Podcast 008: A Little Bit Brighter




Uncommon Sense: the This is True Podcast show

Summary: In This Episode: A “new” term is introduced to be the contrast to “obliviot” — and something else really bright (or is that dim?) from Real Life this week: Randy is at a loss for words trying to describe the total solar eclipse.<br><br> <br> Jump To…<br> <a href="https://thisistrue.com/wp-content/uploads/week-1210.jpg"></a>We discuss the attached story about Jimmy McCoy of Oklahoma City, Okla., which leads this week’s newsletter. (Click to see larger.)<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#comment">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><a name="notes"></a><br> <br> Show Notes<br> <br> * The source story from KFOR in Oklahoma City is <a href="http://kfor.com/2017/07/25/oklahoma-city-burglary-suspect-taken-to-hospital-following-arrest-may-have-caused-death-of-other-patient/">here</a>. Mr. McCoy is in a heap of trouble, and is obviously considered innocent until proven guilty in court.<br> * To have a term for the opposite of an obliviot, I “stole” the word “bright” (as in, “He’s not a bright.”) from <a href="http://www.the-brights.net/">The Brights</a>, which Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights_movement">says</a> is “an international intellectual movement [whose adherents] refer to themselves as ‘Brights’. They hold a naturalist worldview [and] believe that public policies should be based on science…. Brights are likely to oppose the practice of basing public policies on supernatural doctrines. Brights may therefore be described as secularists.” I know there are a lot of Mensa members reading True, but not many Bright readers have made themselves known to me.<br> * I mentioned some “big names” have identified as Brights. According to that Wikipedia entry, “Notable people who have self-identified as brights at one time or another include: biologists Richard Dawkins and Richard J. Roberts; cognitive scientist Steven Pinker; philosophers Daniel Dennett and Massimo Pigliucci; [and] stage magicians and debunkers James Randi and Penn &amp; Teller.”<br> * The video I took of the shadow approaching us as we waited for totality is on my <a href="https://thisistrue.com/2017-eclipse/">Eclipse Post</a>, which also has a very cool video showing a satellite view of the shadow.<br> * The live Facebook video of my very Bright friend Chris Knight trying to describe his emotion at seeing the total eclipse is inserted here.<br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast-1496500">PlayerFM</a>, <a href="https://beta.tunein.com/radio/Uncommon-Sense-the-This-is-True-Podcast-p1015540/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://podfanatic.com/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Podfanatic</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast//">ListenNotes</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1259380128/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Overcast</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147364&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a> — and, presumably, more to come.<br><br>