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Back to episode — Episode 2866 CWSA 06/12/25

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d I wonder, I wonder, wonder if there's any science that could have been avoided by just asking me. Oh, here's one. According to Eric Dolan and PsyPost, it's always Eric. There's this mega study that shows, and I know this will be surprising, that exercise boosts cognitive function across all ages and health conditions. That's right. Exercise is good for your brain. You know how else you could ha…

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It's the same tool." Yep.

But the thing they added that they think is new is that it's every kind of exercise and every kind of brain in every situation. So the intensity did not matter. Yoga and dance just as good, which I might have known. I'm not sure.

All right. Here's another one. Let's see if you can get this one first. Do Democrats dislike Republicans the same amount as Republicans dislike Democrats? Do you know this one? It's a new study. Well, it turns out, this is also a PsyPost, Eric Dolan again, it turns out that Democrats do dislike Republicans more than Republicans dislike Democrats according to a study. How many of you did not know that? You all knew that? Every one of you.

The reason seems to be that Democrats believe that Republicans have a more negative opinion of people who are minorities or have some kind of issues, trouble. But I would argue the Republicans just have a bigger picture. Meaning if he said to a Democrat, "I need to remove this benefit from this on

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e person but it will save the whole world," the Democrat would say you monster. You can't take that benefit away from that one person. And then the Republican would say no you missed the part where I said that would save the entire world. And the Democrat would say, "I don't even know what you're talking about. You would be mean to this person." So, sort of like that. All right. Here's another on…

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