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    Curiosity WeeklyCutting Sodium by Adding MSG, Measuring When People Give Up on Books, and How Giving Advice May Mean You Crave Power
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    Cutting Sodium by Adding MSG, Measuring When People Give Up on Books, and How Giving Advice May Mean You Crave Power

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    Learn about how replacing salt with MSG can actually help you cut back on sodium; the Hawking index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books; and why giving too much advice might mean that you crave power.

    In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about the Hawking Index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books: https://curiosity.im/33dFRLB

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 9 min10 December 2019ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

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    Learn about how replacing salt with MSG can actually help you cut back on sodium; the Hawking index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books; and why giving too much advice might mean that you crave power.

    In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about the Hawking Index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books: https://curiosity.im/33dFRLB

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    Study finds glutamates such as MSG can help reduce Americans' sodium intake | EurekaAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/epr-sfg110719.phpCurrent Sodium Intakes in the United States and the Modeled Effects of Glutamate Incorporation into Select Savory Products | MDPI — https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/11/2691After-Dinner Headache? MSG Is Probably Not To Blame. | Curiosity.com — https://curiosity.com/topics/after-dinner-headache-msg-is-probably-not-to-blame-curiosityWhy Power Seekers Give Advice | INSEAD Knolwedge — https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/why-power-seekers-give-advice-9626Advice giving: A subtle pathway to power | Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University — https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6779&context=lkcsb_researchAmazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/cutting-sodium-by-adding-msg-measuring-when-people-give-up-on-books-and-how-giving-advice-may-mean-you-crave-power

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