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tiny human brains, all you need for that is a cup, a mug, or a glass, a tankard, a chalice, a jug or flask, vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. It's goin

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g to happen now.

Ah. Well, everything's perfect now.

Speaking of coffee, there's a new study that says it's good for your liver. Well, they should have asked me because I could have told you coffee is good for your whole body, every single part. It's good for your teeth, your hair, your bile. It's good for the things that are just passing through. Coffee is there. Anything it can do good for your liver. Well, there's a study also that says that mentally stimulating work can stave off dementia, and that's why I'm here. I'm here for the medical benefits.

Now, it would be financially possible for me to retire and sit around doing what? Pottering? What would I do if I were retired? This is my favorite thing I do. I mean, your favorite thing intellectually, let's say. And I definitely feel, so I'll give you this as sort of a beacon for you who are younger. I actually feel that at my current age I'm the sharpest I've ever been, but not entirely. Meaning that I know I learned things faster when I was younger and maybe, you know, maybe a little more creative or something. I'm not sure. But maybe. But I can tell that if you were to just compare my ability to understand and navigate the world today to any time earlier in my life, it's definitely better. So I can tell you at my current age I don't feel like I'm losing. I don't think I've lost a step. The energy is definitely down. Definitely not as much work all day. Don't need to sleep as much. But generally spea

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king I'd say my mind is right where I'd want it to be at this age. And that has everything to do with the fact that I push it. So every single day I'm doing something intellectually that's a little bit harder than what I can do easily. So it probably works. I recommend it. Last night in the man cave I broke some brains. You may know I'm not going to talk about free will or argue it here because e…

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