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TRC #579: Mad Mike’s Rocket Crash + Mercury Precession x General Relativity + Revealed Preferences
TRC #579: Mad Mike’s Rocket Crash + Mercury Precession x General Relativity + Revealed Preferences
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
With half the crew in isolation, we take a reprieve from coronavirus news. First, Adam digs into headlines about daredevil "Mad Mike" Hughes who died in a homemade rocket accident intended to “prove” the Earth is flat. One of our two favourite Stuarts, Dr. Stu Robbins, brings us a relatively compelling look into the precession of Mercury. Finally, Darren brings us an interesting overview of revealed preferences, a major theory of consumption behaviour.
Released:
Mar 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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