69 – Wonder Woman ’84 Trailer 1

coverblack[Recorded December 8, 2019]  Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer reaction.

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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Almost nothing!  No time!
  • Blue Monday “How does it feel?” – Emphasis on emotion again
  • Trash can scene indicates a reprise of Fish-Out-Of-Water

To learn more:

Wonder Woman 1984 Official Trailer | WB
Blue Monday Cover | BBC

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Adapted from my Introduction to the ForSnyderCut.org site, drafted December 2017 and published January 2018.

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68 – Doomsday Pt.2

coverblack[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.

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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Temporal Frame of Reference
  • Superman’s Decision-Making
    • Danger to Self / Selflessness
    • Learning and Rational Choices
  • Stakes: Threat to Superman’s Life
  • Doomsday’s Intelligence
    • The Primal Zombie
  • Super-Jumping “Flight” Physics
  • Doomsday’s Genitals
    • Triploids / Lex’s Genetic Contribution
  • Size Strength Bias
  • Bioluminescence
  • Solar Flare Substitute For Evolutionary Power
  • Why Take Doomsday to Space?
    • Why Not Keep Going?
    • Lack of Astronomical / Cosmic Intuitions
  • Why Didn’t Superman Fly Faster?
  • Fantasy User Interfaces (FUI) Canonicity
  • Is Tracking Superman a Plot Hole?
    • Novel Tech
    • Mutual Regard, Competing Interests
    • Consent / Stealth Powers
      • Plasma Stealth
      • Force Field Absorption
  • Time to Thermonuclear Launch
  • Why Didn’t Superman:
    • Dodge The Nuke?
    • Let Go of Doomsday?
    • Return Doomsday to Space After The Nuke?
    • Take Doomsday to the Ocean?
  • Nuclear Strike Reveals Nature of Superman’s Powers
    • Invulnerability – Force Field not Composition
    • Muscle Mass – Biological Default not Built By Exercise
      • Myostatin
    • Regeneration – Two Types
      • “Undead” Genes
  • And much more!

To learn more:

Threat of Ancient Mesopotamian Zombies | STBYM
Boeing AH-64 Apache | Wikipedia
Projectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | Wikipedia
Light On Earth | David Attenborough
Spontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | Kobayashi
Electric Life Forms Live On Pure Energy | New Scientist
Draper Point | Wikipedia
Cut Travel Time To ISS From 2 Days To 6 Hours | Engadget
Superman Space Suplex | Superman: Doomsday
Man of Steel Spoiler Special | Empire
BvS Fantasy User Interfaces | Perception
Designing Fantasy User Interfaces | PixelHub
Plasma Stealth | Wikipedia
To Launch A Nuclear Strike | Bloomberg
Muscular Baby | New York Times
Thantomicrobiome | Peter Noble
Undead Genes Come Alive Days After Death | Science AAAS

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67 – Doomsday Pt.1

coverblack[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.

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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Real World Ethics vs. Thought Experiments
  • Why Trinity Didn’t Use Lex to Stop Doomsday?
  • Criminal Liability For Conversion of Extraterrestrial Specimens
  • Thad Roberts and “Sex On The Moon”
  • Valuation of Moon Rocks
  • Liability For Power Grid Disruption
  • And much more!

To learn more:

Theory of Mind Deficiencies | Wikipedia
Sex On The Moon | Ben Mezrich
Where Does NASA Keep Moon Rocks? | Smarter Every Day
Projectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | Wikipedia
Spontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | Kobayashi

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66 – East

coverblack[Recorded August 8, 2019] Learning from Eastern thought. Seeing much more detail and connection. Comparing high and low context communication. How Superman’s silence can be seen as sophisticated. The Problem of Evil in the East. Harmonizing Batman and Superman.

Based on the research of Dr. Richard E. Nisbett and his book, “The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently

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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • East Asians less inclined towards Fundamental Attribution Error (00:04:40)
    • Dr. Richard E. Nisbett (00:07:40)
  • Objects vs. Context (00:17:45)
    • Nouns vs. Verbs (00:18:30)
    • Facial Expression (00:25:11)
    • Michigan Fish Test (00:32:44)
    • High & Low Context (00:36:17)
    • Superman’s Silence (00:48:37)
      • Thinking and Speaking (00:51:03)
      • Counter-Intuitive Wisdom (00:58:02)
      • Modesty and Bragging (01:06:35)
  • Analysis vs. Holism (01:08:49)
    • Comparison (01:09:30)
    • Logic & Paradox (01:15:00)
    • Dialectical Reasoning (01:25:03)
    • Retcons / BvS Critique (01:25:55)
    • Existentialism (01:28:45)
    • Embodied Knowledge & Wisdom (01:43:40)
    • The Problem of Evil (01:57:24)
  • Applied to Batman v. Superman (02:03:24)
    • Lex’s Bad Faith Dilemma (02:07:00)
    • Dialectical Synthesis of Batman & Superman (02:10:55)
  • And much more!

To learn more:

Press
Placing the Face in Context: Cultural Differences in Facial Emotion | Takahiko Masuda
The Michigan Fish Test and the Middle East | Sheena Iyengar
What Does The Michigan Fish Test Say About You? | io9
Eastern and Western Cultures See Emotions Very Differently | University of Alberta
Japanese More Sensitive Than Westerners To The Big Picture | Wired
This Mistake We All Make | Richard Nisbett | The Guardian
Are You A Holistic or Specific Thinker? | Erin Meyer | Harvard Business Review
East & West Part Ways in Test of Facial Expressions | NYT
Zack Snyder’s Superhero Life | Bloomberg
East Versus West | Forbes

Books
Geography of Thought | Richard Nisbett
The Culture Map | Erin Meyer
You May Also Like | Tom Vanderbilt
Hit Makers | Derek Thompson
The Misinformation Age | Cailin O’Connor
Heaven & Earth Are Not Humane | Franklin Perkins

Media
West and East Cultural Differences | EBS
EAST or WEST: Which mindset do you have? | Off the Great Wall
Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers | Epic Rap Battles
Logic & Reasoning | VSauce2
Batman v. Superman: By The Minute
DC Cinematic Minute
Reality | Invisibilia | NPR

Images
Population Perspective | Our World In Data
Population Density | Our World In Data
Interpersonal Trust Attitudes | Our World In Data

Population Perspective
Population Density
Trust Attitudes

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65 – Differ

coverblack[Recorded July 12, 2019] Why do reasonable minds differ? On movies? “Did we even see the same film?” On justice? Why do Superman and Batman always differ? Psychologists weigh in.

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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Naïve Realism
  • Study on Motion Picture Appraisal
  • Correlation with critics
  • Illusions: The dress, shoe, Yanni / Laurel, etc.
  • “They Saw A Game”
  • Moral foundations and affiliations
  • Cultural differences lend perspective
  • The missionary and anthropologist
  • Linguistic effects on cognition
  • Fundamental Attribution Error
  • Disposition versus circumstance
  • Depiction is not endorsement
  • Judging others as disgusting
  • Public Irrationality Thesis
  • Philosophy and Psychology on Character
  • Clark & Diana as role models (combat FAE)
  • And much more!

To learn more:
Strikingly Low Agreement On Movies | Pascal Wallisch
You Are Not So Smart Live | David McRaney
“They Saw A Game” | Hastorf & Cantril
The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt
Through the Language Glass | Lera Boroditsky
This Is Water | David Foster Wallace
Stories of Your Life and Others | Ted Chiang
The Culture Map | Erin Meyer
The Character Gap | Christian Miller
Christian Miller: Character Gap | Philosophy Bites
The Callout | Invisibilia
YANSS 157: Pluralistic Ignorance | David McRaney
You May Also Like | Tom Vanderbilt
Conversation with Ross & Nisbett | Think 101
Hit Makers | Derek Thompson

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64 – Commitment

coverblack[Recorded June 29, 2019] Consider Man of Steel and BvS through the lens of commitment. Can Superman combat loneliness and a crisis of conviction?

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Dive deep into discussion and address apologetics for:

  1. MOS is structured wrong
  2. BvS should have shown Superman’s honeymoon period
  3. Superhero movies should be escapist
  4. Nairomi was entirely unneeded
  5. and so much more!

Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Interpreting, “Must there be a Superman? / There is.”
  • Superhero retirement
  • Seven Stages of Romantic Relationships
  • Lois & Clark Early Stages and Wake-Up Call
  • Why no onscreen honeymoon? / Batman is BvS protagonist
  • Superman & the World’s Wake-Up Call
  • Insecurity absent commitment (no superheroes norms yet)
  • Loneliness epidemic
  • Who is Superman for?
  • Superman: friend of the forgotten; a valid interpretation
  • Superman as common cultural touchstone enables impact
  • The Second Mountain / Benefits of Commitment
  • Family (marriage), Calling (vocation, Faith (philosophy), and Local Community
  • Why BvS included Nairomi not just the BZE
  • Clark Kent: Man of Commitments
  • Why MOS is structured to show Clark’s heroism early
  • Crisis of Faith: “Superman was never real. / No one stays good in this world.”
  • Local action and many more topics!

Enjoy Independence Day with others… accept that invitation or extend one!

To learn more:
Lies Our Culture Tells Us | David Brooks
Psychologists Study Ghosting | SciShow
Loneliness Epidemic Index Infograph Study| Cigna
Desire In Long Term Relationships | Esther Perel
AOM 518: Quest For A Moral Life | Brett McKay
The Second Mountain | David Brooks
Hit Makers | Derek Thompson

Introduction recorded July 1, 2019

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Brief 3

Mother’s Day Excerpts

  1. Contrapositive – Understand & avoid villain behavior (1:20)
  2. Elevation – The case for paragons (7:30)
  3. Seeing – Clark versus how Bruce views women (20:10)
  4. “Isn’t That A Good Thing?” – Martha’s hope (25:00)
  5. Secret Sharing – Responsibilities of secret keepers (27:10)
  6. “I’m Older Now Than My Father Ever Was.” – Parents as milestones (37:00)
  7. “How Come Dad Never Left Kansas?” – Earning conviction (38:40)
  8. Optimal Stopping – Algorithmic anxiety argument (45:50)
  9. How Come Superman Doesn’t Take Over The World? – Economics (50:40)
  10. “You Don’t Owe This World A Thing.” – Interpretations (1:04:00)
  11. “I’m Already There.” – Covenants, institutions, & traditions (1:15:30)
  12. Kierkegaard – Individuality and the leap of faith (1:19:30)
  13. Sign Off – Excerpted excerpts (1:32:20)
  14. Superhero Philosophy (1:33:50)
  15. Conjunction Fallacy (1:37:10)
  16. Success (1:39:50)

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63 – Mother’s Day

coverblack[Recorded April 20, 2019] Moms and motherhood.

Six factors to consider:

  1. Safety.
  2. Home.
  3. Affection.
  4. Zeitgeist.
  5. Amend.
  6. Maturity.

Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Biological Distinction
  • Natural Birth
  • Adoption & Fostering
  • Moms & Home: Acceptance & Choice
  • Availability & Attachment Theory: Reparenting
  • Modeling Parents & Societal Restraints
  • Abusing Authority & Honesty
  • Replicating & Surpassing: Parents & Heroes

Released early as a heads-up to remember Mother’s Day.

Rusty deleted ramblings will be released in a Brief sometime later.

Children observe (temet nosce):
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
He’s just like his father.
Like father, like son
A chip off the old block
She’s her mother’s daughter.

To learn more:
A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song | Adam Cole
Unconditional Love | This American Life
Creature Comforts | Hidden Brain
Mind Changers: Harlow’s Monkeys | BBC
Attachment Theory | Wikipedia
Becoming Attached | Robert Karen
Reparenting | Wikipedia
Title 18 Crimes & Offenses | Pa. Code
Free Range Kids | Lenore Skenazy
Whole Brain Child | Daniel Siegel & Tina Bryson
The Philosophical Baby | Alison Gopnik
How Christianity Invented Children | The Week
The Emotionally Absent Mother | Jasmin Lee Cori
Anybody Have A Map | Justin Paul & Benj Pasek
No More Drama With Mama | Gayle Kirschenbaum
Older | Sasha Sloan
M-O-T-H-E-R | Eddy Arnold

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62 – Stronger – Wiser – Together – Open Mind Pt. 3

coverblack[Previously re-recorded September 24, 2018] Strength & Challenges, Cognitive Distortions, and Witch Hunts and Common-Humanity.

Taking on three bad ideas:

  1. Challenge makes us weaker.
  2. Always trust your feelings.
  3. Life is a battle between good people and evil people.

Answers, insights, and commentary on:

  • Fragility versus Strength and Growth
  • Purpose in Suffering
    • Comparing Diana & Clark upbringing
  • Mindfulness, Automatic Thoughts, Reframing
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Distortions – illustrated by DC films
  • Tribalism & Witch Hunts – the persecution of Superman
  • Common Humanity – DC Bridge Building
  • Superman Suicide Prevention

Three antidotes:

  1. Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child.
  2. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.  But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother.
  3. The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.

Suicide Prevention:
National Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or Online Chat
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

To learn more:
FindCBT.org | ABCT
Persuasive Power of Narratives | Melanie Green
Cardigan 2017 Commencement Address | John Roberts
Man’s Search For Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl
Behave| Robert M. Sapolsky
Positive Changes Following Adversity |Stephen Joseph & Lisa Butler
Global Rich List | CARE
The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner
You Are Not So Smart | David McRaney
All-Star Superman #10 | Grant Morrison
Common Humanity | Barack Obama
2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg | Barack Obama
Tough Decisions (A Whale Is Gonna Die) | Rhett & Link – Catastrophizing
Thought Bubbles | Rachel Bloom
My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music | Richard Rogers
What I Am (Stronger) – Sesame Street | Will.i.am
How To Make Testimony More Reliable | SciShow Psych
Confabulation: When Lying isn’t Lying | Oregon Behavioral
What is CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Explained | G. Aprile
Cognition | Crash Course

Counter Points:
The Worth of War | Benjamin Ginsberg
Accessory to War | Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Adapted from the works of Jonathan Haidt:
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions And Bad Ideas Are Setting Up A Generation For Failure.

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