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Unconventional Sports Techniques
1:07:40 - 1:11:54 (04:13)
The podcast covers unusual techniques used in sports including the breaststroke for swimming the English Channel and putting foam on a bat for baseball. Additionally, an evolutionary biologist shares an example on perspective in immigration.
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A man becomes a table tennis champion by using a foam-covered bat with a different angle of approach.
1:07:40 - 1:09:16 (01:35)
Summary
A man becomes a table tennis champion by using a foam-covered bat with a different angle of approach. Despite initial mockery, it proves to be a more effective strategy.
ChapterUnconventional Sports Techniques
Episode#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back
PodcastModern Wisdom
Robert Hansen, evolutionary biologist and physicist, suggests a solution to the polarizing issue of immigration by having every American citizen sell their citizenship to an immigrant who wants to come into the country.
1:09:16 - 1:10:16 (00:59)
Summary
Robert Hansen, evolutionary biologist and physicist, suggests a solution to the polarizing issue of immigration by having every American citizen sell their citizenship to an immigrant who wants to come into the country.
ChapterUnconventional Sports Techniques
Episode#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back
PodcastModern Wisdom
The podcast discusses unconventional approaches to athletics, including an officer who swam the English Channel wearing sheepskin wool and covering himself in goose fat, drinking whiskey to stay warm and doing it with breaststroke.
1:10:16 - 1:11:54 (01:37)
Summary
The podcast discusses unconventional approaches to athletics, including an officer who swam the English Channel wearing sheepskin wool and covering himself in goose fat, drinking whiskey to stay warm and doing it with breaststroke. They also touched on orthogonal thinking as a different approach to problem solving.