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DTG Recommends... Immune by Philipp Dettmer (Patreon)

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2024-04-06 03:19:38
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2026-06
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We often have a lot of criticisms when it comes to the gurus and sometimes people ask us for recommendations for alternative 'good' sources.

Here is one!

This is an advance release video for Patreons, ahead of edits, so apologies for the vocal tics!

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DTG Recommends... Immune! by Philipp Dettmer

Matt and Chris have a gushing conversation about a book they recently read that they both strongly recommend.

Comments

Emma

I enjoyed this! My first degree is biology although I'm pretty rusty now as my career went a diff direction. But this book reminds me of how cool and mind blowing it is to try and wrap your head around the inner workings of our bodies! Also the book is just really beautiful! Good recommendation!

Emma

On the topic of popular science books which really give you this whole new appreciation and interest into a particular field of study. I thought of a few. Not for gurus pod to cover but just as fun book nerd chat.

Jarod S

Great little chat guys. Always fun to see other people experience the same sense of awe/mindblown-ness when learning about super intricate/complex systems like this and just how unfathomable it can all seem. Really does cement my appreciation for science and the work of so many smart people throughout the ages, while at the same time amplifying my disdain for what the gurus get up to.

Lilydale

I love to get a good book recommendation from you and I just downloaded it from Audible!

Linda Sears

I fail to understand why people need gods and spirits to give life meaning when life is so incredibly interesting and awe-inspiring on its own.

Leslie

You convinced me! Ordering book now.

Roland Weber

Thanks, that was a very enthusiastic and entertaining review! I already have a stack of unread books lying around, so I'll keep this on the backlog for the next time I get sick and have to stay in bed for a few days. 😃🤒 Some ideas that came to my mind while watching... Hard science explained to laypersons by good analogies, while dutifully pointing out the limits of those analogies: Matt Strassler: Waves in an Impossible Sea I'm currently three quarters through this Physics book on elementary fields, which eventually explains how the Higgs field gives mass to electrons. This is my first dive into subatomic particles (wavicles), and I'm learning a lot. Found this book through Sean Carroll's podcast a month ago. https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/03/04/267-matt-strassler-on-relativity-fields-and-the-language-of-reality/ Delivery took three weeks, so I'm reading it quite fast. If you're more interested in humans: Andy Clark: The Experience Machine - How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality He's a proponent of the theory that the brain runs a model of the outside world, predicting what sensory input it's going to receive. Problems arise when the error correction between the model and the senses fails. There are also new ways of treating some health issues based on this theory. Mind-boggling stuff 😁 The discussion about the border between self and outside made me think of Nora Bateson and her "Where is the edge of you?" cue. She had an interesting Dinner&Talk with renowned (redoubted?) sensemaker Daniel Schmachtenberger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi5-90TnI3Y

Linda Sears

I’m glad y’all mentioned the misunderstanding that a person can have about “strengthening” the immune system. Immune system caused inflammation is no fun!

Níall

Remember this moment when we're all buying DtG Bath Water

Robert Andrews

Not listened yet, but looking forward to it. I remember you (Chris) saying you got this book for your son about a year or more ago in another podcast episode thinking that it would be some coolly illustrated picture book in the style of the author's channel, Kurzgesagt. I think I bought the book about the same time (using an Amazon gift certificate I got for participating in a psychology experiment!) for my own son under the same misapprehension. I only got a few chapters in, so wondering if you have spoilers in this episode.

Robert Roots

I think it’s important to point out that the anti-vaxers are also (possibly primarily) concerned with the adjuvants, not just the virus/bacteria bits

Linda Sears

Got my copy of Immune shipped! It looks like it will be fun.