IRP Episode 048 – Superstition – Incoherent Ramblings Podcast

GRAB YOUR LUCKY SOCKS AND TUNE IN AS THE GUYS DISCUSS THE MINDSET BEHIND SUPERSTITION WHILE CROSSING THEIR FINGERS THAT THIS EPISODE WON’T BREAK ANY MIRRORS (NOW WITH NEW AND IMPROVED VIDEO!)

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THE INTRODUCTION
EPISODE #48: Superstition(4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:00:24)	MAN, THAT DIDN’T SMELL LIKE SCIENCE Wow, You Can Tell How Loud We Really Are When Not Wearing Headphones
THE PRE-RAMBLE!
VURT DA FURK: With The Wannabe Host (2m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:02:26)	THE $3000 SHOE REVIEW Three Wolf, One Moon Shirt
WORD OF THE WEEK: With Pablo (2m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:04:26)	THE WORD IS…CINCINNATI FERRIS WHEEL Why Is Cincinnati Always Getting Shit On?
SMELLS LIKE SCIENCE: With The Leafy Green (2m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:06:27)	BACTERIA THAT POOPS GOLD It’s Literally Shit For Gold!
TECH TALK: With The Everyday Geek (2m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:08:27)	KICKSTARTER PRESSY BUTTON THINGY Program Your Own Button, Your Way, Under Your Terms

THE TOPIC
SUBTOPIC-01: Superstitious Introductions (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:10:27)	WHAT WE MEAN BY SUPERSTITION Superstition Is Just The Product Of People Being Good Pattern Recognizers Wearing Particular Socks Can Make For A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy The Dumbo Feather Plot Device
SUBTOPIC-02: Superstitious Traditions (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:14:27)	CATS, CRACKS, LADDERS, AND CLOVERS Casper The Friendly Fart Everything Comes In Threes…No It Doesn’t Junk Science…Starting With A Premises And Working Backwards
SUBTOPIC-03: Superstitious Luck (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:20:27)	DOES IT EXIST? CAN IT BE CONTROLLED? Luck Is Just A Grouping Of Good Or Bad Things Happen Around The Same Time Randomness Is Clumpy…But Evens Out In The Long Term We Call It Luck When We’re Not In Control
SUBTOPIC-04: Superstitious Legends (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:24:27)	FLASHING HEADLIGHTS, MELTING CONTACTS, BURIED ATARI CARTRIDGES Whoa! Cats suffocate Babies…No Keanu, No They Don’t The Buried Atari ET Cartridge Urban Legend Is Legend No More Hairy Palms…It’s Right Off The Strip, Geek Stayed There Once
SUBTOPIC-05: Superstitious Myths (6m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:28:27)	THE VIRAL MYTH AND ITS ANTIVIRUS Snopes…The Immune System For Misinformation Mythbusters And The Cell Phone In The Gas Station Autism Caused By Vaccines! …Nope
SUBTOPIC-06: Superstitious Conspiracies (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:32:28)	HOME OF J. F. KENN-A-DAY… The Unsealing Of The JFK Secret Documents Al Capone’s Safe Data Mining, Anomaly Hunting, It All Leads To Poor Conclusions
SUBTOPIC-07: Superstitious Sports (6m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:36:28)	CONTROL OVER THE UNCONTROLLABLE Your Team Won Because God Likes Your Lucky Socks Battlecat: Why Do I Look Like A Retarded Vulture? Geek Makes The Dodgers Lose
SUBTOPIC-08: Superstitious Beliefs (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:40:28)	RELIGION, THE SECRET, SUPERSTITIOUS SILENCE Bob Proctor Makes Wannabe Jump The Secret? …The Universe Doesn’t Care What You Think Superstitious Silence…Don’t Talk About It Or It Will (Or Won’t) Happen
SUBTOPIC-09: Superstitious State Of Mind (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:46:29)	WHY IS IT SO EASY TO BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITION? Communities Can Be Drawn Together Through Superstition Geek’s Mexican Barber Named Adolf The Brain Wants To Make A Model Of The World That Makes Sense…Even If It’s Not True
SUBTOPIC-10 Superstitious Conclusion (4m) PLAY (jump to ‘0:50:29)	HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SUPERSTITIOUS? Need A Strike In Bowling? Hum The Theme To Popcorn… Or Do The Hustle…Whatever God, Be On My Side Yo! Make Lemons Out Of Lemonade? You’d Better Have A Time Machine
THE CONCLUSION
NEXT WEEK: Word to The Whys PLAY (jump to ‘0:54:29)	ASKING ALL THE WHY QUESTIONS Geek Tricked Us And Picked One That Was Not All Complex
OUTTAKE: It Smells Like…Uhhhhhh! PLAY (jump to ‘1:00:15)	ALRIGHT, NO MORE BURRITOS BEFORE THE PODCAST! Pablo Almost Threw Up

IRP Episode 048 – Superstition

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