Episode 235 of The Reality Check brings the skepticism in a big way with 3 sizzling segments. Darren starts of the show by discussing how one can optimize their charity giving. Elan then looks into eye colour and whether or not it is true that two blue eyed parents cannot have a brown eyed child. Adam closes things out with whether or not some Roll Up The Rim to Win cups sizes have higher chances of winning.
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SHOW NOTES
Smarter Donating
Information on donating and Darren’s matching campaign
Darren’s More Than Good Intentions book review
Eye Colour
Hudson Alpha – The Genetics of Eye Color
Roll Up The Rim To Win
Blue eyes originated in Turkey , it’s a fairly well known fact.
To here you talk about a Turk with blue eyes and to act quite dismissive was frustrating to listen to. I love you guys and you’re usually so thorough, but a minor fail this time.
Thanks for the tip. I won’t tell her to listen to the show as Elan suggested then.
Just to let you know that we mentioned your feedback in the latest show.
The charity rating website referred to in this episode: http://www.givewell.org/
Thanks guys – another interesting podcast.
Myth and counter-myth: blue eyes originated in what is now Turkey. So, possibly, did the Indo-European languages but that doesn’t make Turkish Indo-European. There were no Turks there until well into medieval times. A modern-day Turk with blue eyes likely has mixed ancestry.
Or contact lenses.
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