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Back to episode — Episode 2982 CWSA 10/08/25

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sts working on testing people, but we were in the same small group. So sometimes I'd get to sit in the room behind the glass and watch somebody being tested. So I learned a lot about that process. And the most surprising thing I learned is if you're testing whether people can use a user interface, what do you think is the right number of people to test? Let's compare that to an opinion poll where…

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people feel, we're way more similar in how we feel than in how we talk. So if you get an opinion poll, people will be talking in all different ways, but the way they feel about it might just be one of two ways. It either bothers you or doesn't bother you. And that would just be amazing if you do that on every topic. I think that's Trump's superpower is that he can feel how people feel somehow.

All right. There was a Nobel Prize awarded to the first mainland Chinese scientist and also a woman. I think that's worth noting for China. And she discovered an artisan malaria cure. Oh wow. She saved millions of lives with a malaria cure. Damn, that's pretty impressive. But instead of being impressed by the science, I'm going to impress you with a joke that somebody told about this topic. This is one of the best jokes I've ever seen. And it's by Mabobo Ya Naduki who may or may not be a real person. I can't tell online but you have to listen to this joke.

So the article says that her name is Tu Youyou and she won the Nobel Prize. Now this of course is a great honor you know we should be showing her maximum respect. So her name is spelled Tu. The first name is just Tu and then the last name is just the word "you" put together twice. Youyou. And here's the joke from Mabobo. Also, she is the most difficult person to sing happy birthday to. Happy birthday to you. You. Come on. I think that joke had 16 million views when I checked this morning. That's a quality joke. That's a quality jok

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e. That's a Nobel Prize joke right there. I hate that the joke overshadowed her accomplishment of quote saving millions of lives. But yeah, saving millions of lives, that's cool too. That's cool too. But are we overlooking the quality of this joke? Come on, people. Let's be fair. Anyway, you want to hear the least surprising news of the day? The news is all weird and funny and today's show will b…

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