If you are easily tricked and gullible, fear not the Mere Mortals are here!!! In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Gullibility'. Before diving in the team want to give a big shout out to all those who have joined us for our journey so far. The team has just passed the 1 year anniversary of starting the podcast and we feel like we are just getting started!

To start off the conversation, the Mere Mortals ask themselves if they are gullible? This leads into talking about the power of good story, with a good example of this being the flesh eating bananas taking over the world. Gullible is an sneaky word as the definition initially seems simple, but as one gets into its intricacies it seems to become less clear. The convo ends on a more philosophical note, exploring the base nature of humans and whether we need to protect ourselves from being too trusting. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:

0:00 - Introduction & Kyrin's hyperventilation error

1:36 - Mere Mortal Moments

6:58 - Definition & etymology

9:32 - Are the Mere Mortals gullible?

13:36 - The power of a good story

18:36 - Flesh eating bananas

21:33 - Honing in on the definition

28:05 - Sticky nuggets

30:11 - Fake news and conspiracy theories

32:03 - The downsides of being gullible

33:50 - Well informed people could be more gullible

37:01 - Are humans naturally trusting or doubting?

39:51 - Immunising ourselves from gullibility

43:02 - Connect with the Mere Mortals

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