Notes from the very first Down the Whole forum — five friends on a call covering Pythagorean hammers, binaural beats, alpha waves, titanium alloys, p-values, and everything in between. Plus: how to make it better next time.
Christian Battaglia
January 14, 2020
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DTW #1 - Intro to Down the Whole
2020-01-14
Attendees:
Owen
Karl
Miles
Louis
Christian
Announcements:
updates
rules
~2 min of talk time
A -> Z
Why?
for the serious bits of conversation that would otherwise not be mentioned because of the normal day to day
connect people around the world
short list of friends
Meet and Greet:
Karl
(producing vs consuming)
Owen
Rope Hitchcock
Louis
pilot license is the hardest thing he's done
Miles
computer science maybe heading to NYC?
Down the Whole #1:
Pythagorean hammers
pleasing sounds
homo deus (allows humans)
frequencies across cultures
tribal drums and beats per minute
alpha wave
binaural beats
dogs and cancer patients
will to live
how we think about science
bacteria molecules...?
mental way? vs physical way?
twins nature vs nurture
3 identical strangers
nutritional science
ice cream, high cholesterol
p-value correlation
no connection vs connection (when?)
NYT big links and headlines
we didn't find a connection vs THERE IS NO CONNECTION
nothing with humans because there are too many factors