Blue eyes are a lie

Anatomy is strange. Etymology can be even stranger. This episode, Cher implores Teia to attempt identifying parts of the body based solely on their namesake If you know anything about root words, they can appear absolutely out of pocket. What part of the body do you think is named ‘big hole’?

We talk about teleological arguments, undoing vasectomies, and doughnut topology. To escape the highbrow nonsense, we also play a few rounds of Innuendo, making the most incredibly crass, raunchy - and hopefully witty - euphemisms and pick up lines.

Cher’s quote of the day: “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose”Richard Dawkins (2015). “The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

Sources for this episode:

Capillaries:

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cardiovascular/blood/classification.html

Uvulas and their human uniqueness:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1408233/

Blue eyes and structural colour:

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/your-blue-eyes-arent-really-blue

Descartes on the pineal gland:

https://n.neurology.org/content/94/15_Supplement/914

The Patella:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patella

The Foramen Magnum, the biggest hole in the skull:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526041/Manfred Werner/Tsui - CC by-sa 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.