About this episode

The hosts discuss the science of swearing and a social experiment in Scotland exploring survival in a wilderness setting.

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Courtney take a look at two topics of intrigue: The Science of Swearing: Whether you hate it or love it, swearing is a part of the human condition, but also turns out it has a much bigger impact than just being colorful language Eden: Paradise Lost: In 2016 a UK show asked the question "What if we could start again?" and took 23 people and dropped them off in the wilderness of Scotland to see if they could survive and thrive. The results were unexpected Pt. 2 + 3 Eden: Paradise Lost https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0151-0153-swearing-in-eden/

People in this episode

Hosts: Cayla, Nathan, Courtney

Topics covered

• swearing
• human condition
• Eden
• survival
• paradise lost
• social experiment

Keywords

• swearing
• Eden
• paradise lost
• social experiment
• human condition
• Scotland
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eden: Paradise Lost

Places: Scotland

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