged frame of mind, convinced that there is no logical foundation for the things they do, that all their alleged scientific laws are without justification, and that they are living in a world of naïve illusion. Of course, once they get out into the sunlight again, they know that this is not so, that scientific principles do work, bridges stay up, eclipses occur on schedule, and atomic bombs go off.“Nevertheless, it is very unsatisfactory that no generally acceptable theory of scientific inference has yet been put forward. … Mistakes are often made which would presumably not have been made if a consistent and satisfactory basic philosophy had been followed.” — An Introduction to Scientific Research by E. Bright Wilson, Professor Chemistry at Harvard. (About Edgar Bright Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bright_Wilson)iii. “Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present." --E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of KnowledgePictures and bios courtesy Nick and Phil.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Dr. Jon Morey is back to talk about modern physical education, its pros and cons, and what we can do to do it better.Jon's bio and info in a previous episode: https://www.spreaker.com/user/11043023/59-dr-jon-morey-on-fitness-thriving-and-Contact Jon:1. Uncivilized Vitality: https://greatlakesmovement.com/uncivilized-vitality/2. Great Lakes Chiropractic & Movement Center: https://greatlakesmovement.comContact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Show notes.1. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey MDhttps://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/B08RZD6D4Z/Book description: "A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the best-selling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD...."In Spark, John J. Ratey, MD, embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. "Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), Spark is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run - or, for that matter, simply the way you think."2. "MovNat in Schools: Educator Certification"Albuquerque, New Mexico, 13-14 Aug 2022Learn more: https://www.movnat.com/event/2022-educator-certification-usa/They say: "This course is best suited for educators across subject areas and disciplines who work with children in preK – 12th grade. This includes physical education, classroom education, special education, homeschool education, after school programs, summer camps, and anyone else who works with children for fitness, educational, or physical education purposes."Our Educator Certification Program is an innovative and fundamental movement certification for those who work with children in school-based settings."We offer a one day certification for all educators (MCE) and a more in-depth, two-day certification for physical educators (MCE-PE). Educators who take the one day certification will walk away with the knowledge and skills to strategically use essential natural movements to help students do their best learning, including self-regulation and community-building strategies, in any classroom setting."Along with learning the fundamentals in Day 1, Physical Educators will extend their knowledge on Day 2 by learning more movement skills as well as techniques for structuring and implementing natural movements into their physical education classes so that all students can better learn how to move their physical bodies and achieve health and empowerment."Learn more: https://www.movnat.com/event/2022-educator-certification-usa/3. MovNat in Schools Case Study: Chinook Trail Middle School with Audra Holckhttps://www.movnat.com/movnat-in-schools-chinook-case-study/Excerpts: i. "Audra Holck, a physical education teacher at Chinook Trail Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has a unique approach to her physical education classes: she only teaches MovNat. As a level 2 MovNat Certified Trainer, she draws upon her certification experience to design and implement her own MovNat program for 6th-8th grade students. And her students absolutely love it!"ii. "Audra’s application of MovNat is just one way to bring MovNat into a physical education class. There are many different ways to structure and implement Natural Movement in a school-based setting that also compliments pre-existing programs or curriculum. Audra suggests starting small, such as incorporating breathing and ground movement into the beginning of class or creating a 2-3 week mini unit. There are also cost-effective ways to build Natural Movement obstacles (think a 2×4 for balancing, a pull-up bar in the door frame, or rocks/logs for lifting) to create new movement opportunities for your students."4. "MovNat at Chinook Trail Middle School – Case Study" (3 min 24 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjDYQuwZT5Y&t=157s5. The LaSierra Programi. Fitness standards from LaSierra High School Physical Education Department’s 1966 Concept Philosophy handbook: https://goldams.com/fitness-standards/ii. "The Motivation Factor - Physical Education in schools in 1960's" (5 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISgKl8dB3Miii. " 'The School Where Fitness Counts' (LaSierra High PE)"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNLwMJNak0iv. '"LaSierra High PE Demonstrations' (B-ROLL, Reel #3, Color, No Sound)" (25 min 14 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk88M_Q76hs6. The Classical Tradition and Some History of Physical Educationi. "Physical Fitness (1936)" (1 min 13 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOsMiLxQHuAii. "Boys' P.T. Aka Children Of South Africa (1944)" (1 min 49 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0iMg04VNYiii. "Physical Training Battalion Boys In Action (1945)" (1 min 58 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkrwlM3wlGEiv. "Men Of Tomorrow! (1938)" (1 min 34 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65rww9nZtEA7. "DECLINING RATES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES: What Are the Contributors?" by Ross C. Brownson, Tegan K. Boehmer, and Douglas A. Lukehttps://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.26.021304.144437From the abstract: "This review describes current patterns and long-term trends (up to 50 years when possible) related to (a) physical activity, (b) employment and occupation, (c) travel behavior, (d) land use, and (e) related behaviors (e.g., television watching). On the basis of available data, the following trends were observed according to type of physical activity: relatively stable or slightly increasing levels of leisure-time physical activity, declining work-related activity, declining transportation activity, declining activity in the home, and increasing sedentary activity. These result in an overall trend of declining total physical activity. Large differences were noted in the rates of walking for transportation across metropolitan statistical areas. A strong linear increase existed in vehicle miles traveled per person over the past half century, coupled with a strong and consistent trend toward Americans living in suburbs. ..."8. Speaking of "modern" training vs optimal training fit for a human, enjoy this video of Rocky doing things right! "Rocky IV Training Montage | 720p HD" (7 min 41 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9FyTiq3SA9. Root Cause Analysisi. "Five whys"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_whysii. "5 Whys: Getting to the Root of a Problem Quickly"https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htmiii. "5 Whys: The Ultimate Root Cause Analysis Tool"https://kanbanize.com/lean-management/improvement/5-whys-analysis-tooliv. "The 5 Whys Process We Use to Understand the Root of Any Problem"https://buffer.com/resources/5-whys-process/v. "Understanding the Five Whys"https://www.creativesafetysupply.com/articles/understanding-the-five-whys/10. Hierarchy of Knowledge and Skills"Knowledge, therefore, has a hierarchical structure. 'Hierarchy,' in general, as the Oxford English Dictionary reports, means 'a body of persons or things ranked in grades orders, or classes, one above another.' A hierarchy of knowledge means a body of concepts and conclusions ranked in order of logical dependence, one upon another, according to each item's distance from the base of the structure. The base is the perceptual data with which cognition begins."The concept of 'hierarchy' in this sense is epistemological, not metaphysical. In reality, facts are simultaneous. The facts discovered by Einstein, for instance, do not come into existence later than the facts discovered by Newton; the facts themselves exist eternally. But an order of logical dependence among them exists from man's perspective, because man cannot come to know all facts with the same directness." --Dr. Leonard Peikoff, OPAR11. Context of Knowledge" 'Context' means 'the sum of cognitive elements conditioning an item of knowledge.' This sum is what enables us to reach the new conclusion, to prove it, to interpret it, to apply it."Picture and bio courtesty Jon Morey.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Dr. Jon Morey joins us to discuss-being outdoors and making the most of it-benefits of nature-his background and fitness journey-physical therapy-our fitness culture-MovNat-and moreDr. Morey's bio: "Doctor Jon Morey’s career in the health sciences began in January 1988 when he stepped into the Korean Hapkido Academy. Hapkido, he quickly discovered, differed from most other martial arts, emphasizing the practice of joint locking and throws in addition to the more common milieu of kicks and punches."Dr. Morey became fascinated with Human Anatomy and the vulnerabilities of the body for self-defense, earning a 5th degree black belt in the process; but he wanted to understand more about how this information could be used in the promotion of health as well. This desire led Dr. Morey back to school where he graduated from the National University of Health Sciences with degrees in Chiropractic Medicine and Human Physiology. Doctor Morey also holds a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.S. in Human Biology both from the University of Michigan."After becoming a licensed and practicing Chiropractic Physician, Dr. Morey has continued his quest for improved patient health. One of the innovations he has incorporated into his clinic is MovNat®. Dr. Morey is a Movnat Master Trainer."MovNat®, is a physical education and fitness system based on the full range of natural human movements that prepare one to meet the contextual demands of daily life. MovNat® is a holistic system that embraces all age groups and physical abilities with instruction in all three Human Movement Domains; Locomotives, Manipulatives, and Combatives."Dr. Morey lives in Flushing, Michigan, with his wife Kerry Ann, and their four sons. He considers his marriage and his boys his most amazing accomplishments in a life filled with achievement. He currently practices Chiropractic medicine and teaches MovNat® at his clinic located in Flint, Michigan."In addition, he also teaches Human Anatomy and biology classes at a major Michigan University, a local Hospital and several local high schools. In his spare time, he explores the woods in Michigan ‘s north country teaching his Uncivilized Vitality™, program of Health & Happiness Optimization, developed in large part through Dr. Morey’s experiences with his Asperger’s experiences in Nature and his study of Anthropology."Uncivilized Vitality: https://greatlakesmovement.com/uncivilized-vitality/Great Lakes Chiropractic & Movement Center: https://greatlakesmovement.comContact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Show notes, mentioned and relevant.1. The Shrike is So Metalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE6y-v7m-JY2. Katy Bowmanhttps://www.nutritiousmovement.com/3. Katy Bowman and eye exercises, a starter for youi. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/the-eyes-have-it/ii. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/podcast-transcript-ep-45-natural-movement-and-eyes/4. FMS: Gray Cook, Lee Burton, et. al. i. https://www.functionalmovement.com/ii. https://www.youtube.com/c/FMStv5. Diseases of Civilization, a starter for you.i. "Diseases of Civilization - Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity and Acne - the Implication of Milk, IGF-1 and mTORC1" by Victor Gabriel Clatici, Cristiana Voicu, Catalina Voaides, Anca Roseanu, Madalina Icriverzi, Stefana Jurcoanehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30774725/ii. "The Western diet and lifestyle and diseases of civilization" by Pedro Carrera-Bastos, Maelan Fontes-Villalba, James H O’Keefe, Staffan Lindeberg, and Loren Cordain3https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228866917_The_Western_diet_and_lifestyle_and_diseases_of_civilizationiii. "Lifestyle Diseases"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_diseaseiv. "Diseases of civilization, today and tomorrow" by W. Kuryłowicz & J. Kopczyński https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF009334916. Katy Bowman: Diseases of Captivityhttps://www.nutritiousmovement.com/diseases-of-captivity/7. "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And being only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" --Hillel the Elderi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elderii. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hillel_the_Elder8. Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor FranklFrom the description on Amazon: "Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his insightful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity, has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. At the heart of Frankl’s theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for “meaning”) is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful."https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/9. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence GonzalezFrom the description on Amazon: "Laurence Gonzales’s bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers’ everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers, educators, and psychiatric professionals on how to take control of stress, learn to assess risk, and make better decisions under pressure."https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Survival-Who-Lives-Dies/dp/0393353710/10. The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be by Dr. Martha Herbert and Karen Weintraub"After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, Harvard Medical School researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism, she concludes, is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child’s genes and destined to remain fixed forever. Instead, it is the result of a cascade of events, many seemingly minor." (That is epigenetic factors are relevant.)https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Revolution-Whole-Body-Strategies-Making/dp/0345527208/11. "The Workout the World Forgot"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI12. The Squat Get-upi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTQM0eSJ658ii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r88Qven_o13. "The History of Physical Fitness" by Erwan LeCorrehttps://www.movnat.com/history-of-fitness/14. MovNati. Website: https://www.movnat.comii. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNat15. The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom by Erwan Le Correhttps://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X/16. "5 Ways Fitness Programs Are Evolving (And How To Stay Ahead Of The Curve)"https://www.movnat.com/5-ways-fitness-is-evolving/17. Articles about how MovNat helps physical therapists and their clientshttps://www.movnat.com/?s=physical+therapist18. Kelly Starrett, Gray Cook of FMS, Lee Burton of FMS, Katy Bowman, Pavel Tsatsouline and others all know the MovNat people, and they all work together to help each other, to learn, to grow, to improve, and to help our world at large.i. Kelly Starrett was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-to-be-pain-free/id1516334100?i=1000535507272ii. Lee and Gray have talked about MovNat in a number of episodes of their FMS Podcast.iii. Gray Cook and Erwan LeCorre (Erwan founded MovNat) did a course together: https://sensecourse.com/product/gray-cook-erwan-le-corre-exploring-functional-movement/. iv. Danny Clark of MovNat and Katy Bowman have also done a course together: https://brainlearns.com/courses/katy-bowman-danny-clark-natural-movement-fundamentals-2/v. Katy Bowman was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/permission-to-move-your-dna/id1516334100?i=1000539982355vi. Pavel Tsatsouline’s Strong First works with MovNat’s Vic Verdier: https://strongfirst.skilltrain.com/Pages/Public/Bio?enc=uWNrw6mT5HxmWnfway69dQ%3d%3dvii. Brett Jones, with StrongFirst, was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-more-strength/id1516334100?i=1000541466127Picture and bio courtesy Jon Morey.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a MovNat Level 2 Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss-our fitness culture, its pros and cons-principles of good training-how to avoid overspecializing (i.e., setting oneself up for injury)-how to be strong and functional, and not to strengthen dysfunction-the importance of balance and control to strength and power-MovNat and how it's helped them and their clients-the depth and breadth of MovNat compared to other fitness systemsUpcoming event! 12-13 March 2022.MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement (Riverdale, NJ), 12-13 March 2022Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-1/About Nick Burroughs, PT, MSPT, MCT: "Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from James Madison University in 1998 and then his Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001. After graduation, Nick served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar in the Public Health Sector from 2001-2002. Nick has accumulated vast experience in physical therapy, working with a plethora of medical conditions in multiple settings over his 20 year career. His speciality within physical therapy is in the area of functional movement and is certified with Functional Movement Systems, both in Level I and II. He also holds a Level II MovNat Certification in Natural Movement and is very passionate about restoring movement can bring about healing, restore function and mobility, and decrease pain."Follow him on Instagram at @ironspinemovment. About Dr. Phil Lombardo, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, PES, CES, NFHS, USATF, MCT, EMRT:"Dr. Phil Lombardo, a superior physical therapist, has extensive experience in the care of both sports injuries and general musculoskeletal injuries for patients of all ages. In 2007, Phil joined the top one percent of the Doctor of Physical Therapy in the country by becoming an APTA Board Certified Specialist in Sports (SCS). Dr. Lombardo has distinguished himself as a provider of choice in Sports Medicine and is recognized by the National Federation of State High School Association as a Certified Coach specializing in Track and Field (NFHS). His expert knowledge as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Sports Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), and a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) guarantee his patients the highest quality of care. Phil earned both his undergraduate degree and Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from New York University. It was also there that he received the department’s Service Award for Excellence in giving to others. "It brings Phil great joy as he shares MovNat, a physical education system for developing real-world capability through natural movement with his patients and now to the public. His journey led him to becoming a MovNat certified instructor, hosting the first-ever MovNat Elements Workshop in NJ and then becoming the first-ever licensed MovNat facility in NJ. "As a devoted fitness enthusiast, Phil loves to constantly learn about and train in all areas, including strength training, running, hiking, and kayaking. He grew up in Leonia and now resides in Butler with his wife and sons. Around the clinic, in addition to his passion for physical therapy, Phil is also known for his love of and expertise in chocolate, especially dark — 86% cacao, to be precise!"Contact Phil at [email protected] or www.paramuspt.comContact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Show notes:1. "The History of Physical Fitness" by Erwan LeCorrehttps://www.movnat.com/history-of-fitness/2. "Nick’s Amazing Transformation with Natural Movement" by Nick Burroughshttps://www.movnat.com/nicks-success-story/3. "Nick’s Level 3 Certification Experience: The 'True Essence of MovNat' ” by Nick Burroughshttps://www.movnat.com/nicks-success-story-level-3-certification-review/4. "MovNat For Medical Professionals" by Dr. Phil Lombardohttps://www.movnat.com/movnat-for-medical-professionals/5. "4 Lessons This Doctor Learned From Natural Movement" by Dr. Phil Lombardohttps://www.movnat.com/4-lessons-this-doctor-learned-from-natural-movement/6. Upcoming event: MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement (Riverdale, NJ), 12-13 March 2022 Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-1/7. MovNati. Website: https://www.movnat.comii. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNat8. The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom by Erwan Le Correhttps://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X/9. "5 Ways Fitness Programs Are Evolving (And How To Stay Ahead Of The Curve)"https://www.movnat.com/5-ways-fitness-is-evolving/10. Articles about how MovNat helps physical therapists and their clientshttps://www.movnat.com/?s=physical+therapist11. The Feldenkrais Methodhttps://feldenkrais.com/12. John McPherson of P3 CrossFiti. https://www.spreaker.com/user/11043023/episode-16-crossfit-owner-john-mcphersonii. https://www.spreaker.com/user/11043023/episode-17-crossfit-box-owner-john-mcpheiii. P3 CrossFit: http://www.p3crossfit.com13. Kelly Starrett, Gray Cook of FMS, Lee Burton of FMS, Katy Bowman, Pavel Tsatsouline and others all know the MovNat people, and they all work together. They percolate, ferment, compost, and chew the cud. They network, learn, and improve.i. Kelly Starrett was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-to-be-pain-free/id1516334100?i=1000535507272ii. Lee and Gray have talked about MovNat in a number of episodes of their FMS Podcast.iii. Gray Cook and Erwan LeCorre (Erwan founded MovNat) did a course together: https://sensecourse.com/product/gray-cook-erwan-le-corre-exploring-functional-movement/. iv. Danny Clark of MovNat and Katy Bowman have also done a course together: https://brainlearns.com/courses/katy-bowman-danny-clark-natural-movement-fundamentals-2/v. Katy Bowman was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/permission-to-move-your-dna/id1516334100?i=1000539982355vi. Pavel Tsatsouline’s Strong First works with MovNat’s Vic Verdier: https://strongfirst.skilltrain.com/Pages/Public/Bio?enc=uWNrw6mT5HxmWnfway69dQ%3d%3dvii. Brett Jones, with StrongFirst, was a guest on the FMS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-more-strength/id1516334100?i=1000541466127viii. Here is a CrossFit Level 3 Certified Trainer (and MovNat Level 1 Certified Trainer) interviewing a MovNat Level 3 Certified Trainer: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tfp-065-bernd-reicheneder-movnat/id1020926228?i=1000500045204ix. “Top-ranking UFC fighter Carlos Condit shares great insights about his MovNat / Natural Movement Fitness training with founder Erwan Le Corre.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3I8wIvC65Qx. “Navy SEAL on MovNat: Brilliant, Practical, Not Flashy: How this Navy SEAL Commander Takes Real World Fitness to Another Level with Natural Movement” by Mark Bollonghttps://www.movnat.com/navy-seal-on-movnat/Bios and pictures courtesy Nick Burroughs and Phil Lombardo.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Nick Burroughs (PT, MSPT) and Dr. Phil Lombardo (PT, DPT, SCS), each a MovNat Level 2 Certified Fitness Trainer, join us to discuss-their professional backgrounds-their fitness backgrounds-our fitness culture-principles of good programming and training-the importance of fitness goals-MovNat and how it's helped them and their clients-the fun of movement and fitness-the new MovNat Medical courseUpcoming event! 12-13 March 2022.MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement (Riverdale, NJ), 12-13 March 2022Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-1/About Nick Burroughs, PT, MSPT, MCT: "Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from James Madison University in 1998 and then his Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001. After graduation, Nick served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar in the Public Health Sector from 2001-2002. Nick has accumulated vast experience in physical therapy, working with a plethora of medical conditions in multiple settings over his 20 year career. His speciality within physical therapy is in the area of functional movement and is certified with Functional Movement Systems, both in Level I and II. He also holds a Level II MovNat Certification in Natural Movement and is very passionate about restoring movement can bring about healing, restore function and mobility, and decrease pain."Follow him on Instagram at @ironspinemovment. About Dr. Phil Lombardo, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, PES, CES, NFHS, USATF, MCT, EMRT:"Dr. Phil Lombardo, a superior physical therapist, has extensive experience in the care of both sports injuries and general musculoskeletal injuries for patients of all ages. In 2007, Phil joined the top one percent of the Doctor of Physical Therapy in the country by becoming an APTA Board Certified Specialist in Sports (SCS). Dr. Lombardo has distinguished himself as a provider of choice in Sports Medicine and is recognized by the National Federation of State High School Association as a Certified Coach specializing in Track and Field (NFHS). His expert knowledge as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Sports Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), and a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) guarantee his patients the highest quality of care. Phil earned both his undergraduate degree and Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from New York University. It was also there that he received the department’s Service Award for Excellence in giving to others. "It brings Phil great joy as he shares MovNat, a physical education system for developing real-world capability through natural movement with his patients and now to the public. His journey led him to becoming a MovNat certified instructor, hosting the first-ever MovNat Elements Workshop in NJ and then becoming the first-ever licensed MovNat facility in NJ. "As a devoted fitness enthusiast, Phil loves to constantly learn about and train in all areas, including strength training, running, hiking, and kayaking. He grew up in Leonia and now resides in Butler with his wife and sons. Around the clinic, in addition to his passion for physical therapy, Phil is also known for his love of and expertise in chocolate, especially dark — 86% cacao, to be precise!"Contact Phil at [email protected] or www.paramuspt.comContact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Show notes:1. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, M.D.https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514/2. "Nick’s Amazing Transformation with Natural Movement" by Nick Burroughshttps://www.movnat.com/nicks-success-story/3. "Nick’s Level 3 Certification Experience: The 'True Essence of MovNat' ” by Nick Burroughshttps://www.movnat.com/nicks-success-story-level-3-certification-review/4. "MovNat For Medical Professionals" by Dr. Phil Lombardohttps://www.movnat.com/movnat-for-medical-professionals/5. "4 Lessons This Doctor Learned From Natural Movement" by Dr. Phil Lombardohttps://www.movnat.com/4-lessons-this-doctor-learned-from-natural-movement/6. Upcoming event: MovNat Medical: Clinical Applications of Natural Movement (Riverdale, NJ), 12-13 March 2022 Sign up here: https://www.movnat.com/event/movnat-medical-1/7. MovNati. Website: https://www.movnat.comii. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNat8. The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom by Erwan Le Correhttps://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X/9. MovNat Certificationsi. Level 1: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-one-certification/ii. Level 2: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-two-certification/iii. Level 3: https://www.movnat.com/certification-guide/level-three-certification/10. "5 Ways Fitness Programs Are Evolving (And How To Stay Ahead Of The Curve)"https://www.movnat.com/5-ways-fitness-is-evolving/11. Articles about how MovNat helps physical therapists and their clientshttps://www.movnat.com/?s=physical+therapist12. Katy Bowmani. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/ii. https://www.amazon.com/Katy-Bowman/e/B0057HLJY2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share13. Presidential traversei. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Traverseii. https://sectionhiker.com/great-hikes-a-presidential-traverse/iii. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-hampshire/presidential-traverse-trail14. “Let your movement be your medicine and your medicine be your movement" is a paraphrase of "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food" by Hippocrates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates).15. "The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” --William OslerBios and pictures courtesy Nick Burroughs and Phil Lombardo.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Assistant Scoutmaster Hans Schantz joins us to discuss ways to better teach, educate, and manage children and teens. We discuss:-Hans' experience and background with the Scouts-the history of the Scouts-the founder, Robert Baden-Powell-the Patrol Method-how Scouting is structured and how it works-successes Hans has seen with Scouts-the connection between Baden-Powell and Maria Montessori (just a mention; more info in show notes, below)-how schools, homeschoolers, parents, organizations could use principles of Scouting and The Patrol MethodAbout Hans: Hans G. Schantz is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and science fiction writer. Principal Scientist at Geeks and Nerds Corporation, he was formerly a co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of the Q-Track Corporation, and co-inventor of the company's near-field precision indoor location systems. A theoretical physicist by training, he wrote the book The Art and Science of Ultrawideband Antennas. More recently, he branched out into science fiction, authoring the Amazon top-ten alternate history science fiction techno-thriller, The Hidden Truth. Hans lives in Huntsville, Alabama. His wife Barbara, inventor of the Baby Dipper Bowl, looks after the couple's two sets of twins.You can contact Dr. Schantz at https://amzn.to/33CcKS5Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living.Show notes :1. Boy Scoutsi. https://www.scouting.orgii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America2. Venturingi. https://www.scouting.org/programs/venturing/ii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturing3. Sea Scoutsi. https://seascout.orgii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Scout4. Cub Scoutsi. https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/ii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cub_Scout5. Girl Scoutsi. https://www.girlscouts.orgii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scouts_of_the_USA6. Robert Baden-Powelli. https://www.scout.org/node/52292/introductionii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powelliii. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Stephenson-Smyth-Baden-Powell-1st-Baron-Baden-Powell7. Montessori and Baden-Powelli. http://www.kelpin.nl/fred/download/scouting/montessori/mariaenrobert.pdfii. https://www.montessori.school.nz/blog-capital-montessori-parenting-early-childhood-education/2016/10/27/learning-with-the-sensesiii. http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ar-Bo/Baden-Powell-Robert-1857-1941.htmliv. https://infed.org/robert-baden-powell-as-an-educational-innovator/8. Scout badgehttps://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/202/flashcards/2332202/jpg/firstclass1354490989303.jpg9. Eagle Scouthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)10. "Notable recipients" of the Eagle Scout rankhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eagle_Scouts11. The Patrol Methodi. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/09/05/patrol-method/ii. https://bsatroop883.com/about-scouting/the-patrol-method-explained/iii. http://www.whitestag.org/patrol_method/iv. http://www.ncacbsa.org/colonial/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/02/The-Patrol-Method-_-Dos-and-Don_ts-NovemberRT1.pdfv. https://scoutmastercg.com/the-patrol-method-in-practice-what-the-patrol-does/12. Aids to Scouting: For N.-C.Os. & Men by Sir Robert Baden-Powellhttps://www.amazon.com/Aids-Scouting-Sir-Robert-Baden-Powell/dp/1535281502/13. Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powelli. https://www.amazon.com/Scouting-Boys-Original-Dover-Editions/dp/0486457192/ii. https://www.amazon.com/Scouting-Boys-1908-Version-Legacy/dp/1643890603/14. Boy Scouts Handbookhttps://www.amazon.com/Boy-Scouts-Handbook-First-Americana/dp/0486439917/https://www.amazon.com/Scouts-First-Handbook-Boys-Legacy/dp/1643890085/15. Girl Scouts Handbook: The Original 1913 Edition by W. J. Hoxiehttps://www.amazon.com/Girl-Scouts-Handbook-Original-1913/dp/1631583522/16. Boy Scouts Handbook (2021 edition)i. https://www.scoutshop.org/scouts-bsa-handbook-14th-edition-655930.htmlii. https://www.amazon.com/Scouts-BSA-Handbook-14th-Edition/dp/B084JG9PQ2/17. Trail Life USAi. https://www.traillifeusa.comii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_Life_USA18. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025748/19. The Scarlet Pimpernel, the floweri. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/791928-Lysimachia-arvensisii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagallis_arvensisPicture and bio courtesy Hans Schantz.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, James Lennox, PhD Philosophy, joins us to discuss:-running and fitness-Dr. Lennox's academic background-why you should study science from a historical perspective-his study of the history and philosophy of science-the nature of science-the nature of philosophy-the dependence of science on philosophy-specific examples, through history, of science and its dependence on philosophy-recommendations for studying science-why it all mattersAbout Jim: "James G. Lennox is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. His publications include Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals (Oxford 2001) and Aristotle’s Philosophy of Biology: Essays on the Origins of Life Science (Cambridge 2001), and Aristotle on Inquiry: Erotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms (Cambridge 2021). He co-edited Concepts and Their Role in Knowledge: Reflections on Objectivist Epistemology (Pittsburgh 2013), Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue: Studies in Ayn Rand’s Normative Theory (Pittsburgh 2013), Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle (Cambridge 2010), Self-Motion from Aristotle to Newton (Princeton 1994), and Philosophical Issues in Aristotle’s Biology (Cambridge 1987). He is the author of “Aristotle and the Origins of Zoology” for The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 1. Lennox has held fellowships at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and at the University of Bologna’s Institute for Advanced Study. He is a founding member and currently co-secretary of the Ayn Rand Society, affiliated with the American Philosophical Association."To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes:1. Books by Dr. Lennox (written, edited, or contributed)https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B001HOQWT62. Works of Dr. Lennoxhttps://philpapers.org/s/James%20G.%20Lennox3. Fitnessi. Movnata. https://www.movnat.comb. https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNatii. Katy Bowman and Nutritious Movementa. https://www.nutritiousmovement.comb. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/move-your-dna-with-katy-bowman/id894200695iii. Functional Movement Systemsa. https://www.functionalmovement.comb. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movement-podcast/id15163341004. Bernd Heinrichi. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17806876ii. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/178727215. E.O. Wilson in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge: "Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present."6. E. Bright Wilson, Professor Chemistry at Harvard, in An Introduction to Scientific Research: “Practical scientists who rashly allow themselves to listen to philosophers are likely to go away in a discouraged frame of mind, convinced that there is no logical foundation for the things they do, that all their alleged scientific laws are without justification, and that they are living in a world of naïve illusion. Of course, once they get out into the sunlight again, they know that this is not so, that scientific principles do work, bridges stay up, eclipses occur on schedule, and atomic bombs go off.“Nevertheless, it is very unsatisfactory that no generally acceptable theory of scientific inference has yet been put forward. … Mistakes are often made which would presumably not have been made if a consistent and satisfactory basic philosophy had been followed.” 7. Isaac Newton’s Rules of Reasoning in Science: “Rule 1 We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.“Rule 2 Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.“Rule 3. The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intensification nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.“Rule 4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.”8. Alexander Pope: “Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/168406-nature-and-nature-s-laws-lay-hid-in-night-god-said9. Galileo: "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience."From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York10. Atle Naess, in his book Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still: “Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ Collegio Romano: human reason has a basic ability to recognize and understand the objects registered by the senses. The objects are real. They have properties that can be perceived, and then ‘further processed’ according to logical rules. These logical concepts are also real (if not in exactly the same way as the physical objects).”11. Aristotle's book The Posterior Analyticsi. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/posterior.htmlii. https://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Posterior-Analytics-Topica-Classical/dp/0674994302/12. Archimedeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes13. Apolloniushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Perga14. Ptolemyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy15. John Herschelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel16. William Whewellhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/whewell/17. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegela. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegelb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel/c. https://iep.utm.edu/hegelsoc/18. Immanuel Kanta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kantb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/c. philosophy of mind: https://iep.utm.edu/kantmind/19. Plato's Republica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)b. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/c. https://iep.utm.edu/republic/20. Dr. Lennox's quoted translation of Aristotle in the Parts of Animals, Chapter 5, Book 1https://goldams.com/aristotle-on-loving-biology/21. Recommendations for physics laid out historically (but not for their philosophy of science):i. Introductory Physics: An Historical Approach by Dr. Herbert Priestleyhttps://www.amazon.com/Introductory-physics-historical-approach-College/dp/B0000CK5V4/ii. Notes of Dr. Michael Fowlera. http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edub. http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/home.htmliii. The astronomy section in Physics for the Inquiring Mind by Dr. Eric Rogersa. https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Inquiring-Mind-Philosophy-Physical/dp/069108016X/b. https://archive.org/details/PhysicsForTheInquiringMind-Rogersc. http://self.gutenberg.org/wplbn0003099703-physics-for-the-enquiring-mind-by-eric-m-rogers.aspxOther notes:Daniel Robinson, in Lecture 12: Aristotle on the Knowable, The Great Ideas of Philosophy: “I have occasionally said to classes that if I had to single out any event as evidence of some civilization in a distant galaxy beyond the Milky Way, taking pity on us for the slow progress of the human imagination in dealing with its problems, the evidence might well be the life of Aristotle and his accomplishments. It's almost as if such a distant galactic neighbor might have said 'For goodness sake those human beings don't seem to be getting on with it at all. Aristotle, why don't you go down there and get things going?’ " (https://www.amazon.com/Great-Ideas-Philosophy-2nd/dp/B00DTO51JY)Bio and image courtesy James Lennox.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss:-current events and recent public letters to some private high schools-some ideas about racism and attempts to deal with it today: the good and the bad-racism (all bad, no good to it)-the philosophic and historical roots of some of these bad attempts-the social vs. the metaphysical-the practicality of some of these attempts-how they affects our children-how, in truth and in reality, to deal with racismTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award."In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. "Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. "Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education."Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes1. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction...."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, “brethren!” Be careful, teachers!” --Martin Luther King, Jr. (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education)2. "Like every other form of collectivism, racism is a quest for the unearned. It is a quest for automatic knowledge—for an automatic evaluation of men’s characters that bypasses the responsibility of exercising rational or moral judgment—and, above all, a quest for an automatic self-esteem (or pseudo-self-esteem)." -- Ayn Rand (http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/racism.html)3. "Dad who wrote scathing letter to Brearley about race focus: ‘Someone had to’ " by Dana Kennedy (17 April 2021) https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/dad-who-wrote-letter-to-brearley-about-race-focus-someone-had-to/4. "You Have to Read This Letter" by Bari Weiss (16 April 2021)https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/you-have-to-read-this-letter5. "One Parent of New York City Indoctrination School Has Had Enough" (17 April 2021)https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/04/17/one-parent-of-new-york-city-indoctrination-school-has-had-enough/6. "Parents anger as $45,000-a-year Brentwood School scraps Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird for new anti-racism curriculum" (19 April 2021)https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9489139/Brentwood-School-locked-ideological-struggle-canceling-Kill-Mockingbird.html7. "The Miseducation of America’s Elites: Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children’s private schools, organize in secret." by Bari Weiss (9 March 2021)https://www.city-journal.org/the-miseducation-of-americas-elites?wallit_nosession=18. The Website "New Discourses: Pursuing the light of objective truth in subjective darkness. Translations from the Wokish"https://newdiscourses.com/translations-from-the-wokish/9. Michel Foucaulta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucaultb. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Foucaultc. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/foucault/d. https://iep.utm.edu/foucault/10. Karl Marxa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_philosophyb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/c. https://iep.utm.edu/socialis/d. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/communism.html11. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegela. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegelb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel/c. https://iep.utm.edu/hegelsoc/12. Immanuel Kanta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kantb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/c. philosophy of mind: https://iep.utm.edu/kantmind/d. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/kant,_immanuel.html13. Plato's Republica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)b. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/c. https://iep.utm.edu/republic/d. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/platonic_realism.html14. John Deweya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deweyb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dewey/c. https://iep.utm.edu/dewey/d. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html15. The Khmer Rougea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rougeb. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rougec. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khmer-Rouged. http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1879785,00.htmle. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-khmer-rouge-killing-fields.html16. The Great Leap Forwarda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forwardb. https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Leap-Forwardc. https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/great-leap-forward-mao-zedong/d. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/china-1900-to-1976/the-great-leap-forward/17. "The Weimar Renaissance"a. https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/The-Weimar-Renaissanceb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_culture18. "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonneguta. http://tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.htmlb. https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron_djvu.txtc. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxtc3JlZG1hbmVuZ2xpc2h8Z3g6MjdlZjYzZmNmMjFjMjgxZA19. "The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave "https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Frederick-Douglass-Narrative-American/dp/197985444020. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American SlaveFrederick Douglass (1845)" a. https://resources.saylor.org/wwwresources/archived/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SAYLOR-ENGL405-7.2-DOUGLASS.pdfb. https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Douglass/Narrative/Douglass_Narrative.pdfc. http://mrbecker9.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/5/7/4857123/frederickdouglassfulltext.pdf21. "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steigerhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/22. "Gentleman's Agreement," staring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuirehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039416/23. "Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage—the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry. Which means, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions, but by the characters and actions of a collective of ancestors."Bio and image courtesy of Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss, in this COVID quarantine:-what we each did today and yesterday, just saying hi-sports and athletics-teaching-the importance of longer-term assignments as opposed to 40-minute worksheets-the CDC, government, Lysenkoism, and science-why to get outdoors-fitness and movement-the importance of thinking of things holistically; thinking of things in isolation or in compartments is logically compromised To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award."In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. "Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. "Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education."Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes1. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction...."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, “brethren!” Be careful, teachers!” --Martin Luther King, Jr. (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education)2. Exercise and America's Declining health (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)"Lack of exercise is a major cause of chronic diseases" (Comprehensive Physiology; April 2012) by Frank W. Booth, Ph.D., Christian K. Roberts, Ph.D., and Matthew J. Laye, Ph.D.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241367/3. Exercise, movement, the mind, the brain, consciousness, and cognition (some starting info for you, the podcasts of which I have not listened to)i. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, MDhttps://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514/ii. "Exercise and the Brain," (Episode 33 of the Brain Science Podcast with Ginger Campbell, MD)https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/exercise-and-the-brain-bsp-33.htmliii. "How Regular Movement Makes You Smarter" (Episode 30 of the Optimize Yourself Podcast by Zack Arnold)https://optimizeyourself.me/john-ratey-podcast-interview/iv. "Why the Brain is Built for Movement" (TED talk by Anders Hansen)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9p3Z7L0f0Uv. "Climb a Tree for Working Memory" by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D, and Ross Alloway, PhDhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-alloway-phd-and-ross-alloway-phd/climb-a-tree-for-working-_b_7909180.htmlvi. "Climb a Tree for Working Memory: Part 2" by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D, and Ross Alloway, PhD. (About Tracy: https://www.tracyalloway.com)https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climb-a-tree-for-working-_1_b_79442004. Fitness and movementi. a "movement library"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0XEBKYNfU&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCRN_VeYcEimsilu7IXiLmP_ii. another "movement library"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdaMhrNhzQ&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCSKU66Fbp6stQFPLaNQ8ribiii. Short videos (of 1.5-3.5 minutes) of sample intermediate workoutsa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91s9A4XgvuUb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-dcixX-SYc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBVcnwane0d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZkoRp8-Fwe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdqztr2rbgAiv. Short videos (of 1.5-3.5 minutes) of sample advanced workoutsa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jMIaSxyvhEb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zyP3uA23Qc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gyaGwHlHJAd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EYzdhkzpece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj4mA4g0JAs5. Breathing, while we are talking fitness and health"How to breathe" TEDx talk by Belisa Vranichhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgb2cUqFiY6. Sittingi. "To Sit or Not To Sit w/ Katy Bowman," an article and an episode of Brock Armstrong's podcast Workplace Herohttps://workplacehero.me/to-sit-or-not-to-sit-w-katy-bowman/ii. "Ways to Avoid Sitting All Day" by Selene Yeager https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a20796441/ways-to-avoid-sitting-all-day/iii. Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman https://www.amazon.com/Move-Your-DNA-Movement-Expanded/dp/19433701097. Lysenkoismi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoismii. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Trofim-Lysenko8. Cofactors of Vitamin D (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. https://thyroidproblemsdoctor.com/dont-overlook-the-necessity-of-vitamin-d-cofactors/ii. https://vitamindwiki.com/Vitamin+D+Cofactors+in+a+nutshelliii. https://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page=Low+cost+cofactors+for+vitamin+D9. Vitamin D (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-Dii. https://chriskresser.com/vitamin-d-more-is-not-better/iii. https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-d/art-20363792iv. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D10. Vitamin D and COVID (starting info for you to do your own research; I have not read all this, and don't claim it's all valid)i. "Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19" (3 Sept 2020). by Gretchen Rubinhttps://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vitamin-d-deficiency-may-raise-risk-of-getting-covid19ii. "Study suggests high vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19" (19 March 2021) by Alison Caldwell, PhD https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vitamin-d-covid-studyiii. "Vitamin D Might Help Fight COVID-19" (28 Jan 2021) by Cara Murezhttps://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210128/vitamin-d-might-help-fight-covid-19iv. “Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study” (Oct 2020) by Marta Entrenas Castillo, Luis Manuel Entrenas Costa, José Manuel Vaquero Barrios, Juan Francisco Alcalá Díaz, José López Miranda, Roger Bouillon, José Manuel Quesada Gomezhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960076020302764?via%3Dihubv. "The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and COVID-19"(3 Sept 2020) by Chris Masterjohn, PhDhttps://chrismasterjohnphd.com/covid-19/finally-confirmed-vitamin-d-nearly-abolishes-icu-risk-in-covid-19vi. "The Role of Vitamin D and Supportive Nutrients in the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Chris Kresserhttps://vimeo.com/530879066/e9b314a0be11. The Outdoorsi. "10 Reasons Why Being Outside is Important"https://askthescientists.com/outdoors/Bio and image courtesy Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, we discuss logic — but couched in writing an essay about William Blake's poem The Tyger, which I actually helped a student with years ago, way back in 2006 or 2012 or thereabouts. So this episode is about what I remember doing with that student to correct mistakes he had about the assignment and to help him write an A paper. We had to use some logic and thinking skills like definition, classification, contrast, similarity and difference, thinking as asking and answering questions, and concept-formation. Being about logic, this episode applies to all things: physics, chemistry, math, history, literature, medicine, marketing, philosophy, fitness, and more -- it applies to any use of conceptual thought to understand things in the world, because everywhere we turn to think conceptually, we need logic to do it right and be true.We need to train students to always think about concretes to not get lost in words and not get lost in math. We should help them be real. We and they need to be rooted in reality to not waste money — or injure people or destroy lives. Logic is not a joke or mere academic issue. Students need the cognitive tools to be true to reality. Their and our lives and well-being depend on it. And teachers have the responsibility to provide it. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxShow notes1. William Blake's poem The Tyger: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger2. Some of the other poems in Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Innocence_and_of_Experience3. "A literary element, or narrative element,[1] or element of literature[2] is a constituent of all works of narrative fiction—a necessary feature of verbal storytelling that can be found in any written or spoken narrative. This distinguishes them from literary techniques, or non-universal features of literature that accompany the construction of a particular work rather than forming the essential characteristics of all narrative. For example, plot, theme, character and tone are literary elements, whereas figurative language, irony, or foreshadowing would be considered literary techniques.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_element)4. Literary devices: https://literarydevices.neta. Assonance: https://literarydevices.net/assonance/b. Alliteration: https://literarydevices.net/alliteration/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-examples.htmlc. Euphemism: https://literarydevices.net/euphemism/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-euphemism.htmld. Synecdoche: https://literarydevices.net/synecdoche/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-synecdoche.htmle. Foreshadowing: https://literarydevices.net/foreshadowing/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/foreshadowing-examples.htmlf. Hyperbole: https://literarydevices.net/hyperbole/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-hyperbole-in-literature.htmlg. Imagery: https://literarydevices.net/imagery/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-imagery-poems.htmlh. Metaphor: https://literarydevices.net/metaphor/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/reference/examples/extended-metaphor-examples.htmli. Simile: https://literarydevices.net/simile/j. Personification: https://literarydevices.net/personification/Examples: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification.htmlk. Symbolism: https://literarydevices.net/symbolism/5. Literary devices, see also: https://blog.prepscholar.com/list-of-literary-devices-techniques6. Examples of alliterationa. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King, Jrb. "I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.I have stood still and stopped the sound of feetWhen far away an interrupted cryCame over houses from another street”—Robert Frost (Acquainted with the Night)c. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation…” — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Addressd. "He was four times a father, this fighter prince:one by one they entered the world,Heorogar, Hrothgar, the good Halgaand a daughter, I have heard, who was Onela´s queen,a balm in bed to the battle-scarred Swede.”-Beowolfe “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before”-Edgar Allen Poe, The Ravenf. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.” --Martin Luther King, Jr. (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education)g. "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.” (source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/quotes/)7. Related resources I found in getting notes together for this episodea. https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/blake/section9/b. https://literarydevices.net/the-tyger/Image from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Tyger_BM_a_1794.jpgPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, we discuss some essentials of teacher training and hence provide a guide to teacher education reform. Education is the systematic training of the conceptual faculty of the young in order to instill in them the knowledge and methods they each need to be a good, independent, adult human animal. "A teacher (also called a schoolteacher or formally, an educator) is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence or virtue.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher) And to teach is "to give someone knowledge or to train someone." (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/teach)So teachers should be master craftsman of reason and conceptual knowledge in general and in their particular field, and be able to help other people achieve, in whole or in part, that same mastery.. Good teacher training must include:1. logic2. grammar 3. multidisciplinary thinking4. an awareness of the history, biology, and ecology of human lifeWe discuss this in detail in this show. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.comShow notes.1. "Why Have American Education Standards Collapsed?" by Marc Tucker (23 April 2015): https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-why-have-american-education-standards-collapsed/2015/042. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students" by Lauren Camera (30 Oct 2019) :https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2019-10-30/across-the-board-scores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students3. "Myth Of The Week: The Declining Quality of Education" by Marianne Stenger (4 Jun 2013)https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/other/the-myth-of-the-declining-quality-of-education/4. Nation's Report Card: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov5. Sample Teacher Training Programsa. Broward College: https://www.broward.edu/academics/education/certification-courses/index.htmlb. University of North Texas: http://catalog.unt.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=24&poid=9975&returnto=2587#c. Missouri State: https://www.missouristate.edu/registrar/catalog/teacher-certification-teacher-education-secondary-ed.htmd. Andrews University: https://www.andrews.edu/sed/tlc/certification/index.html5a. Sample Montessori Programsa. https://www.montessoritrainingusa.com/early-childhoodb. https://www.teach-montessori.org/montessori-training/c. http://www.montessori.edu/info.html6. "The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation for science and the preparation for sanctity should form a new soul, for the attitude of the teacher should be at once positive, scientific and spiritual."Positive and scientific, because she has an exact task to perform, and it is necessary that she should put herself into immediate relation with the truth by means of rigorous observation..."Spiritual, because it is to man that his powers of observation are to be applied, and because the characteristics of the creature who is to be his particular subject of observation are spiritual." (Dr. Maria Montessori, 'The Advanced Montessori Method - I', Clio Press Ltd, 107)From: https://montessori-ami.org/resource-library/quotes/montessori-guide7. The Scientist in the Classroom: The Montessori Teacher as ScientistSackett, Ginni, NAMTA Journal, v41 n2 p5-20 Spr 2016"Ginni Sackett shares insights ignited by a presentation given by Professori Raniero Regni in Rome at an AMI International Trainers Meeting. Dr. Regni stated that, 'To go beyond Montessori is to rediscover Montessori. Montessori is waiting for us in the future.' By re-examining Montessori's writings, Sackett traces the subtle ways in which Montessori's scientific pedagogy has gradually become more associated with the teaching profession than with that of scientists, and she urges us to remember Maria's scientific foundations: 'experiment…observation…evidence or proof.' Because we study 'children, not brains' in a prepared environment and because we offer experiences and do not impose experiences, we are uniquely poised to 'help contemporary neuroscience' and contribute to future research. [This paper was presented at the NAMTA conference titled 'A Montessori Integrated Approach to Science, Mathematics, Technology, and the Environment' in Portland, OR, Mar 31-Apr 3, 2016.]"From: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ11122578. “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ― Aristotle vs. “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” — George Bernard Shaw9. "The ‘Those Who Can’t Do, Teach’ Fallacy" by Strontium: https://medium.com/the-innovation/the-those-who-cant-do-teach-fallacy-8116b0e12de510. John Wooden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooden11. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.” --Martin Luther King, Jr. (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: From: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education)12. "For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should result in scientists who are: (1) broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were some scientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling; (2) versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the "3R" norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility; (3) skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and able to tackle logical fallacies." From: https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/13. "Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science.” from "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science” by David Freedman (The Atlantic, Nov 2010). From: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/14. “Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present." --E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge15. "Judging Books by Their Covers" by Richard FeynmanShort excerpt: “The same thing happened: something would look good at first and then turn out to be horrifying. For example, there was a book that started out with four pictures: first there was a wind-up toy; then there was an automobile; then there was a boy riding a bicycle; then there was something else. And underneath each picture it said, ‘What makes it go?’“I thought, ‘I know what it is: They're going to talk about mechanics, how the springs work inside the toy; about chemistry, how the engine of the automobile works; and biology, about how the muscles work.’“It was the kind of thing my father would have talked about: ‘What makes it go? Everything goes because the sun is shining.’ And then we would have fun discussing it:" ‘No, the toy goes because the spring is wound up,’ I would say.‘How did the spring get wound up?’ he would ask.‘I wound it up.’‘And how did you get moving?’‘From eating.’‘And food grows only because the sun is shining. So it's because the sun is shining that all these things are moving.’ That would get the concept across that motion is simply the transformation of the sun's power."Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, we discuss what logic really is so we can stick to the real, and so we can dismiss the misconceptions and misunderstandings of logic that are common today and avoid the disasters that come with them. We need to know what logic really is so we can better structure and sequence curriculum, as well as education overall, and we need to know what it really is so we can teach more effectively and efficiently, and so we can make it matter. We need to bring in clarity of explanation and love of life.And every human who thinks conceptually needs to know what logic is so they can improve their thinking to improve their life: physically, socially, cognitively, emotionally, and in every way.Show notes.1. Basic steps to get a concept of logic (these are not all: they do not make a comprehensive and exhaustive list, but are essentials; plus, we need to get our own concrete, real examples of all this to make it real and make it knowledge; following an empty formula is neither knowledge nor understanding; we need to do the work to grasp this in each our own minds and by each our own efforts)Experience stuffLearn first wordsLearn language and sentencesLearn that people can be wrong, can err, can make believe, can lie. From this, we learn that we need to ID something real in the world for truthLearn some ideas we learn later than others; some things depend on othersLearn method from algebra, geometry, or suchGeneralize that method to thinking in generalLearn that we have to go through steps to be correct in all reasoningLearn that applies to concepts, definitions, classification, induction, etc.Logic: our means for making sure our concepts and thoughts are logically related to and derived from experience, the evidence of the senses2. In “Aristotle” (http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/lectures/aristot2.html) Dr. Michael Fowler wrote: “To summarize: Aristotle’s philosophy laid out an approach to the investigation of all natural phenomena, to determine form by detailed, systematic work, and thus arrive at final causes. His logical method of argument gave a framework for putting knowledge together, and deducing new results. He created what amounted to a fully-fledged professional scientific enterprise, on a scale comparable to a modern university science department. It must be admitted that some of his work - unfortunately, some of the physics - was not up to his usual high standards. He evidently found falling stones a lot less interesting than living creatures. Yet the sheer scale of his enterprise, unmatched in antiquity and for centuries to come, gave an authority to all his writings.“It is perhaps worth reiterating the difference between Plato and Aristotle, who agreed with each other that the world is the product of rational design, that the philosopher investigates the form and the universal, and that the only true knowledge is that which is irrefutable. The essential difference between them was that Plato felt mathematical reasoning could arrive at the truth with little outside help, but Aristotle believed detailed empirical investigations of nature were essential if progress was to be made in understanding the natural world.”3. In the book Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still, Atle Naess wrote:“Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ Collegio Romano: human reason has a basic ability to recognize and understand the objects registered by the senses. The objects are real. They have properties that can be perceived, and then ‘further processed’ according to logical rules. These logical concepts are also real (if not in exactly the same way as the physical objects).”4. Galileo wrote: "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience."From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York5. Newton’s Rules of Reasoning in Science“Rule 1 We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.“Rule 2 Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.“Rule 3. The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intensification nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.“Rule 4. In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.”6. Alan Gotthelf wrote: ”Charles Darwin's famous 1882 letter, in which he remarks that his ‘two gods’, Linnaeus and Cuvier, were ‘mere school‐boys to old Aristotle’, has been thought to be only an extravagantly worded gesture of politeness. However, a close examination of this and other Darwin letters, and of references to Aristotle in Darwin's earlier work, shows that the famous letter was written several weeks after a first, polite letter of thanks, and was carefully formulated and literally meant. Indeed, it reflected an authentic, and substantial, increase in Darwin's already high respect for Aristotle, as certain documents show. It may also have reflected some real insight on Darwin's part into the teleological aspect of Aristotle's thought, more insight than Ogle himself had achieved, as a portion of their correspondence reveals." (from: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199287956.001.0001/acprof-9780199287956-chapter-15)7. Martyn Shuttleworth wrote: "Aristotle's zoology earns him the title of the father of biology, because of his systematic approach to classification and his use of physiology to uncover relationships between animals. He influenced Theophrastes and, whilst other Greeks and later Roman philosophers contributed, these three can lay claim to being at the starting point of the history of biology.”And: "Aristotle's' zoology and the classification of species was his greatest contribution to the history of biology, the first known attempt to classify animals into groups according to their behavior and, most importantly, by the similarities and differences between their physiologies. Using observation and dissection, he categorized species. Although his broad classifications seem strange to modern zoologists, considering the limited equipment and store of knowledge he had access to, Aristotle's zoology stands as a tribute to his systematic methods and empirical approach to acquiring knowledge." (from: hhttps://explorable.com/aristotles-zoology)8. Michael Boylan wrote: "What is most important in Aristotle’s accomplishments is his combination of keen observations with a critical scientific method that employs his systematic categories to solve problems in biology and then link these to other issues in human life.” (From "Aristotle: Biology" on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://www.iep.utm.edu/aris-bio/)9. In "The Lagoon: How Aristotle invented science by Armand Marie Leroi – review" (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/02/the-lagoon-armand-marie-leroi-aristotle-review) Henry Gee wrote: Excerpt 1. "The Greeks are famous, perhaps notorious, for casting their science whole, from first principles, without troubling to examine the natural world it sought to explain. But Aristotle changed everything, providing lengthy accounts of fish and fowl, their lives, courtships, kinds, anatomies, functions, distribution and habits. They were often erroneous, but what sets Aristotle apart is his workmanlike attitude. One gets the impression of a practical man, given to neither the remote and crystalline idealism of his predecessors, nor the flights of fancy of later natural historians such as Pliny the Elder."Excerpt 2. "Darwin knew almost nothing of Aristotle until 1882, when William Ogle, physician and classicist, sent him a copy of The Parts of Animals he'd just translated. In his note of thanks, Darwin wrote: 'From quotations which I had seen I had a high notion of Aristotle's merits, but I had not the most remote notion of what a wonderful man he was. Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.' “10. James Lennox wrote: "Aristotle is properly recognized as the originator of the scientific study of life. ...Aristotle was able to accomplish what he did in biology because he had given a great deal of thought to the nature of scientific inquiry. ... The goal of inquiry, he argued, was a system of concepts and propositions organized hierarchically, ultimately resting on knowledge of the essential natures of the objects of study and certain other necessary first principles."Image from Wikipedia.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss:-the importance of logic and thinking skills to engineering-what induction is-some examples of using induction in engineering-how induction is related to deduction-the importance of clear, defined language and concepts-some tragic examples of what happens without clearly defined language-how engineering education could and should improve-and moreAbout Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space mission systems engineering with emphasis in flight dynamics, attitude control subsystems, and mission operations. This experience spans the entire spacecraft program lifespan from proposal writing through spaceflight operations. I have worked on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Iridium communications constellation, various Geostationary communications satellites, micro satellites for the Department of Defense, and the Dream Chaser space plane. I currently work for the Globalstar communications constellation. I have a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin."To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. Email: [email protected]. Gold Academy: https://www.goldams.com 3. Total Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com4. Cypress Creek Ecological Restoration Project: https://ccerp.org5. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 6. Twitter/Instagram: EpistemeRxShow notes.1. Science is the inductive, integrated understanding of the nature of things and their cause-effect relationships. 2. Engineering is "the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants." (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/engineering)3. Inductiona. A generalization/induction is a universal statement true, regardless of time or place, of all things of a specific kind in a specific context.b. Rules of induction.1. Find concretes/particulars that are numerous and varied2. (looking for disconfirming (as well as confirming) instances)3. in contrast to other things in a context,4. then form a statement about all things of the kind: a statement about their nature, or a statement about what they do or how they behave,5. making sure there is a causal link involved.6. Then, to check the logic of your statement (your generalization):a. identify the context of your generalization.b. identify the hierarchical structure of your generalization (trace the induction back through other inductions, ideas, and concepts back to the evidence of the senses)4. Deduction is the mental process of applying a universal statement to a particular thing, a less general statement, or a statement of the same "level of generality."5. Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie" (some videos showing the event, some discussing it).a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esfpcnQW6qsb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnwc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTSnZgrfxMd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lX0UHdaPpge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXyG68_caV46. Octave Chanutea. https://disciplesofflight.com/octave-chanute/b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanutec. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Octave-Chanuted. https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/chanute-octave/7. Temperature vs. Number of Pirates: https://churchoftheflyingspaghettimonsteraustralia.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/pchart1.jpg8. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianisma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monsterb. http://spaghettimonster.com/pastafarianism/9. Tenerife Airport Disaster ( KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736)a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disasterb. https://www.historynet.com/disaster-on-tenerife-historys-worst-airline-accident.htm10. Words/concepts/languagea. A concept (aka a word) is a unit of knowledge formed by abstraction from two or more things that are the same in some way (in contrast to other similar things) and that stores everything we know about things of a kind.b. Some rules for forming concepts:1. Get some things in a context, 2. finding out how they are similar 3. by contrasting them with related things,4. and thus making your idea/concept.5. Sketch out the prior concepts necessary to know the concept.6. Formulate a defintion. 11. Definitionsa. A definition is a statement of the essence of a thingb. Rules of definition1. a good definition should have a genus and a differentia2. a good definition should state the essence of a thing12. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisiera. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lavoisier.htmlb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisierc. https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/antoine-laurent-lavoisier13. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunologya. "Science students learned the facts of their specific field without understanding how science should work in order to draw true conclusions." --David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldb. "Part of the problem, [Arturo Casadevall] argued, is that young scientists are rushed to specialize before they learn how to think. They end up unable to produce good work themselves and unequipped to spot bad or fraudulent work by their colleagues.” — David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldc. "But educators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health assert that memorization alone does not a scientist make — above all, students must be critical, creative thinkers who are honest and responsible with data. In order to train scientists as critical thinkers, the R3 Graduate Science Initiative was recently created in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), led by director Gundula Bosch, Ph.D." (from: https://biomedicalodyssey.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2018/03/revolutionizing-with-r3-a-new-ph-d-program-seeks-to-train-scientists-as-critical-thinkers/)d. "For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should result in scientists who are: (1) broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were some scientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling; (2) versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the "3R" norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility; (3) skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and able to tackle logical fallacies." (from: https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/)14. "Quantum Experiment Suggests There Is No Objective Reality" (MIT Tech Review, MIT Technology Review March 13, 2019a. https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/03/12/136684/a-quantum-experiment-suggests-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality/b. https://www.realclearscience.com/2019/03/13/quantum_experiment_suggests_there_is_no_objective_reality_285107.htmlc. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-quantum-physics-reality-doesnt.html15, Educationa. Education is “the systematic training of the conceptual faculty by means of supplying in essentials both its content and its method.” --Philosopher Dr. Leonard Peikoffb. "Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.” --Martin Luther King, Jr.c. "The present system does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than on observation. The result of accepting unrelated facts is the fostering of conservatism [in thinking]. It breeds fear, and from fear comes ignorance.” --Thomas Edison16. Dr. Leonard Peikoffa. Philosophy of Educationhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsoWPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Brad joins us to discuss:-his background-human nature and human health -why exercise is important-his experience in athletics and what he learned from it-how to train smart-overcoming your fears, and being real and pure-and moreAbout Brad: "Decades removed from the pro triathlon circuit, where I was 2x national champion and ranked #3 in the world in 1991, I've turned my attention to broader fitness goals aligned with longevity. In 2018, I broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest single hole of golf ever played, sprinting a 503-yard par 5 in 1 minute, 38 seconds and making a birdie 4!"I'm currently in devoted training for my longtime passion of high jumping. In 2020, I'm ranked #1 in the USA and #3 in the world for Masters Track&Field age 55-59 high jump with this 5'0" (1.52m) clearance. I'm trying to raise the bar in life and this endeavor requires so many complex skills of speed/power/explosiveness, incredible flexibility to bend over the bar, endurance for tough and varied workouts. I'm certain I can go much higher than 5'0" when the meets are back on, but it's a nice achievement of attrition since not many 50+ guys can jump or bend anymore."More about Brad: https://www.bradkearns.com/about/Brad's biography/life story: https://www.bradkearns.com/meet-brad/Brad's Website: https://www.bradkearns.comBrad's Podcast "Get Over Yourself:" https://www.bradkearns.com/getoveryourself/Brad's books: https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Kearns/e/B001ITTG5C?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1582579962&sr=8-1To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes. 1. Brad's Podcast "Get Over Yourself:" https://www.bradkearns.com/getoveryourself/2. Brad's Speedgolf Guinness World Recorda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sys0r6Jvn8b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6YlL3NmjE3. Brad Kearns: Age 55 High Jump 5'0" (1.52m)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDj6HEpf2YM4. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey MDhttps://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/03161135145. Podcast interviews of Dr. Ratey. a. https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/exercise-and-the-brain-bsp-33.htmlb. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/43-john-ratey-on-the-power-of-exercise-for-the-brain/id1434948381?i=1000444019457c. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-john-ratey-on-revolutionary-new-science-exercise/id1381332747?i=10004441413776. Vitamin D3a. "More than 80 per cent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had vitamin D deficiency: study" by Jackie Dunham (CTVNews.ca)https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/more-than-80-per-cent-of-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-had-vitamin-d-deficiency-study-1.5162396?fbclid=IwAR1jJ409HM0IkuGOqNFpXMoR-WJ8K1sAE2-TQz8mSfCoHHQvn-xpZVfflmUb. “Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study” by Marta Entrenas Castillo, Luis Manuel Entrenas Costa, José Manuel Vaquero Barrios, et. al.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076020302764c. Some detail about how Vitamin D is made (started, that is) in the skin.http://www.uvguide.co.uk/vitdpathway.htm?fbclid=IwAR11Xp1Rkq-8NkjazHH0hwU5vATkGyZ4oLOAwp3xL77wmX55xAJ9oyaItr8d. "The weird history of vitamin D — and what it actually has to do with sun" by Leigh Cowarthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/12/the-weird-history-of-vitamin-d-and-what-it-actually-has-to-do-with-sun/e. "What is the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the US?" by Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD (Medscape, Updated: Dec 15, 2020)https://www.medscape.com/answers/128762-54281/what-is-the-prevalence-of-vitamin-d-deficiency-in-the-usf. "Vitamin D Status: United States, 2001–2006" by Anne C. Looker, Ph.D.; Clifford L. Johnson, M.P.H; et. al. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db59.pdfg. "Vitamin D deficiency soars in the U.S., study says" by Jordan Lite (Scientific American, March 23, 2009)https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vitamin-d-deficiency-united-states/7. Cytokine storma. https://www.physiciansweekly.com/cytokine-storm-the-sudden-crash-in-patients-with-covid-19/b. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2026131c, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine8. Vaccines and Sleepa. "Sleep Affects Potency of Vaccines" By Elizabeth Fernandez (UCSF, August 1, 2012)https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2012/08/12458/sleep-affects-potency-vaccinesb. "Can Better Sleep Mean Catching Fewer Colds?" by Denise Mannhttps://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/immune-system-lack-of-sleepc. "Want to reduce your COVID-19 risk? You need to sleep more." by Emily Sohnhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/sleep-more-reduce-coronavirus-risk/d. "Why you shouldn’t be sleep-deprived before getting a flu shot" by Nancy Clanton (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oct 21, 2020)https://www.ajc.com/life/why-you-shouldnt-be-sleep-deprived-before-getting-a-flu-shot/ZZNNHFDYLJCYTOPPZBJBRMFSBE/9. Scott Dawley: http://www.scottdawley.com10. Katy Bowmana. website: https://www.nutritiousmovement.comb. her books: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/the-books-ive-written/c. podcasts: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/category/podcast-transcripts/d. books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Katy-Bowman/e/B0057HLJY211. Sleepa "America's biggest problem" | Kirk Parsley | TEDxReno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9C_8-OoxIParsley is a medical doctor, ex-Navy SEAL, and doctor to Navy SEALs. b. "Why Sleep Matters" | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yGw_hfEfkc. "The Rhythms of Life: What your body clock means to you from eye disease to jet lag” by Professor Russell Foster of Oxford University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp6rfOr_LRgd. "Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders" by Craig H. Heller: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Sleep-Science-Dreams-Disorders/dp/B00DTO4G2C/e. the BBC Documentary "The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock Horizon" is good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zVsvZjD5DMf. Impact of School Start Time on Teen Sleep Need | Julie Dahl | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4X1i683MIMg. Sleepy teens: A public health epidemic | Wendy Troxel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Zj_InJ4BQPicture and bio courtesy Brad Kearns.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, humor theorist Chris Land joins us in a first discussion of what humor is, what you can learn from the art and science, and how you can use it to teach and learn better. You can learn more on Chris' website Why Funny is Funny: https://whyfunnyisfunny.comTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes. 1. Chris' "cheat sheet" that he discussed in the episode: https://whyfunnyisfunny.com/clash-theory-humor-model-2/2. Humora. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humourb. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/humorc. "the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : the ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humor)d. "a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement" (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/humor)3. Comedya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedyb. "humorous entertainment" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy)c. "a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion." (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/comedy?s=t)4. Humor in education (a little here to get you started, if you are interested)a. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/training-and-events/education-competencies/humor.aspxb. https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2018/02/humor-college-classroomc. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/engaging-students-with-humord. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2916105-using-humor-to-maximize-learninge. https://www.apa.org/monitor/jun06/learningf. https://www.thewellnessnetwork.net/health-news-and-insights/blog/humor-teaching-tool/g. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/laughter-learning-humor-boosts-retention-sarah-hendersonBio and picture courtesy Chris Land.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Mother and daughter Gail Paquette and Kira Withrow join us to discuss what education is, what good teaching is, the state of modern education, and why one might homeschool. After telling us about their backgrounds, they discuss the culture in general and their experiences homeschooling in the 1990s. About Gail: "Gail Paquette was a homeschooling mom in the 90's when the internet was in its infancy. She holds an MBA and worked in business development settings before starting a family. Homeschooling her two daughters eventually led to an early website (there were not many websites back then!), conference speaking, and a home-based school for other families' children. HomeTaught School in Austin, TX lasted for 5 years (1997-2002) before an opportunity to work for a CEO of a multi-state private school system in Salt Lake City, UT presented itself. Gail relocated to Challenger School's headquarters to work as a staff writer & editor, curriculum reviewer, and teacher trainer. Later she held roles as a Sr. Instructional Designer for American Express, and the Manager of Training at Intermountain Healthcare - the largest healthcare system in Utah."Gail is a life-long learner and teacher at heart. She left corporate training in mid 2017 to apply her teaching skill to fitness as a Personal Trainer, and today she owns the Fit2Flourish Studio in Park City, UT. She works with all ages and body types, young and "active agers" who enjoy the wealth of recreational activities inherent in mountain life." Contact GailFit2Flourish Pilates & Personal Training, Park CityGail Paquette, CPT-ACE, STOTT Pilates InstructorFollow on FB: Fit2FlourishPC [email protected] 801-897-2072FB url: https://www.facebook.com/ParkCityFit/ Contact KiraWebsite: https://atlas-tutoring.business.site/To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes.1. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epsteinhttps://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/07352144842. Johns Hopkins Universitya. "Science students learned the facts of their specific field without understanding how science should work in order to draw true conclusions." --David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldb. "Part of the problem, [Arturo Casadevall] argued, is that young scientists are rushed to specialize before they learn how to think. They end up unable to produce good work themselves and unequipped to spot bad or fraudulent work by their colleagues.” — David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldc. "But educators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health assert that memorization alone does not a scientist make — above all, students must be critical, creative thinkers who are honest and responsible with data. In order to train scientists as critical thinkers, the R3 Graduate Science Initiative was recently created in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), led by director Gundula Bosch, Ph.D." (from: https://biomedicalodyssey.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2018/03/revolutionizing-with-r3-a-new-ph-d-program-seeks-to-train-scientists-as-critical-thinkers/)d. "For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should result in scientists who are: (1) broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were some scientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling; (2) versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the "3R" norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility; (3) skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and able to tackle logical fallacies." (from: https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/)3. "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” ― Robert A. Heinlein. (from https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12051-a-human-being-should-be-able-to-change-a-diaper)4. On being "interdisciplinary," the famous basketball coach John Wooden (UCLA) was also an English teacher. a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodenb. https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Wooden_John.htmlc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodend. http://www.coachwooden.com5. Socratic methoda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_methodb. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-socratic-method-2154875c. https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/8106. Diderot a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Diderotb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/diderot/Pictures and bios courtesy Gail Paquette and Kira Withrow.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Crossposted from the CCERP Podcast, Dan joins us to discuss- our nature as fission-fusion rational, social animals-how that nature informs how we react to COVID -how that nature has allowed us to survive through history-what "fission-fusion" means-human history in North America-some history of human-animal interactions in North America-human culture-what science is-the importance of "interdisciplinary" thinking-the content of his forthcoming book “Wild New World: Humanity Encounters America’s Animals”-and moreAbout Dan: "Dan Flores is a writer and Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana. A native of Louisiana and currently a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, he has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and numerous magazines. He is the author of ten books, most recently American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains, which received the Stubbendieck Distinguished Book Prize in 2017, and Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, a New York Times Bestseller, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and a 2017 Finalist for PEN America’s E. O. Wilson Prize in Literary Science Writing. His current book project, 'Wild New World: Humanity Encounters America’s Animals' is a big history of the human/wild animal story and will be published by W. W. Norton in 2022. "To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes. (More to come)1. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Floreshttps://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/0465093728/2. American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Floreshttps://www.amazon.com/American-Serengeti-Animals-Great-Plains/dp/070062466X/3. The concept of "fission-fusion"a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission–fusion_societyb. "Social Structure" by Dennis O'Neil: https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/behavior/behave_2.htmc. "Fission-fusion society:" https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Fission-fusion_society4. The blitzkrieg/overkill/sitzkrieg hypotheses: a. blitzkrieg: "war conducted with great speed and force" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blitzkrieg)b. sitzkrieg: "slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate." (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sitzkrieg)c. "Late Quaternary Extinctions: State of the Debate" by Paul L. Koch and Anthony D. Barnosky (Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2006. 37:215–50)http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/barnosky/Koch%20%20and%20Barnosky%202006.pdfd. "Humans and the Extinction of Megafauna in the Americas" (Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, 22 May 2009)https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dujs/2009/05/22/humans-and-the-extinction-of-megafauna-in-the-americas/e. "The uncertain blitzkrieg of Pleistocene megafauna" by Barry W. Brook and David M. J. S. Bowman (Journal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) (2004) 31, 517–523)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.01028.x5. Zoonotic diseasesa. "Diseases From Animals: A Primer" https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/diseases-from-animals-primer#1b. "Many modern diseases, even epidemic diseases, started out as zoonotic diseases. It is hard to establish with certainty which diseases jumped from other animals to humans, but there is increasing evidence from DNA and RNA sequencing, that measles, smallpox, influenza, HIV, and diphtheria came to humans this way." from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis6. Cabeza de Vacaa. The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Rolena Adorno, et al.: https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Cabeza-Vaca-Alvar-Nunez/dp/080326416X/b. A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca by Andres Resendez, Jonathan Davis, et al.: https://www.amazon.com/A-Land-So-Strange-Andres-Resendez-audiobook/dp/B005TL6PY0/c. See for lots of detailed info and probably right routes:i. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca06ii. especially good: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/.../4027/fulltext.pdfiii. http://www.americanjourneys.org/maps/aj-070.pdf7. Sciencea. "Science students learned the facts of their specific field without understanding how science should work in order to draw true conclusions." --David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldb. "Part of the problem, [Arturo Casadevall] argued, is that young scientists are rushed to specialize before they learn how to think. They end up unable to produce good work themselves and unequipped to spot bad or fraudulent work by their colleagues.” — David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldc. "But educators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health assert that memorization alone does not a scientist make — above all, students must be critical, creative thinkers who are honest and responsible with data. In order to train scientists as critical thinkers, the R3 Graduate Science Initiative was recently created in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), led by director Gundula Bosch, Ph.D." (from: https://biomedicalodyssey.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2018/03/revolutionizing-with-r3-a-new-ph-d-program-seeks-to-train-scientists-as-critical-thinkers/)d. "For their part, Casadevall and Bosch write that science education reform should result in scientists who are: (1) broadly interested, creative and self-directed, as were some scientists in the era of Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Linus Pauling; (2) versed in epistemology, sound research conduct and error analysis, according to the "3R" norms of good scientific practice—rigor, responsibility and reproducibility; (3) skilled in reasoning using mathematical, statistical and programming methods and able to tackle logical fallacies." (from: https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/)e. “Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ Collegio Romano: human reason has a basic ability to recognize and understand the objects registered by the senses. The objects are real. They have properties that can be perceived, and then ‘further processed’ according to logical rules. These logical concepts are also real (if not in exactly the same way as the physical objects).” --Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still, Atle Naessf. "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience." --From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York.g. "Another important inspiration for experimentation was Galileo’s experience of music. The daily routine of tuning a lute so that its sound was pure, was another sort of experimental trial and error: one had to put more or less tension on the strings, until they fell into an underlying and mathematically describable pattern."Presumably Galileo’s first inclined planes were rigged up with what looked like a tribute to his father: a copy of the finger-board of a stringed instrument, with thin, movable bands or strings running across it. By altering the distance between these bands and listening for the click as the sphere rolled over them, it was possible for him to gain an insight into the relationship between time and the distance the ball rolled."The first big problem he encountered, was to measure time accurately. Presumably he first tried to do this by singing. It was not as absurd as it may sound. A trained and skilled musician has a “metronomic” feel for the length of the subdivided beat."Image and bio courtesy Dan Flores.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss:-what engineering is-the scientific roots of engineeringAbout Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space mission systems engineering with emphasis in flight dynamics, attitude control subsystems, and mission operations. This experience spans the entire spacecraft program lifespan from proposal writing through spaceflight operations. I have worked on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Iridium communications constellation, various Geostationary communications satellites, micro satellites for the Department of Defense, and the Dream Chaser space plane. I currently work for the Globalstar communications constellation. I have a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin."To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes.1. Science is the inductive, integrated understanding of the nature of things and their cause-effect relationships. 2. Engineering is "the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants." (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/engineering)3. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel: https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-Problem/dp/B005LYERBI/4. "The £2.5 million fighter jet system that’s so precise it's affected by the MOON'S gravity" Victoria Woollaston (Daily Mail Online, 09 Apr 2015): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3030669/The-fighter-jet-s-precise-affected-MOON-built-using-lasers-floating-concrete-rafts.html"To counteract even the slightest shifts in gravitational pull, experts must build the jet on 'floating' concrete rafts that move in sync with the moon. These rafts measure 59ft (18 metres) long and 9.8ft (3 metres) thick and are used to house the measuring equipment. Two laser trackers and nine jacks are positioned on a single surface, to make sure all movement is relative, and they control the alignment of the barges by cancelling out the subtle effects of the moon and the tides it creates. This means the jet will be in 'near perfect alignment whatever the moon may be doing,' said Martin Topping, Head of Typhoon Maintenance and Upgrade. 'Every time the moon pulls the tide in and out, the ground under our feet actually moves by between one and two millimetres,' he continued. 'That might not sound a lot, but given the tolerances we are working to on Typhoon, two millimetres is two millimetres too much.' "5. Physicist Hans Schantz: https://www.spreaker.com/user/11043023/episode-38-hans-g-schantz-phd-physics-ta6. Hans of Iceland by Victor Hugo. I am not sure who has the best translation, but here are two:a. https://www.amazon.com/Hans-Iceland-Victor-Hugo-ebook/dp/B087N4JWZH/b. https://www.amazon.com/Works-Victor-Hugo-Translated-Condemned/dp/1344008976/7. Sciencea. Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present." --E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledgeb. A quote that illustrates the importance of philosophy and logic to science:"In a debate involving two scientists and two philosophers, “Richard Dawkins said ‘You know, I’m not a philosopher, I’m a scientist. I’m only interested in truth.’...A Frenchman in the audience said ‘What is truth?’ “—Dennis Noble, in Episode 2: Harnessing Randomness, of the Big Biology Podcast (https://www.bigbiology.org/podcast#episode2)c. “Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ Collegio Romano: human reason has a basic ability to recognize and understand the objects registered by the senses. The objects are real. They have properties that can be perceived, and then ‘further processed’ according to logical rules. These logical concepts are also real (if not in exactly the same way as the physical objects).” --Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still, Atle Naessd "I should even think that in making the celestial material alterable, I contradict the doctrine of Aristotle much less than do those people who still want to keep the sky inalterable; for I am sure that he never took its inalterability to be as certain as the fact that all human reasoning must be placed second to direct experience." --From the Second Letter of Galileo Galilei to Mark Welser on Sunspots, p. 118 of Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake, (c) 1957 by Stillman Drake, published by Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York.Bio and picture courtesy Hannes Hacker.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss:-his background-what engineering is-thinking skills involved in engineering-examples of good engineering and bad engineering, and why they are good or badAbout Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space mission systems engineering with emphasis in flight dynamics, attitude control subsystems, and mission operations. This experience spans the entire spacecraft program lifespan from proposal writing through spaceflight operations. I have worked on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Iridium communications constellation, various Geostationary communications satellites, micro satellites for the Department of Defense, and the Dream Chaser space plane. I currently work for the Globalstar communications constellation. I have a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin."To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes. 1. Franklin cloth experiment a. https://franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jspb. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-09-02-0079c. https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1609.htm2. Franklin stovea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_stoveb. https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/stove.htm3. Franklin kite experimenta. http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/kite-experiment/b. https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/kite-key-experimentc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_experiment4. Wright brothersa. life and worki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothersii. https://www.biography.com/news/orville-wilbur-wright-brothers-first-flightiii. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers/Early-glider-experimentsb. wind tunneli. https://wright.nasa.gov/airplane/tunnel.htmlii. http://www.wright-brothers.org/Adventure_Wing/Hangar/1901_Wind_Tunnel/1901_Wind_Tunnel.htmiii. https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1901/wind.cfmiv. https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/wrights/results.html5. Boeing 737 Maxa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAXb. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737max/c. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/boeing-whistle-blower-says-proposed-737-max-fixes-aren-t-enough6. Apollo 13a. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/ b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_%28film%29Bio and picture courtesy Hannes Hacker.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Chess Master Chris Land joins us to discuss chess, its nature, its rating system, leaning it, teaching it, playing it, and how they all relate to other domains of learning and human performance. About Chris: Chris Land has been an official chess master for 30 years, and currently ranks among the top 1,000 players in the United States. He has taught chess off-and-on to advanced students, a few of which have reached master strength themselves.To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes. 1. FIDE: https://fide.com2. FIDE Mastera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titlesb. https://www.chess.com/terms/fide-master-chess3. International Master: https://www.chess.com/terms/international-master-chess4. Grand Mastera. https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-become-a-chess-grandmasterb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)5. Elo Rating Systema. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_systemb. https://www.chess.com/terms/elo-rating-chessc. https://thechessworld.com/articles/general-information/deeper-look-at-elo-chess-rating-system/ d. https://ratings.fide.com/calc.phtml?page=change6. History of Chessa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chessb. https://www.chess.com/article/view/history-of-chessc. https://www.britannica.com/topic/chess/History7. A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Birds-Wolves-Ingenious-Secret/dp/0316492094/8. Montessori Educationhttps://www.montessori.com/montessori-method/9. Self-correcting materialsa. https://www.charlottemontessori.com/2018/06/22/self-correcting-materials/b. https://www.northshoremontessori.com/about-us/montessori-philosophy/c. https://montessoriacademy.com.au/montessori-education/montessori-materials/d. http://www.kindertown.com/blog/guest-post-understanding-the-benefits-of-self-correction-and-the-montessori-method/10. Georges Héberthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Hébert11. The Natural Method: Georges Hébert's Practical Guide to Physical Education: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Method-Practical-Physical-Education/dp/151233436712. Erwan LeCorrea. bio: https://www.movnat.com/erwan-le-corre/b. The History Of Physical Fitness by Erwan LeCorre: https://www.movnat.com/the-history-of-physical-fitness/13. Carlos Condit and Movnat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3I8wIvC65Q14. Learning environments and domains: "kind" vs. "wicked"a. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-media-psychology-effect/202010/the-success-equation-our-wicked-worldb. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experience-studio/202007/experience-kind-vs-wickedBio and picture courtesy Chris Land.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss teaching in the quarantine. Scott discusses the adjustment on the part of a teacher and gives some advice to students, parents, and teachers. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Image courtesy of Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Dr. Gundula Bosch joins us to discuss the R3ISE Graduate Science Program and the R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education. We discuss her background, the R3ISE program, how it came to be, what it does, why it is needed, the importance of philosophy and a philosophic perspective, and what you can do to make your children, students, or yourself a more critical thinker and a better thinker overall. About Gundula: Gundula Bosch, PhD, MEd serves as the Director of the R3ISE Graduate Science Program, as well as the R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education. Her program strives to bring more critical, philosophical thinking, interdisciplinary and ethical practice as well as social responsibility into the way we teach graduate students in biomedicine, health science andengineering. A biochemist by training, she earned her PhD in Biology from the Technical University of Munich and the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, and a Master's degree in Education for the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins, where she serves as an adjunct instructor for educational scholarship.Dr. Bosch's site on Johns Hopkins: https://www.jhsph.edu/faculty/directory/profile/2954/gundula-boschTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ Show notes:1. the R3ISE programa. https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/01/03/biomedical-science-education-reform-casadevall-bosch/b. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01853-1c. https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/w-harry-feinstone-department-of-molecular-microbiology-and-immunology/academics-and-degree-programs/R3-PhD-program/index.htmld. https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/w-harry-feinstone-department-of-molecular-microbiology-and-immunology/academics-and-degree-programs/R3-PhD-program/r3-curriculum-overview2. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein: https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/07352144843. Galileo (I have not read these, and hence cannot personally recommend them.) Maybe it was the lute he played when he was blind, not the violin. a. Excerpt from Galileo Galilei: When the World Stood Still by Atle Naess: https://tinyurl.com/sk5qq2bb. "Galileo and Music: A Family Affair" by Dinko Fabris: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2011ASPC..441...57Fc. "The Role of Music in Galileo's Experiments" by Stillman Drake: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-role-of-music-in-galileos-exper/d. Music and Science in the Age of Galileo by V Coelho: https://books.google.com/books/about/Music_and_Science_in_the_Age_of_Galileo.html?id=yjH_c3KQ3yMC4. Galileo's fathera. https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-history-composers-and-performers-biographies/vincenzo-galileib. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Galilei5. Some books that present physics historically, so you can learn it right (not merely as disconnected word problems based on out-of-nowhere, unjustified principles and ideas). But the books do not have a good philosophy of science: inductive, integrated understanding of things and their cause-effect relationships. a. Introductory Physics by Dr. Herbert Priestley: https://www.amazon.com/INTRODUCTORY-PHYSICS-Historical-Approach-Priestley/dp/B005H7TJ1Mb. Physics for the Inquiring Mind: The Methods, Nature, and Philosophy of Physical Science by Eric M. Rogersi. buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Inquiring-Mind-Philosophy-Physical/dp/069108016X/ii. free pdf: https://archive.org/details/PhysicsForTheEnquiringMindiii. free pdf: http://self.gutenberg.org/wplbn0003099703-physics-for-the-enquiring-mind-by-eric-m-rogers.aspx?6. Some good physics lectures by Dr. Michael Fowler (UVa): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~mf1i/home.htmla. A series of lectures/articles about the history of understanding gravity: https://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edub. "Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory:" http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/TeachingHeat.htm7. Newton’s Rules of Reasoning in Natural Philosophy: http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf8. Animal intelligence and working with animalsa. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal: https://www.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/0393353664/b. The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Horse-Life-Lessons-Herd/dp/0307406865/c. Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Words-What-Animals-Think/dp/1250094593/d. Coyote America by Dan Flores: https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/0465093728/e. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Raven-Investigations-Adventures-Wolf-Birds/dp/0061136050/f. The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence: https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Whisperer-Life-Herd-African/dp/125000781X/9. Recommended books on logic and the scientific methoda. The Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking by David Kelleyhttps://www.amazon.com/Art-Reasoning-Introduction-Critical-Thinking/dp/0393930785/b. Logic: An Introduction by Lionel Rubyhttps://www.amazon.com/Logic-Introduction-Lionel-Ruby/dp/1889439142/c. An Introduction to Logic by H. W. B. Josephhttps://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Logic-H-W-Joseph/dp/1889439177/d. The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics by David Harrimanhttps://www.amazon.com/Logical-Leap-Induction-Physics/dp/0451230051/e. Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology by Ayn Randhttps://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Objectivist-Epistemology-Expanded-Second/dp/0452010306/10. Aristotle and Shaw quotesa. "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." --George Bernard Shaw's Man andb. "Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach." --Aristotle11. In regard to "selfishness" and "altruism," we need to be scientific about ethics. We need ethics (1) because we have a nature, and living, thriving, and being happy requires meeting specific biological conditions (those of human life) and (2) because we have volition, so we can choose all sorts of things, and so we need norms of judgement. It is our nature to be a fusion-fusion animal: we are both social and independent. And because of an aspect of our nature -- reason is volitional -- we must think and choose and judge independently, each in our own minds. It is fine to be "altruistic" in the sense of thinking about other people, and not fine to be "selfish" in the conventional sense of acting like a two-year old who is emotion-driven and has little context and no philosophic bearings or development. But we should not be "altruistic" in the sense of anhilating oneself in service to some "other," as the Communists and Nazis extolled. And we shoud be selfish in the sense of an adult human living in accordance with their nature, and for whom ethics is intended, anyway. The "self" of a human being is that of a rational animal. It is rooted in our biology. Being "selfish" is naturally and biologically about thinking about your human self in this world in relation to your human values and the conditions of human life; it is about considering yourself as human in kind, and not merely substituting some emotion for ethics judgement. Note that "selfish" is specifically a *moral* concept, not a metaphysical or psychological one. Doing something because one is the moral beneficiary *does not* always mean one is the recipient of a material value: parents can be selfish in working hard to put their children through school and to give them a good life, even while the parents live in hardship. And note that having friends and caring about their well-being is in one's best interest, and vice-versa: it's win-win, which most of us recognize as a good thing. Friendship is good for each person *and* good for them as a team.Note: We should be careful diagnosing Newton's psychology. He is no longer around, so we are limited in evidence, and maybe can only speculate. We would have to limit and qualify our conclusions. Here are some attempts at analysis:a. "Isaac Newton’s Personal Life". http://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/his-personal-lifeb. https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Isaac_NewtonPicture and bio courtesy Dr. Gundula Bosch.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Dr. Bernstein discusses an issue that must be addressed before details about education can be addressed: why do we even need education? From where in our nature and in reality does it arise? And why do these questions matter? What is the cash value? What do they affect us each and all in our everyday lives? With clear, concise thinking and some powerful, emotion-packed examples, Dr. Bernstein makes it clear. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Dr. Bernstein:Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has taught Philosophy at the State University of New York at Purchase, Marist College, Hunter College, the State University of New York at New Paltz, and other New York-area universities. He was selected as 'Teacher of the Year' at both SUNY Purchase—and at Marymount College. In 2016-17, he was a Visiting Professor at the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), where he taught Business Ethics."He lectures regularly on college campuses, including at Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, Oxford University (the U.K.), Yale University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, Columbia University, UCLA, Georgia Tech, Northwestern University, and numerous others. Dr. Bernstein's Website: https://www.andrewbernstein.netContact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ Show notes:1. Peripatetic: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peripatetic2. Writing and Thinking by Foerester and Steadman: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Thinking-Handbook-Composition-Revision/dp/18894391503. Grammar textsa. Rex Barks by Phyllis Davenport: https://www.amazon.com/Rex-Barks-Diagramming-Sentences-Made/dp/1889439355/b. Drawing Sentences by Eugene Moutoux: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Sentences-Diagramming-Eugene-Moutoux/dp/1935497154/4. Building a Better Vocabulary: https://www.audible.com/pd/Building-a-Better-Vocabulary-Audiobook/B00SJIVE3W5. Jaime Escalantea. Escalante: the Best Teacher in America by Jay Mathews: https://www.amazon.com/Escalante-Best-Teacher-America-Book/dp/0805011951b. Stand and Deliver (movie): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094027/6. Marva Collins’ Way by Marva Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Marva-Collins-Way/dp/08747757287. Hooked on Phonics: http://hookedonphonics.com/0/index.html8. The Great Ideas of Philosophy by Daniel Robinson: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Ideas-Philosophy-2nd/dp/B00DTO51JY"I have occasionally said to classes that if I had to single out any event as evidence of some civilization in a distant galaxy beyond the Milky Way, taking pity on us for the slow progress of the human imagination in dealing with its problems, the evidence might well be the life of Aristotle and his accomplishments. It's almost as if such a distant galactic neighbor might have said 'For goodness sake those human beings don't seem to be getting on with it at all. Aristotle, why don't you go down there and get things going?' " (Lecture 12: Aristotle on the Knowable)9. The Montessori Method by Dr. Maria Montessori: https://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Method-Maria/dp/1438245513/10. Ayn Rand on Educationa. "The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life—by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past—and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort." (http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/education.html)b. "The academia-jet set coalition is attempting to tame the American character by the deliberate breeding of helplessness and resignation—in those incubators of lethargy known as “Progressive” schools, which are dedicated to the task of crippling a child’s mind by arresting his cognitive development. (See “The Comprachicos” in my book The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.) It appears, however, that the “progressive” rich will be the first victims of their own social theories: it is the children of the well-to-do who emerge from expensive nursery schools and colleges as hippies, and destroy the remnants of their paralyzed brains by means of drugs."The middle class has created an antidote which is perhaps the most hopeful movement of recent years: the spontaneous, unorganized, grass-roots revival of the Montessori system of education—a system aimed at the development of a child’s cognitive, i.e., rational, faculty." (http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/education.html)Image courtesy Mark DeCunha.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Dr. Hans Schantz joins us to for an initial discussion of physics. We first establish some context: in the history of science are many initial, unscientific rejections of valid ideas; we need to recognize science by how thinking is done, by method, not by mere authority or prestige or convention. With that said, Dr. Schantz takes us quickly through some major scientists (and their work) in the development of electromagnetic theory, then discusses -how some major physicists were self-taught-the importance of knowing the historical development of ideas-some errors in this history of physics-the importance of philosophy to physics-the relationship between (logical) induction and deduction in physics-the need for independent thought-why we need to study physics-and moreAbout Hans: Hans G. Schantz is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and science fiction writer. Principal Scientist at Geeks and Nerds Corporation, he was formerly a co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of the Q-Track Corporation, and co-inventor of the company's near-field precision indoor location systems. A theoretical physicist by training, he wrote the book The Art and Science of Ultrawideband Antennas. More recently, he branched out into science fiction, authoring the Amazon top-ten alternate history science fiction techno-thriller, The Hidden Truth. Hans lives in Huntsville, Alabama. His wife Barbara, inventor of the Baby Dipper Bowl, looks after the couple's two sets of twins.You can contact Dr. Schantz at https://amzn.to/33CcKS5Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living.Show notes :1. Dr. Schantz discussed L'Hospital, Lambert, Coulomb, Faraday, Davies, Maxwell, Heaviside, Poynting, Lodge, Hertz, Einstein, Wheatstone, Kant, Kuhn, Descartes.a. some history of elctromagnetic theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_electromagnetic_theoryb. again, some history of electromagnetic theory: https://www.britannica.com/science/electromagnetism/Historical-survey2. Hans Berger and the EEGa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bergerb. http://scihi.org/hans-berger-electroencephalogram/3. Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Cry-Wolf-Amazing-Arctic/dp/03168817914. Lynn Margulisa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Margulisb. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_24c. https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/lynn-margulisa-rebel-scientist/d. recent research on and disagreement about the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondriai. https://www.the-scientist.com/daily-news/mitochondrias-bacterial-origins-upended-33345ii. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00225193173034425. Ignaz Semmelweisa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweisb. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/ignaz-semmelweis-doctor-prescribed-hand-washing6. Alfred Wegner and the theory of continental drifta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_driftb. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-continental-drift-was-considered-pseudoscience-90353214/7. Occam's Razora. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razorb. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/simplicity/8. Newton’s Rules of Reasoning in Natural Philosophy: http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf9. "Teaching Heat: the Rise and Fall of the Caloric Theory" by Dr. Michael Fowler (UVa): http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/TeachingHeat.htm10. Physics for the Inquiring Mind: The Methods, Nature, and Philosophy of Physical Science by Eric M. Rogers -- a very good physics text, though flawed a bit in its ideas about sciencea. buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Inquiring-Mind-Philosophy-Physical/dp/0691151156b. free pdf: https://archive.org/details/PhysicsForTheEnquiringMind11. Some good physics lectures by Dr. Michael Fowler: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~mf1i/home.html12. Recommended books on logic and the scientific methoda. The Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking by David Kelleyhttps://www.amazon.com/Art-Reasoning-Introduction-Critical-Thinking/dp/0393930785/b. Logic: An Introduction by Lionel Rubyhttps://www.amazon.com/Logic-Introduction-Lionel-Ruby/dp/1889439142/c. An Introduction to Logic by H. W. B. Josephhttps://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Logic-H-W-Joseph/dp/1889439177/d. The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics by David Harrimanhttps://www.amazon.com/Logical-Leap-Induction-Physics/dp/0451230051/e. Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology by Ayn Randhttps://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Objectivist-Epistemology-Expanded-Second/dp/0452010306/Note: I disagree that (most) any theory explains an experiment -- unless one drops context, i.e., jettisons logic and the norms of good epistemology. In which case, we are no longer in the realm of science. A proper interpretation of any experiment can logically happen only when the context for the experiment is retained and utilized, at least implicitly. We need to know "how do I know?," and that logically entails tracing all logically, scientifically, causally relevant items of knowledge back to experience and the evidence of the senses. Picture and bio courtesy Hans Schantz.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Today we are joined by Matt and Megin Sharp of KidStrong to discuss KidStrong, its principles, its results, and what you can do for your children and students. We have a great, fast-paced discussion about the importance of movement/exercise to children and how they benefit from it in all areas of life. In this day and age when some schools are mistakenly taking P.E. and recess out of a child's day to make more room for academics, KidStrong (and others) are putting balance and human nature back into our thinking and our living. Schools, P.E. teachers, teachers, and coaches would benefit from their principles and curriculum -- as would, of course, homeschoolers and Montessori schools in particular. Montessori and KidStrong share some common principles, after all. We, us humans, are complex, integrated, nonlinear, holistic beings. We are not "linear." We cannot do academics in isolation. We do not have mind separate or divorced from movement. We do not have emotional health or social interaction separate from movement. They all interact; there is nonlinear feedback in the system. Enjoy the discussion! About Matt and Megin:Megin SharpFounder and Head of Coaching at KidStrong (4 years)Masters Degree Exercise Science: Physical Education K-127 years experience teaching physical education3 years experience coaching adult fitnessMatt SharpMasters Degree + 2 Bachelors DegreesCEO and Founder at KidStrong (4 years)Former President at SocialSign.inCoFounder and President at Causely6 years tech start-up experience (social gaming, SAS SMB and Enterprise, digital marketing)Co Owner CrossFit Maximus, Zone Fitness, and formerly Derby City CrossFit10 years fitness industry experienceYou can contact Matt and Megin and check out their work at:1. their website: https://www.kidstrong.com2. their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kidstrongHQ/3. their Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/kidstrong_/?hl=enContact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living.Picture courtesy Matt and Megin SharpPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

Educator Stanislaw Pstrokonski of The Education Bookcast joins us to discuss his background, his podcast, why he started his podcast, and what he has learned from it. This is an interesting discussion for all those interested in education in any way: teachers, business professionals, coaches, and parents. And, heck, anyone who wants to learn or teach anything. He describes his podcast as "Education Bookcast is a podcast principally for teachers and parents who would like to know more about education. We cover one education-related book or article each episode, going over the key points, placing it in context, and making connections with other ideas, topics, and authors."Topics include psychology, philosophy, history, and economics of education; pedagogy and teaching methods; neurology and cognitive science; and schools and school systems in historical and international perspective."Elsewhere, he says "I'm a big fan of languages. I speak seven: English, Polish, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Russian, and Farsi. I've also been conversational in Hungarian, Georgian, and Armenian in the past. Also interested in historical linguistics and mathematics (especially projective geometry)." (From https://www.quora.com/profile/Stanisław-Pstrokoński)You can find his podcast hosted here: https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com, but it ia available on Apple Podcasts, Player FM, iHeart Radio, PodBay, PodBean, Radio Public, and other podcast apps.Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living.Show notes:1. I think Stash and I might have been referring to the same document of Archimedes, but I errantly called it the Alamgest, which, of course, is Ptolomey's work, whereas the work of Archimedes we discussed was the Palimpsest.a. Almagest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagestb. Palimpsest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsest2. When Stash asked if I meant the book Bounce, when I was talking about success, I was referring to the book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle: https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown/dp/055380684X3. Some of the episodes of The Education Bookcast I (Michael) have listened to:a. "What Bruce Lee taught me about learning:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/64-what-bruce-lee-taught-me-about-learningb. "Star coach John Wooden's pedagogy:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/72a-star-coach-john-woodens-pedagogyc. "John Wooden and cognitive science:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/72b-john-wooden-and-cognitive-scienced. "Escalante: the best teacher in America by Jay Mathews" (first of five episodes about Escalante): https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/73a-escalante-the-best-teacher-in-america-by-jay-matthewse. "Brain-based learning by Eric Jensen:" https://educationbookcast.libsyn.com/53a-brain-based-learning-by-eric-jensenNote: in regard to Stash's comment saying essentially "it's not all about reason," one can easily see whether that applies to me and to what extent, if any, by looking at the titles of prior podcast episodes, reading the show notes of prior podcast episodes, and maybe even listening to prior podcast episodes -- as well as ones after this one and others to come. And one can look at my achievements and credentials. :)Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss the fad of "emotional wellness" programs in schools -- and how to do things right. We have emotions and should deal with them -- and we all have to learn how to do so through life -- but "emotional wellness" programs get things wrong in many ways, and do not give teachers and school personnel the means to do what they really want: produce emotionally and physically healthy adults who can think well and achieve good things in life.To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Image courtesy of Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this podcast, Tom Brown III joins Michael (Melanie was busy today! Sorry!) to first discuss what tracking is and what all is involved (terrain, geology, natural history, and more), then to discuss a neglected aspect of tracking: moving. Human movement. We discuss why it matters, how to do it, and how to practice it. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Tom's bio: Tom, otherwise known as “T3”, has been a practitioner and teacher of primitive living skills, wilderness survival, tracking, and nature observation from an early age. Growing up in New Jersey at the Tracker School, he was raised with deep reverence and respect for wild places and the skills our ancestors used to live close to the land. After graduating high school, he spent a few years wandering the country, practicing the skills he learned as a child in both urban and wilderness environments. He eventually returned to Tracker School and after a few years became head instructor and director of operations. In 2009 he left Tracker School to start the Primitive Arts Collective, an outdoor education program that sought to teach people in small groups in many different states across the country. In 2016 Tom moved to Oregon and now works with Trackers Earth. Tom’s role at Tracker’s Earth involves being both the land steward and an adult educator. His unique insight and first-hand knowledge about how large groups of people interact with the landscape help him and the Tracker’s team ensure healthy land management practices. These pratices will benefit not only the students but also the wild things that are the centerpiece of these rural locations. Tom loves all things wild and free. During his downtime, you can find him on a river somewhere fly-fishing for steelhead with his Spey rod and exploring all the beautiful things the PNW has to offer.Tom's bio on Trackers Earth: https://trackerspdx.com/staff.phpTom's Instagram: Tom_brown3Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/External links:1. Trackers Earth: https://trackerspdx.com2. Tom Brown, Jr.'s Tracking School: https://www.trackerschool.com3. April Vokey's interview of Tom Brown (also available on the Apple Podcast App, Overcast, etc.)a. Part One: https://play.acast.com/s/anchoredwithaprilvokeyfishingpodcast/tom-brown-lll-primitive-skillsb. Part Two: https://play.acast.com/s/anchoredwithaprilvokeyfishingpodcast/fcb0e29cc7c343f08bf7f5f291b285014. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seenby Christopher McDougall, Fred Sanders, et al.: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=born+to+run&ref=nb_sb_noss_25. Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance by Christopher McDougall: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Heroes-Mastering-Endurance/dp/0307742229/6. Danny Clark: https://www.movnat.com/danny-clark/(See also: https://www.movnat.com/author/dannyclark/)7. Katy Bowmana. website: https://www.nutritiousmovement.comb. her books: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/the-books-ive-written/c. podcasts: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/category/podcast-transcripts/d. books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Katy-Bowman/e/B0057HLJY28. Dani Hemmata. website: http://www.moveyourbodybetter.comb. more about Dani: http://www.moveyourbodybetter.com/your-trainer/c. Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-hemmat-5b487a79. Erwan LeCorrea. https://www.movnat.com/erwan-le-corre/b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwan_Le_Correc. The Workout The World Forgot, the video Dani mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiId. The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom by Erwan Le Corre: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom-ebook/dp/B07M75GF7W/10. Mark Rashida. http://www.markrashid.com/about/about-markb. Horsemanship Through Life: A Trainer's Guide to Better Living and Better Riding by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Horsemanship-Through-Life-Trainers-Better/dp/1616087463/c. Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Building Trust Between Horse and Rider by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Heart-Horse-Building-Between/dp/1628737220/d. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership by Mark Rashid and Rick Lamb: https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Never-Lie-Passive-Leadership/dp/1634502558/11. MovNata. The Website of MovNat: https://www.movnat.comb. MovNat's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovNatc. MovNat training at Wildfitness in Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nmu6mZd4sd. Some intermediate-level MovNat workouts outdoors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91s9A4XgvuUe. Erwin LeCorre's article The History of Physics Fitness: https://www.movnat.com/history-of-fitness/f. The Practice of Natural Movement book by Erwan LeCorre: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X/g. MovNat Movement Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0XEBKYNfU&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCRN_VeYcEimsilu7IXiLmP_h. MovNat videos showing 100+ movements done with good technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdaMhrNhzQ&list=PLC5sbdn5ESCSKU66Fbp6stQFPLaNQ8ribi. Find a MovNat Trainer near you: https://www.movnat.com/find-a-trainer/12. Michael's notes on his 2019 four-day fast: http://goldams.com/my-experience-doing-a-four-day-fast/13. Harvard's Barefoot Running Lab: http://barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Ej2Qxv0W8This one is interesting. The American seems like an awkward, uncoordinated kid by comparison. The African knows how to use his body efficiently and with good biomechanics. Sad that, in our culture, many would think the American “funds like a man” but the African “runs like a girl.” Those many have some errant, fallacious, emotion-based ideas about human movement. They are ill-informed. No wonder they get injuries. They African moves along effortlessly and joyously. The American looks like he is suffering. The African looks like he could run all day. The American looks like he wants to stop. Image and bio courtesy Tom Brown IIIPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss what "learning styles" means according to differing definitions of some researchers and website articles, dig into background of the idea of learning styles, discuss why the idea of learning styles is so widely accepted by some today, discuss why the idea is wrong, discuss how to think about the issue, and offer some suggestions on how to think about learning correctly. Learning styles: where does the idea come from? what does it mean? is it useful? does it make education better? are learning styles real? In this episode, we answer those questions.To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes, external links, and a start on your research of the issue:1. Learning Styles on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles2. Learning Styles on Vanderbilt University's Website: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/learning-styles-preferences/3. "Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education" by Paul A. Kirschner a & Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer: http://ocw.metu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/3298/course/section/1174/Do%20Learners%20Really%20Know%20Best.pdf4. http://goldams.com/two-points-of-pedagogy/5. http://goldams.com/what-i-already-knew/6. http://goldams.com/myths-in-education/7. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/?key=GTkiJw9qOnNJMXJpfHZBcndXbysuKUx5an8UMC8aY1pU8. http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html9. https://teach.com/what/teachers-know/learning-styles/10. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/learning-styles-preferences/11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles12. https://web.wlu.ca/learning_resources/pdfs/Learning_Styles.pdf13. https://www.whitbyschool.org/passionforlearning/auditory-visual-and-kinesthetic-helping-children-succeed-through-different-learning-styles14. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/?key=GTkiJw9qOnNJMXJpfHZBcndXbysuKUx5an8UMC8aY1pU15. https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2017/12/26/20-research-myths/16. https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/21-myths-that-undermine-educational-effectiveness/17. https://youaremom.com/parenting/myths-about-education/18. https://evidenceforlearning.org.au/news/top-ten-myths/19. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/09/learning-styles-debate-its-instructors-vs-psychologists20. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/13/teachers-neuromyth-learning-styles-scientists-neuroscience-education21. https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/LearningStylesMyth22. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/12/no-evidence-to-back-idea-of-learning-styles23. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5366351/24. https://www.wired.com/insights/2013/12/rethinking-education-self-directed-learning-fits-the-digital-age/25. https://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/when-school-is-based-on-what-kids-want-to-learn-2018082826. https://www.thecut.com/2015/12/one-reason-the-learning-styles-myth-persists.html27. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01908/full28. http://psychlearningcurve.org/learning-myths-vs-learning-facts/29. http://www.learningscientists.org/30. Kola learning style inventory: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Kolb/publication/303446688_The_Kolb_Learning_Style_Inventory_40_Guide_to_Theory_Psychometrics_Research_Applications/links/57437c4c08ae9f741b3a1a58/The-Kolb-Learning-Style-Inventory-40-Guide-to-Theory-Psychometrics-Research-Applications.pdf31. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276920745_Learning_Styles_History_Conceptualization_and_Continuum32. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690881/33. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/09/learning-styles-debate-its-instructors-vs-psychologists34. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690881/35. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276920745_Learning_Styles_History_Conceptualization_and_Continuum36. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/PSPI_9_3.pdf?hc_location=ufi&hc_location=ufi37. The Art of Reasoning by David Kelley: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Reasoning-Introduction-Critical-Thinking/dp/0393930785Image courtesy Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael discuss what "learning styles" means, then take some online learning styles assessments (several questions from one assessment, and a few from some others). We answer, criticize, and logically analyze the questions, putting them in context of education and human life.To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes and external links:1. Learning Styles on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles2. Learning Styles on Vanderbilt University's Website: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/learning-styles-preferences/3. "Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education" by Paul A. Kirschner a & Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer: http://ocw.metu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/3298/course/section/1174/Do%20Learners%20Really%20Know%20Best.pdf4. Learning style inventories/assessments:a. https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/IDEAS%202014%20Handouts/LearningStyleInventory.pdfb. https://www.mbaea.org/media/documents/learningstyleinventory_survey_1F84C345CE750.pdfc. http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/d. https://www.how-to-study.com/learning-style-assessment/e. http://www.sjsu.edu/eop/current-students/workshops/ACADEMIC_Learning%20Style%20Inventory.pdff. https://students.iusb.edu/academic-success-programs/academic-centers-for-excellence/barsch.htmlg. https://www.sps186.org/downloads/basic/452573/STAR%20PTP%20LEARNING%20STYLE%20INVENTORY.pdfImage courtesy Scott Harris.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Dani Hemmat joins Melanie and Michael in a fascinating discussion of movement and how its affects pervade our system: biomechanically, neurologically, emotionally, fasciaistically (yeah, that's a made-up word). Yes, we are holistic, integrated, whole systems: one living organism living in and affected by its environment and ecology. We discuss:-her background-what she had to suffer before she learned how good quality movement was vital for strength and overall well-being-how she got rid of her foot pain in a week, and she was pain-free and well in three months time-how to think about pain and how to deal with it: move-how using a lacrosse ball affects fascia and more from your feet all through your body up to your head-the importance of moving throughout the day, and how you can-how a way to start moving more is to start thinking about how to do everyday things differentlyAbout Dani:Dani Hemmat is a Nutritious Movement-Certified Restorative Exercise Specialist, a self-myofascial release instructor, and a writer. She is the owner of Move your Body Better and MonkeyHead Freelance, and the former co-host/producer of the Katy Says podcast with Katy Bowman. A champion of maligned creatures that creep, crawl and flap and a chronically curious student, she lives in Boulder, Colorado with her two teenagers, two dogs, and two rats. She also knows how to give a spider CPR.Her website: http://www.moveyourbodybetter.comMore about Dani: http://www.moveyourbodybetter.com/your-trainer/And her Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-hemmat-5b487a7To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. Contact Melanie:1. [email protected]. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael:1. [email protected]. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.facebook.com/EpistemeRx/4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes and external links:1. Katy Bowmana. website: https://www.nutritiousmovement.comb. her books: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/the-books-ive-written/c. podcasts: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/category/podcast-transcripts/d. books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Katy-Bowman/e/B0057HLJY22. Erwan LeCorrea. https://www.movnat.com/erwan-le-corre/b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwan_Le_Correc. The Workout The World Forgot, the video Dani mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiId. The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom by Erwan Le Corre: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom-ebook/dp/B07M75GF7W/3. Wobble stool: https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Sitting-Ergonomic-Stability-Standing/dp/B00HCLJDSK4. Lacrosse ball a. https://www.amazon.com/Champion-Sports-LBO2SET-Official-Lacrosse/dp/B079Q2VK45/b. https://www.amazon.com/Lacrosse-Massage-Myofascial-Mobility-Physical/dp/B00NF1FJA2/5. Diastasis rectia. What it isi. https://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/abdominal-separation-diastasis-rectiii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastasis_rectiiii. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/under-pressure-part-1/iv. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/under-pressure-part-2/b. What to do about iti. https://www.amazon.com/Diastasis-Recti-Whole-Body-Abdominal-Separation-ebook/dp/B01A00CZIEii. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/podcast-transcript-ep-11-diastasis-recti/iii. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/diastasis-rectiits-for-anyone-who-has-a-torso-podcast-87/iv. https://wellnessmama.com/60398/diastasis-recti/6. dealing with pain; movement vs. exercise; how crawling up stairs helps the whole person and the hands; a way to start moving is to start thinking about how to do things differently 7. Wall-e: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/8. Leonardo DaVinci's drawing Vitruvian Man: a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Manb. https://www.leonardodavinci.net/the-vitruvian-man.jsp9. Fasciaa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciab. https://www.myofascialrelease.com/about/fascia-definition.aspx10. Myofasical releasea. https://www.myofascialrelease.com/about/definition.aspxb. https://www.amazon.com/Myofascial-Release-Self-Myofascial-Techniques-Tennis-ebook/dp/B00R8J2G5Ic. https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/learn-the-basics-of-myofascial-releaseSee also:1. MELT Performance: A Step-by-Step Program to Accelerate Your Fitness Goals, Improve Balance and Control, and Prevent Chronic Pain and Injuries for Life by Sue Hitzmann: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062882422/2. Jill Miller: https://www.tuneupfitness.comImage courtesy Dani HemmatPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Joe Camp discusses detail and science of how he takes care of his horses. His passion leads him to research, reason, and be scientific in all aspects of a horse's life --- just as we should with our children and our students (and our dogs and out cats and our pets). Thinking about and spending time with horses gives us a detached way to learn to be passionate and scientific with an animal, a living thing, both friend and family. Then we can be as Phoebe Child, Head of the Montessori Trust in London, said of the Montessori teacher: “we must be prepared to wait patiently like a servant, to watch carefully like a scientist, and to understand through love and wonder like a saint.”Joe discusses:-how he and his wife Kathleen got into horses-how he trains horses, and the successes this gives him beyond what many ever achieve-how he feeds horses, and why -- it's science, not convention!-why he has his horses barefoot, and the "conventional science" claim that sparked his research into horse shoes and best practices-what he thinks about stalls, and why the nature of the horse dictates what Joe does with his horsesTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Joe:Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and trust in yourself. He was told by industry “experts” not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn’t work. He proved the experts wrong and now, after five Benji movies, he’s at it again with his best selling books that are turning the traditional thinking about horses on its head. The Soul of a Horse – Life Lessons from the Herd is a National Best Seller in its fifteenth printing. Its sequel Born Wild is an Amazon #1 Best Seller and was a #1 Hot New Release.Camp ignored industry “experts” who said the original Benji movie would never work. He raised the money from private sources to produce the film, but, when completed, the movie was turned down by every major film distributor in Hollywood. Camp and his partner Ed Vanston had to form their own distribution company and release the picture themselves worldwide from their offices in Dallas, with Camp personally developing the marketing strategy, writing advertising copy and press releases, and supervising each and every booking. In spite of the many obstacles, Variety reported the picture was the #3 grossing movie of the year.Joe showed us the heart and soul of a dog when he created Benji. Now, in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous book, he deftly lures us into the heart and soul of a horse, unlocking the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-five million years.Monty Roberts, author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller The Man Who Listens to Horses , and world renowned clinician, said, “Imagine how inadequate it makes me feel to realize how recently Joe came into horses. The man is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a genius at telling us their story. The Soul of a Horse is a must read for those who love animals of any species.”Read more: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/about-joe-kathleen/Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/External links:1. The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Horse-Life-Lessons-Herd/dp/0307406865/2. The Soul of a Horse blog: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/3. Valley Center, Ca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Center,_California 4. Joe's horse Saffron: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/meet-our-horses/saffron-2/5. Joe trains horses:1. to back up2. to smile6. Mustang Maddya. https://www.mustangmaddy.com/meet-maddy/b. https://www.mustangmaddy.comb. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqhy9Kpy0Eoq28BavDOkxw7. go faster by going slower; life is about achieving values, more than avoiding pain; be a good leader!; Joe and Kathleen ride bitless and bridleless; Michael saw, at a rodeo: calm person, calm horse; upset person, upset horse8. barefoot vs. shod? —> Joe thought about wild horses —> Joe researched horse evolution and genetics —> learned how horse shoes interfere with cushion + blood circulation9. Why shoes? kings and royalty of Europe; science says that sometimes takes 8-12 months to grow new hoof after shoes10. Houston Mounted Patrola. https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/houston-mounted-police-patrol-barefoot-bitless/b. https://www.thehorseshoof.com/success_Houston1.htmlc. https://equinewellnessmagazine.com/barefoot-police-horses/11. Stacy Westfalla. Stacy Westfall Championship Bareback & Bridleless Freestyle Reining with Roxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKK7AXLOUNob. https://stacywestfall.comc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPxAaCHNGBa7d9WD61mMwQ12. Horses live in herds for safety; horse in stall: on average takes 800 steps — in wild moves 10-20 miles a day; sleeps maybe 3 hours per day; horse needs wide-open space to see and forage; horse digestive works 24 hours a day; Paddock Paradise — video on Joe’s Website: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/our-paddocks-paradise-2/; in one 24-hour period, horses getting 8-12 miles of movement on 1.5 acres13. Paddock Paradisea. https://www.aanhcp.net/pages/welcome-to-paddock-paradiseb. https://www.jaimejackson.com/products/paddock-paradise-a-guide-to-natural-horse-boarding-jaime-jacksonc. https://www.amazon.com/Paddock-Paradise-Guide-Natural-Boarding/dp/096580078414. Born Wild - The Soul of a Horse by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Wild-Horse-Joe-Camp/dp/193068150X15. Joe Camp's other books: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_116. No more blankets: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/no-more-blankets-an-amazing-article/17. University of Tennessee website says the optimal temperature range for horses is 40-80ºF: https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W451.pdf18. The Cloud Foundationa. https://www.thecloudfoundation.orgb. Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cloud-wild-stallion-of-the-rockies-video-full-episode/260/c. Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/clouds-legacy-the-wild-stallion-returns-video-full-episode/266/d. Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49PAqCWQDg19. Thistle is good for horse’s liver. Joe noticed his horses tend to eat what they need.20. What Joe uses to control flies: a. feed horses diatomaceous earth; works in horse — and in horse’s manure.b. fly predatorsc. fly traps (plastic bag with stuff in them)d. Equiderma fly spray21. Cavalia horse showa. https://cavalia.com/horse-show/#LaRQuuQW89hB2LyH.97b. https://cavalia.com/odysseo-video-gallery/#SmMJXlfeb4d13CCW.9722. Watch the horse yourself! Learn!! Think and feel for yourself!23. Book in progress: Promises Made To Our Horses: For Beginners Only. Until then, see:a. https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/for-beginners-only/b. https://thesoulofahorse.com/born-to-be-wild-af/24. Joe recommends:a. Monty Roberts: https://montyroberts.comb. Pat Parelli: https://www.parelli.com25. Success stories Joe has received: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/powerful-stories-from-happier-healthier-horses/26. A final word: trustSee also:1. Honza Bláha's "Open Borders" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ZmDkhqhW8a. http://www.linefreecollection.cz/en/honzablaha/b. https://www.facebook.com/honzablahacz/2. Mark Rashida. http://www.markrashid.com/about/about-markb. Horsemanship Through Life: A Trainer's Guide to Better Living and Better Riding by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Horsemanship-Through-Life-Trainers-Better/dp/1616087463/c. Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Building Trust Between Horse and Rider by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Heart-Horse-Building-Between/dp/1628737220/d. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership by Mark Rashid and Rick Lamb: https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Never-Lie-Passive-Leadership/dp/1634502558/3. Clinton Anderson: https://downunderhorsemanship.com4. Buck Brannamana. http://www.brannaman.comb. The documentary Buck: http://www.brannaman.comi. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753549/ii. https://spapillsonl5. "Game Changers: Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt" (Western Horseman; 9 March 2018) by AJ Mangum: https://westernhorseman.com/culture/flashbacks/game-changers/a. Tom and Bill Dorrance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Bill_Dorranceb. Tom Dorrance: https://tomdorrance.com/about-tom/b.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Joe Camp discusses detail and science of how he takes care of his horses. His passion leads him to research, reason, and be scientific in all aspects of a horse's life --- just as we should with our children and our students (and our dogs and out cats and our pets). Thinking about and spending time with horses gives us a detached way to learn to be passionate and scientific with an animal, a living thing, both friend and family. Then we can be as Phoebe Child, Head of the Montessori Trust in London, said of the Montessori teacher: “we must be prepared to wait patiently like a servant, to watch carefully like a scientist, and to understand through love and wonder like a saint.”Joe discusses:-how he and his wife Kathleen got into horses-how he trains horses, and the successes this gives him beyond what many ever achieve-how he feeds horses, and why -- it's science, not convention!-why he has his horses barefoot, and the "conventional science" claim that sparked his research into horse shoes and best practices-what he thinks about stalls, and why the nature of the horse dictates what Joe does with his horsesTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Joe:Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and trust in yourself. He was told by industry “experts” not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn’t work. He proved the experts wrong and now, after five Benji movies, he’s at it again with his best selling books that are turning the traditional thinking about horses on its head. The Soul of a Horse – Life Lessons from the Herd is a National Best Seller in its fifteenth printing. Its sequel Born Wild is an Amazon #1 Best Seller and was a #1 Hot New Release.Camp ignored industry “experts” who said the original Benji movie would never work. He raised the money from private sources to produce the film, but, when completed, the movie was turned down by every major film distributor in Hollywood. Camp and his partner Ed Vanston had to form their own distribution company and release the picture themselves worldwide from their offices in Dallas, with Camp personally developing the marketing strategy, writing advertising copy and press releases, and supervising each and every booking. In spite of the many obstacles, Variety reported the picture was the #3 grossing movie of the year.Joe showed us the heart and soul of a dog when he created Benji. Now, in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous book, he deftly lures us into the heart and soul of a horse, unlocking the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-five million years.Monty Roberts, author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller The Man Who Listens to Horses , and world renowned clinician, said, “Imagine how inadequate it makes me feel to realize how recently Joe came into horses. The man is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a genius at telling us their story. The Soul of a Horse is a must read for those who love animals of any species.”Read more: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/about-joe-kathleen/Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/External links:1. The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Horse-Life-Lessons-Herd/dp/0307406865/2. The Soul of a Horse blog: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/3. Valley Center, Ca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Center,_California 4. Joe's horse Saffron: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/meet-our-horses/saffron-2/5. Joe trains horses:1. to back up2. to smile6. Mustang Maddya. https://www.mustangmaddy.com/meet-maddy/b. https://www.mustangmaddy.comb. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqhy9Kpy0Eoq28BavDOkxw7. go faster by going slower; life is about achieving values, more than avoiding pain; be a good leader!; Joe and Kathleen ride bitless and bridleless; Michael saw, at a rodeo: calm person, calm horse; upset person, upset horse8. barefoot vs. shod? —> Joe thought about wild horses —> Joe researched horse evolution and genetics —> learned how horse shoes interfere with cushion + blood circulation9. Why shoes? kings and royalty of Europe; science says that sometimes takes 8-12 months to grow new hoof after shoes10. Houston Mounted Patrola. https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/houston-mounted-police-patrol-barefoot-bitless/b. https://www.thehorseshoof.com/success_Houston1.htmlc. https://equinewellnessmagazine.com/barefoot-police-horses/11. Stacy Westfalla. Stacy Westfall Championship Bareback & Bridleless Freestyle Reining with Roxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKK7AXLOUNob. https://stacywestfall.comc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPxAaCHNGBa7d9WD61mMwQ12. Horses live in herds for safety; horse in stall: on average takes 800 steps — in wild moves 10-20 miles a day; sleeps maybe 3 hours per day; horse needs wide-open space to see and forage; horse digestive works 24 hours a day; Paddock Paradise — video on Joe’s Website: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/our-paddocks-paradise-2/; in one 24-hour period, horses getting 8-12 miles of movement on 1.5 acres13. Paddock Paradisea. https://www.aanhcp.net/pages/welcome-to-paddock-paradiseb. https://www.jaimejackson.com/products/paddock-paradise-a-guide-to-natural-horse-boarding-jaime-jacksonc. https://www.amazon.com/Paddock-Paradise-Guide-Natural-Boarding/dp/096580078414. Born Wild - The Soul of a Horse by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Wild-Horse-Joe-Camp/dp/193068150X15. Joe Camp's other books: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Camp/e/B001HQ1GAY/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_116. No more blankets: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/no-more-blankets-an-amazing-article/17. University of Tennessee website says the optimal temperature range for horses is 40-80ºF: https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W451.pdf18. The Cloud Foundationa. https://www.thecloudfoundation.orgb. Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cloud-wild-stallion-of-the-rockies-video-full-episode/260/c. Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/clouds-legacy-the-wild-stallion-returns-video-full-episode/266/d. Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49PAqCWQDg19. Thistle is good for horse’s liver. Joe noticed his horses tend to eat what they need.20. What Joe uses to control flies: a. feed horses diatomaceous earth; works in horse — and in horse’s manure.b. fly predatorsc. fly traps (plastic bag with stuff in them)d. Equiderma fly spray21. Cavalia horse showa. https://cavalia.com/horse-show/#LaRQuuQW89hB2LyH.97b. https://cavalia.com/odysseo-video-gallery/#SmMJXlfeb4d13CCW.9722. Watch the horse yourself! Learn!! Think and feel for yourself!23. Book in progress: Promises Made To Our Horses: For Beginners Only. Until then, see:a. https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/for-beginners-only/b. https://thesoulofahorse.com/born-to-be-wild-af/24. Joe recommends:a. Monty Roberts: https://montyroberts.comb. Pat Parelli: https://www.parelli.com25. Success stories Joe has received: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/powerful-stories-from-happier-healthier-horses/26. A final word: trustSee also:1. Honza Bláha's "Open Borders" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ZmDkhqhW8a. http://www.linefreecollection.cz/en/honzablaha/b. https://www.facebook.com/honzablahacz/2. Mark Rashida. http://www.markrashid.com/about/about-markb. Horsemanship Through Life: A Trainer's Guide to Better Living and Better Riding by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Horsemanship-Through-Life-Trainers-Better/dp/1616087463/c. Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Building Trust Between Horse and Rider by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Heart-Horse-Building-Between/dp/1628737220/d. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership by Mark Rashid and Rick Lamb: https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Never-Lie-Passive-Leadership/dp/1634502558/3. Clinton Anderson: https://downunderhorsemanship.com4. Buck Brannamana. http://www.brannaman.comb. The documentary Buck: http://www.brannaman.comi. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753549/ii. https://spapillsonl5. "Game Changers: Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt" (Western Horseman; 9 March 2018) by AJ Mangum: https://westernhorseman.com/culture/flashbacks/game-changers/a. Tom and Bill Dorrance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Bill_Dorranceb. Tom Dorrance: https://tomdorrance.com/about-tom/b.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Sabrina Bell joins Melanie and Michael to discuss her varied background, her wide training in movement and nutrition and family development, her work with children, and her advice on how to raise happier, stronger, more independent, more confident children. She discusses:-her background and the training she’s received-her work under Katy Bowman: what she learned and how it is useful for us all-some important things she learned in a Parenting class in college about how people parent around the world-the needs of children and babies and what we can do to help them-how you can get children to move and be fit through play-how to teach children to handle risks and dangers in a smart way-the importance of both theory and practice — and funTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Sabrina:Sabrina is an educator and natural movement teacher, who’s always interested in learning something new. Her natural curiosity has led her to study yoga, MovNat, restorative exercise, holistic nutrition, as well as massage therapy. In her work at a nature center and after school program, Sabrina encourages children to express their own sense of curiosity, especially when it comes to the outdoors and nature. She believes that learning can take place anywhere and most importantly that it works best when self-directed. Sabrina is passionate about introducing fun and healthy movements to both children and adults. Play is a really big part of how Sabrina enjoys learning and how she approaches teaching others to discover and express new ideas. More about Sabrina, and her contact info:1. MovNat article about her: https://www.movnat.com/5-reasons-why-women-should-practice-natural-movement/2. Another MovNat article: https://www.movnat.com/natural-movement-for-women-an-interview-with-3-movnat-certified-trainers/3. Her Instagram: https://www.pictosee.com/sabrinabell7/4. Her email: [email protected] Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/External links: 1. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey: https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514/2. EarthRise Podcast 64: Exploring the Brain-Body Connection Through Exercise (with Dr. John Ratey): https://www.earthrisepodcast.com/podcast/64-exploring-the-brain-body-connection-through-exercise-with-dr-john-ratey/3. Katy Bowmana. website: https://www.nutritiousmovement.comb. her books: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/the-books-ive-written/c. podcasts: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/category/podcast-transcripts/d. books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Katy-Bowman/e/B0057HLJY24. Restorative Exercisea. http://www.moveyourbodybetter.com/restorative-exercise/b. https://juliebrockreeves.com/restorative-exercise5. "Human alignment serves the same kind of purpose as car-wheel alignment: There is an orientation and appropriate range of motion to be found in every part that minimizes damage and promotes longevity of all the parts of the vehicle—or of the body." -- Katy Bowman at https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/alignment-and-natural-movement/6. "Not every orca fin flops--there are likely certain genetics (like fin height) that make a fin more vulnerable to floppage, but in the natural (read: natural forces) environment these particular genes aren't an issue. It is only when the mechanical environment -- an epigenetic factor-- is a particular way that the fin misses out on the load-nutrients necessary to keep it upright." --Katy Bowman at https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/diseases-of-captivity/ (more here: https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/podcast-transcript-ep-2-natural-movement/)7. Katy Bowman's idea of "casts" or “casting"a. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/a-list-of-body-casts/b. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/monkeyhead-freelance/katy-says/e/416444418. Natural Movementa. https://www.movnat.com/faq/b. https://www.movnat.com/beginners-guide-movnat/c. https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Natural-Movement-Reclaim-Freedom/dp/162860283X9. Trackers Earth Outdoor School and Summer Camp: https://trackerspdx.com/10. The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Classic Study of the Urban Animal by Desmond Morris: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Zoo-Zoologists-Classic-Kodansha/dp/156836104111. Joe Campa. https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/about-joe-kathleen/b. The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Horse-Life-Lessons-Herd/dp/0307406865/c. Why Relationship First Works: Why and How It Changes Everything by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Relationship-First-Works-Everything/dp/1930681437/12. Mark Rashida. http://www.markrashid.com/about/about-markb. Horsemanship Through Life: A Trainer's Guide to Better Living and Better Riding by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Horsemanship-Through-Life-Trainers-Better/dp/1616087463/c. Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Building Trust Between Horse and Rider by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Heart-Horse-Building-Between/dp/1628737220/d. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership by Mark Rashid and Rick Lamb: https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Never-Lie-Passive-Leadership/dp/1634502558/13. Indoor obstacle courses for kidsa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm5xFixja9kb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6IdJIYCy5sc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS0v8uyR8CUd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyZPr-NV2kce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5jA0p2p_ysf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvQS-9U_UY14. Ideas about teaching a child (and yourself!) to falla. https://www.movnat.com/breakfall-progressions/b. https://www.movnat.com/beginners-guide-to-rolling/15. Katy Bowman and babiesa. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/more-movement-for-babies-and-kids/b. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/naturally-strong-baby/c. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/podcast-transcript-ep-51-babies-movement-part-1/d. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/podcast-transcript-ep-51-babies-and-movement-part-2/16. Chris Kresser and babiesa. https://chriskresser.com/nourishing-a-growing-baby/b. https://chriskresser.com/what-nutrients-do-kids-need-to-thrive/c. https://my.chriskresser.com/program/healthy-baby-code/17. Janet Oliver's Plan for Learning & Living: https://www.planforlearning.comImage and bio courtesy Sabrina Bell.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Joe Camp -- writer, movie director, movie producer, animal lover, story teller -- discusses his life making the Benji movies -- which were rejected by the Hollywood establishment and had to be made and marketed independently, outside and against the "powers that be."We get to hear some great stories about the making of the movie and its marketing: stories about Benji the dog, stories about Joe, and stories about technical problems the film crew faced and solved while in the heat of making the first Benji movie. We learn which high school courses helped Joe in life, what he thinks of college, and he has found makes one a success in life. We discuss:-his background and the life event that got him into making movies-the story behind the Benji movies' creation and inspiration-problems Joe and crew faced in making and marketing the first movie-the success his wife Kathleen has teaching English and -life lessons for us all and everyoneTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Joe:Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and trust in yourself. He was told by industry “experts” not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn’t work. He proved the experts wrong and now, after five Benji movies, he’s at it again with his best selling books that are turning the traditional thinking about horses on its head. The Soul of a Horse – Life Lessons from the Herd is a National Best Seller in its fifteenth printing. Its sequel Born Wild is an Amazon #1 Best Seller and was a #1 Hot New Release.Camp ignored industry “experts” who said the original Benji movie would never work. He raised the money from private sources to produce the film, but, when completed, the movie was turned down by every major film distributor in Hollywood. Camp and his partner Ed Vanston had to form their own distribution company and release the picture themselves worldwide from their offices in Dallas, with Camp personally developing the marketing strategy, writing advertising copy and press releases, and supervising each and every booking. In spite of the many obstacles, Variety reported the picture was the #3 grossing movie of the year.Joe showed us the heart and soul of a dog when he created Benji. Now, in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous book, he deftly lures us into the heart and soul of a horse, unlocking the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-five million years.Monty Roberts, author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller The Man Who Listens to Horses , and world renowned clinician, said, “Imagine how inadequate it makes me feel to realize how recently Joe came into horses. The man is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a genius at telling us their story. The Soul of a Horse is a must read for those who love animals of any species.”Read more: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/about-joe-kathleen/Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/External links:1. Song of the South: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038969/2. Benjia. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071206/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_smb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji_(1974_film)c. Benji the dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_(dog)3. Jaws a. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/b. poster: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/mediaviewer/rm14495408644. The most successful people are the ones who say noa. Steve Jobs "focusing is about saying no"i. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVsii. article: https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/20-years-ago-steve-jobs-revealed-single-word-that-led-to-apples-great-success.htmlb. Warren Buffett ""The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything:" https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-says-this-is-1-simple-habit-that-separates-successful-people-from-everyone-else.html5. Army Dog: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3951298/?ref_=fn_al_tt_16. Scott Rudina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudinb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748784/7. Brandon Camp: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131969/8. Joe Camp III: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131954/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr259. Jungle Booka. movie: https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Theatrical-Bill-Murray/dp/B01E60ZAA4/b. behind the scenes: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/behind-the-creative-creature-fx-of-the-jungle-book/c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTebgHNSe_410. Guardians of the Galaxya. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1b. behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqriuXAHHtw11. Steve Jobs life advice and "putting the puzzle pieces together" in his famous Stanford Commencement Address: https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die12. Buster Keaton a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keatonb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/c. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/02/buster-keaton-neck/d. the making of Sherlock Jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJ1yY9gm1Ue. behind the scenes of his movie The General: https://silentlocations.com/2014/09/26/how-buster-keaton-filmed-the-general/13. Animal trainer Frank Inna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Innb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409146/14. Musician Euel Box: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euel_Box15, in high school, math taught Joe to solve problems; his wife teaches that reading always has an argument16. Blackfish: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545118/?ref_=fn_al_tt_117. Tom Lestera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lesterb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504534/18. The Godfather theme songa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9vA7L8H4ncb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev1ZgBGx9zw19. Lovestorya. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066011/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3b. some music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rT46hVQHIA20. Courage Under Fire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115956/?ref_=fn_al_tt_121. Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence Mulforda. Clarence Mulford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_E._Mulfordb. the book Hopalong Cassidy: https://www.amazon.com/Hopalong-Cassidy-Clarence-Mulford/dp/148379929822. Steve Jobs and others in Silicon Valley did not let their children use electronics.a. https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gates-both-severely-limited-their-kids-tech-use.htmlb. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/bill-gates-and-steve-jobs-raised-their-kids-techfree-and-it-shouldve-been-a-red-flag-a8017136.htmlc. https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-parents-raising-their-kids-tech-free-red-flag-2018-2d. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6101463/tech-bosses-kids-tech-steve-jobs-bill-gates-mark-zuckerberg-tim-cook/23. God Only Knows by Joe and Kathleen Camp: https://www.amazon.com/God-Only-Knows-Trust-Secret/dp/1930681100/Image and bio courtesy Joe Camp.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Joe Camp -- writer, movie director, movie producer, animal lover, story teller -- discusses his life making the Benji movies -- which were rejected by the Hollywood establishment and had to be made and marketed independently, outside and against the "powers that be."We get to hear some great stories about the making of the movie and its marketing: stories about Benji the dog, stories about Joe, and stories about technical problems the film crew faced and solved while in the heat of making the first Benji movie. We learn which high school courses helped Joe in life, what he thinks of college, and he has found makes one a success in life. We discuss:-his background and the life event that got him into making movies-the story behind the Benji movies' creation and inspiration-problems Joe and crew faced in making and marketing the first movie-the success his wife Kathleen has teaching English and -life lessons for us all and everyoneTo support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Joe:Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and trust in yourself. He was told by industry “experts” not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn’t work. He proved the experts wrong and now, after five Benji movies, he’s at it again with his best selling books that are turning the traditional thinking about horses on its head. The Soul of a Horse – Life Lessons from the Herd is a National Best Seller in its fifteenth printing. Its sequel Born Wild is an Amazon #1 Best Seller and was a #1 Hot New Release.Camp ignored industry “experts” who said the original Benji movie would never work. He raised the money from private sources to produce the film, but, when completed, the movie was turned down by every major film distributor in Hollywood. Camp and his partner Ed Vanston had to form their own distribution company and release the picture themselves worldwide from their offices in Dallas, with Camp personally developing the marketing strategy, writing advertising copy and press releases, and supervising each and every booking. In spite of the many obstacles, Variety reported the picture was the #3 grossing movie of the year.Joe showed us the heart and soul of a dog when he created Benji. Now, in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous book, he deftly lures us into the heart and soul of a horse, unlocking the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-five million years.Monty Roberts, author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller The Man Who Listens to Horses , and world renowned clinician, said, “Imagine how inadequate it makes me feel to realize how recently Joe came into horses. The man is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a genius at telling us their story. The Soul of a Horse is a must read for those who love animals of any species.”Read more: https://thesoulofahorse.com/blog/about-joe-kathleen/Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/External links:1. Song of the South: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038969/2. Benjia. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071206/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_smb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji_(1974_film)c. Benji the dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_(dog) 3. Jaws a. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/b. poster: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/mediaviewer/rm14495408644. The most successful people are the ones who say noa. Steve Jobs "focusing is about saying no"i. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVsii. article: https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/20-years-ago-steve-jobs-revealed-single-word-that-led-to-apples-great-success.htmlb. Warren Buffett ""The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything:" https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-says-this-is-1-simple-habit-that-separates-successful-people-from-everyone-else.html5. Army Dog: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3951298/?ref_=fn_al_tt_16. Scott Rudina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudinb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748784/7. Brandon Camp: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131969/8. Joe Camp III: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131954/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr259. Jungle Booka. movie: https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Theatrical-Bill-Murray/dp/B01E60ZAA4/b. behind the scenes: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/behind-the-creative-creature-fx-of-the-jungle-book/c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTebgHNSe_410. Guardians of the Galaxya. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1b. behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqriuXAHHtw11. Steve Jobs life advice and "putting the puzzle pieces together" in his famous Stanford Commencement Address: https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die12. Buster Keaton a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keatonb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/c. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/02/buster-keaton-neck/d. the making of Sherlock Jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJ1yY9gm1Ue. behind the scenes of his movie The General: https://silentlocations.com/2014/09/26/how-buster-keaton-filmed-the-general/13. Animal trainer Frank Inna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Innb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409146/14. Musician Euel Box: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euel_Box15, in high school, math taught Joe to solve problems; his wife teaches that reading always has an argument16. Blackfish: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545118/?ref_=fn_al_tt_117. Tom Lestera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lesterb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504534/18. The Godfather theme songa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9vA7L8H4ncb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev1ZgBGx9zw19. Lovestorya. movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066011/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3b. some music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rT46hVQHIA20. Courage Under Fire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115956/?ref_=fn_al_tt_121. Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence Mulforda. Clarence Mulford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_E._Mulfordb. the book Hopalong Cassidy: https://www.amazon.com/Hopalong-Cassidy-Clarence-Mulford/dp/148379929822. Steve Jobs and others in Silicon Valley did not let their children use electronics.a. https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gates-both-severely-limited-their-kids-tech-use.htmlb. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/bill-gates-and-steve-jobs-raised-their-kids-techfree-and-it-shouldve-been-a-red-flag-a8017136.htmlc. https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-parents-raising-their-kids-tech-free-red-flag-2018-2d. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6101463/tech-bosses-kids-tech-steve-jobs-bill-gates-mark-zuckerberg-tim-cook/23. God Only Knows by Joe and Kathleen Camp: https://www.amazon.com/God-Only-Knows-Trust-Secret/dp/1930681100/Image and bio courtesy Joe Camp.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Montessori Expert Charlotte Cushman describes in detail and in principle what Montessori Education is, tells us how to tell a real Montessori school from a fake, gives us some ideas of how it differs from other systems, and discusses the profound importance of Montessori for human life and your child's future. To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation or contribution:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Charlotte: Charlotte Cushman attended Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, where she majored in elementary education. Immediately upon graduation, she took Montessori training at the AMI Montessori Training Center in Palo Alto, CA from Lena Wikramaratne (a colleague and friend of Maria Montessori). She then taught at Montessori schools for twelve years and in 1985 she co-founded her own school, Independence Montessori, and later joined her husband's school, Minnesota Renaissance School. Your Life Belongs to You is the story she told her students over the years about the founding of the United States of America.About Charlotte, see also:1. http://whymontessorimatters.wixsite.com/montessorimatters/about-me2. https://www.yourlifebelongstoyou.net/about-the-authorHer books:1. "Montessori: Why It Matters For Your Child's Success And Happiness" by Charlotte Cushmana. A Website for the book: http://whymontessorimatters.wixsite.com/montessorimattersb. On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Matters-Childs-Success-Happiness/dp/1889439398/2. "Your Life Belongs to You: A True Story About the Birth of the United States" by Charlotte Cushmana. A Website for the book: https://www.yourlifebelongstoyou.netb. On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Life-Belongs-You-United/dp/188943941X/Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ or http://goldams.com/Show notes and external links:1. Some of the Montessori materials we discuss in the show are pictured here: http://goldams.com/pictures-of-montessori-materials-for-reasonrx-podcast-episode-28/2. Montessori is about independencea. https://www.howwemontessori.com/how-we-montessori/2017/05/montessori-what-is-independence.htmlb. https://www.leportschools.com/blog/whats-the-big-deal-with-independence-in-montessori/c. https://www.aidtolife.org/independence/index.html3. What is essential and distinctive about Montessori Educationa. considers sensitive periods: grammar, reading, math operations, social skills, concentrationb. utilizes systematic training: starts concrete, then moves step-by-step to more abstract levelsc. utilizes materials designed with control of error so students can see error themselvesd. values real understandinge. utilizes mixed age groupsf. utilizes Dr. Montessori's idea of "the prepared classroom"e. is individualized and self-directed4. How do you know if a school is a real Montessori school? mixed age groups; trained teachers; “chaotic” but ordered; uses Montessori materials5. Tower of cubes, aka the pink tower: https://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Pink-Tower-without-stand/dp/B007IS35F4/6. Stairs: https://www.amazon.com/D-Distributor-Montessori-Brown-Stair/dp/B00784HJK07. Montessori had materials and methods to work on children's sensory development 8. haptic: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/haptic9. Montessori is fundamentally Aristotelian in approach10. Montessori developed a total, integrated, holistic system for teaching writing; pouring water, doing chores --> tracing letters with fingers, using knobbed cylinders, using pencil on metal stencil —> writing11. Montessori education believes in teaching writing before reading12. Waldorf a. https://www.waldorfeducation.org/waldorf-educationb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education13. John Deweya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deweyb. https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/projects/centcat/fac/facch08_01.html14. Differentiating between authoritative and authoritarian: https://www.parentingforbrain.com/authoritative-vs-authoritarian-parenting/15. The adult should be an authority: a role model and a provider of security and protection for the children16. Montessori regarded a teacher as, in part, a scientist: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1112257.pdf17. Montessori Educationa. https://www.montessori.edub. http://imsmontessori.org/index.htmlc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_educationd. https://amiusa.org18. Biography of Maria Montessoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqeTYHn0p4b. https://www.whitepaperpress.us/bbc-documentary-on-maria-montessori/c. https://montessori-ami.org/resource-library/facts/biography-dr-maria-montessori19. Books by Dr. Montessoria. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook: A Short Guide to Her Ideas and Materials: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Montessoris-Own-Handbook-Materials/dp/0805209212/b. The Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori: https://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Child-Maria-Montessori/dp/0345336569/c. The Absorbent Mind: A Classic in Education and Child Development for Educators and Parents by Maria Montessori: https://www.amazon.com/Absorbent-Mind-Maria-Montessori/dp/0805041567/20. "What is Montessori / Mario Montessori and Lena Wikramaratne interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson:" https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-BB169721. Sentence diagramminga. Rex Barks by Phyllis Davenport: https://www.amazon.com/Rex-Barks-Diagramming-Sentences-Made/dp/1889439355/b. Drawing Sentences: A Guide to Diagramming by Eugene Moutoux: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Sentences-Diagramming-Eugene-Moutoux/dp/1935497154/22. Induction vs. Deductiona. Michael on induction vs deduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kZ9GaD57Yb. Some good info in The Art of Reasoning by David Kelley: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Reasoning-Introduction-Critical-Thinking/dp/0393930785/c. Michael on the nature of logic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSAub8_-ZkPicture courtesy Charlotte Cushman.Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott discusses his background, why he got into teaching, what he loved about it, what made him so successful -- and why he got out of education. He discusses the problems he had with dyslexia, how he helped students learn to read (even students with reading difficulties), and what he recommends for teaching reading.To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott. Scott McMickle is a former schoolteacher with a history degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas and a M. Ed. In Educational Administration from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. He spent five years teaching elementary bilingual full content at an inner-city school in the Dallas Independent School District. Once he finished his master’s degree while teaching in Dallas, he transitioned to a charter school and taught for three years in the Primary Years Programme for the International Baccalaureate school teaching 6th grade, Spanish, and reading. Scott also has experience tutoring for the SAT and ACT college entrance exams and writing college application essays.As a student he struggled with dyslexia, culminating in his failing fourth grade, so as a teacher, reading instruction was a passion. While with the DISD, he gained a reputation with the special education department for being able to teach their students to read. At the IB school he introduced the Reading/Dyslexia Specialist position and remediated dyslexia using the Multisensory Teaching Approach.Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes and external links:1. IEP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualized_Education_Program2. ARD: https://www.navigatelifetexas.org/en/education-schools/ard-process3. Dyslexiaa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexiab. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-203535524. Marilyn Jager Adams at Browna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Jager_Adamsb. https://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Jager-Adams/e/B001HMPVG8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share5. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein: https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484/6. Phonics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonics7. DIBELSa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIBELSb. https://dibels.net/?ourl=/c. https://acadiencelearning.org8. SOUNDATIONS!: https://mtspublications.com/product/soundations/9. Tree Tops, Christine Calstrom10. TEKSa. https://tea.texas.gov/curriculum/teks/b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Essential_Knowledge_and_Skills11. Helen Kellera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kellerb. https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-kellerc. the movie The Miracle Worker: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Worker-Anne-Bancroft/dp/B07N2P8NSX/the three queuing method Australia12. Nathaniel Brandena. bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Brandenb. Six Pillars of Self Esteem: https://www.amazon.com/Six-Pillars-Self-Esteem-Definitive-Leading/dp/055337439713. Marva Collinsa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Collinsb. https://www.amazon.com/Marva-Collins-Way/dp/087477572814. Jaime Escalantea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalanteb. https://thefutureschannel.com/jaime-escalante-math-program/c. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/jaime-escalante-21st-century-still-standing-delivering/ 15. The Albanesi Educational Center: https://montessoriresources.com16. Horace Manna. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Mannb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann17. Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard and Ralph Raya. free pdf: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/kjelgaardj-firehunter/kjelgaardj-firehunter-00-h-dir/kjelgaardj-firehunter-00-h.htmlb. on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Hunter-Jim-Kjelgaard-ebook/dp/B07R6BK7SG/18. Montessori Educationa. https://www.montessori.edub. http://imsmontessori.org/index.htmlc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_educationd. https://amiusa.orgSee also:1. Good history classes are taught by Scott Powella. his Outschool page: https://outschool.com/teachers/Scott-Powellb. his website: https://historyatourhouse.com 2. Michael's Outschool page (not many courses yet; just starting on the site): https://outschool.com/teachers/Michael-Gold3. Contact teacher and teacher consultant Scott Harris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Image courtesy Scott McMicklePlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com

In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael provide and discuss evidence that science education is broken and in need of help, then discuss some ways to fix science education (and education in general). To support the show and help us grow our audience -- so we have more of an impact on education and the culture -- please help us with a donation:1. https://www.patreon.com/reasonrxpodcast 2. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SP6QPQKJU4XSS&source=url Also, please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.And if you find an episode valuable, please share it with parents, teachers, school personnel, friends, and family. Help spread the word, help spread rational ideas for better living. About Scott:Scott K. Harris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966) has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Psychology from Texas State University and a Master’s in Education from Lamar University. He received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the first teacher in Texas to receive the Quality School Teacher Award.In his 29th year of teaching, Harris has taught U.S. History, World History, Psychology, A.P. Psychology, A.P. Macroeconomics, Philosophy, and International Baccalaureate’s capstone course Theory of Knowledge. He also coached swimming and water polo for 17 years. Harris has guest-lectured at Texas State in Philosophy, and at the University of Texas San Antonio’s graduate school in Education. For nearly two decades he was a member of the Mind Science Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Harris piloted curriculum for what is now John Stossel-in-the-Classroom, serves as a consultant to Free- to-Choose Media, and is an associate producer for Izzit.org, all of which produce videos advocating liberty and economic education.Contact Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-k-harris-b037966Contact Melanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-katragadda-nctm-9b14522aContact Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Show notes and external links:1. "Science students learned the facts of their specific field without understanding how science should work in order to draw true conclusions.’ —David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World: 2. “Few [scientists] are philosophers. Most are intellectual journeyman, exploring locally, hoping for a strike, living for the present." —E.O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge3. The quote mentioned GPA, not IQ: “The correlation between the test of broad, conceptual thinking and GPA was about zero.” — David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World4. Because of Arturo Casadevall's accomplishments, “his peers took it seriously when he arrived at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2015 as Chair of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and warned that scientific research is in crisis. In a lecture to his new colleagues, Casadevall declared that the pace of progress had slowed, while the rate of retractions in scientific literature had accelerated. … Part of the problem, he argued, is that young scientists are rushed to specialize before they learn how to think. They end up unable to produce good work themselves and unequipped to spot bad or fraudulent work by their colleagues.” —David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World5. H-index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index6. R3: https://biomedicalodyssey.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2018/03/revolutionizing-with-r3-a-new-ph-d-program-seeks-to-train-scientists-as-critical-thinkers/7. Rice: https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/engineering/engineering-leadership/8. In a debate involving two scientists and two philosophers, “Richard Dawkins said ‘You know, I’m not a philosopher, I’m a scientist. I’m only interested in truth.’...A Frenchman in the audience said ‘What is truth?’ “—Dennis Noble, in Episode 2: Harnessing Randomness, of the Big Biology Podcast (https://www.bigbiology.org/podcast#episode2)9. "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competent_man)10. Henry David Thoreau, at several points in Walden, discusses similar things to what Michael says when he says that sometimes, when something seems boring, the cause is that it is us who is boring. a. "By closing the eyes and slumbering, and consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely illusory foundations." --Henry David Thoreau, in the chapter Where I Lived and What I Lived For, in the book Walden (see: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/walden/hdt02.html)b. "Pause! Avast! Why so seeming fast, but deadly slow?" --Henry David Thoreau, in the chapter Where I Lived and What I Lived For, in the book Walden (see: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/walden/hdt02.html)11. We mentioned J Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Galileo Galilei, Leonardo Davinci, Bernd Heinrich12. A free online lectures by the philosopher Leonard Peikoff: The Art of Thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXlg0ypjqg&list=PLqsoWxJ-qmMvupo-OGr21AUS9nv3COQRwSee also:1. "I dove into work showing that highly credentialed experts can become so narrow-minded that they actually get worse with experience, even while becoming more confident." —David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph In a Specialized World2. "In 2013, Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations for Google, told The New York Times that the company would no longer consider candidates’ GPAs when hiring – because ‘they’re worthless’."A little later, he explained why: 'The No. 1 thing we look for is general cognitive ability, and it’s not IQ. It’s learning ability. It’s the ability to process on the fly. It’s the ability to pull together disparate bits of information.' ” --Why Critical Thinking Skills Are Essential in Business (the website seems to no longer support this content, which was at http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/develop/cpd/why-critical-thinking-skills-are-essential-in-business)3. " 'Schools are no longer routinely teaching basic thinking processes, such as rhetoric or the scientific method,' Lawrence told Business News Daily. 'Many companies find that they need to provide training in critical thinking.' " https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7532-critical-thinking-in-business.html4. "If not experience, repetition, or resources, what helped creators make better comics on average and innovate? The answer, in addition to not being overworked, was how many of 22 different genres a creator had work in, from comedy and crime, to fantasy, adult, nonfiction, and sci-fi Where length of experience did not differentiate creators, breath of experience did. Broad genre experience made creators better on average and more likely to an innovate."Individual creators started out with lower innovativeness than teams. They were less likely to produce a smash hit. But as their experience broadened they actually surpassed teams. And individual creators who had worked in four or more more genres was more innovative than a team who's members had collective experience across the same number of genres."Taylor and Greve suggested that 'individuals are capable of more creative integration of diverse experiences than teams are.' They titlled their study Superman or the Fantastic Four. When seeking innovation in knowledge-based industries they wrote 'it is best to find one super individual.'If no individual with the necessary combination of diverse knowledge is available, one should form a 'fantastic team.' Diverse experience was impactful when created by platoon in teams, and even more impactful when contained within an individual." —David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph In a Specialized World5. TheTaylor and Greve article mentioned above: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20159795?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents6. "Here’s my main point. We are now in a new era of biology. it is in the major transition just sited, of evolution, that biology, I believe, will predominantly dwell. The age of reduction in biology has largely passed. While enormous amounts of new information will continue to be yielded by the cleavage and analysis of systems -- you know, like taking apart a cell membrane; figuring out the exact structure of a mitochondrion and so on — the big problems in each discipline now are those that require a resynthesis of reduced systems. To be complete in a scientific explanation of living process, you have to be able to take it down to its basic elements and processes — you’ve got to break it apart, you have to understand how it works, item by item, pair process by pair process — but you're not done. It is complete only when you re-enter the stage of synthesis, meaning you put it all back together again, either literally by creating life from these elements, or at least by models [i.e., theories] that exactly duplicate what’s happening: you actually create a higher level, and you create life that way.” — E.O. Wilson, “Darwin & The Future of Biology” at EmoryPlease consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com