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The video begins with a discussion regarding courtroom behavior, specifically analyzing footage of Wade Wilson from the Netflix series *Worst X Ever*. The host uses this example to illustrate how killers often appear unnervingly calm during sentencing hearings or trials. This composure is not necessarily a sign of relaxation but rather an intense state of focus and control. To demonstrate these non-verbal cues, the speaker contrasts typical human reactions with those displayed by individuals who are highly focused or potentially psychopathic. For instance, while most people blink frequently when stressed—reaching rates as high as 85 to 90 times per minute—or become hyper-focused on a task like taking math tests and drop their blink rate significantly, the speaker notes that figures like Charles Manson maintain wide-open eyes without blinking during interviews because they are intensely focused rather than relaxed. A key body language indicator highlighted is the exposure of arteries in men, such as showing one's neck or leaning back with arms outstretched, which signals defiance and a lack of fear. In contrast to this display of aggression, individuals who thrive on autonomy often exhibit subtle behaviors like lip licking before speaking, an action described as a hygienic gesture used to improve appearance while attempting to maintain control in the situation. The transcript emphasizes that blinking is one of the most reliable indicators studied in body language; when people are deeply engaged with something important or watching a captivating movie like *Interstellar*, their blink rate can drop drastically without them realizing it, distinguishing deep concentration from physical relaxation. The conversation shifts to an anecdote about the host's experience filming for the reality TV show *Love Island*. During his time on the show, he attempted to discuss the real science behind the physics of black holes in *Interstellar*, noting that the film was consulted by physicist Kip Thorne and featured accurate modeling of phenomena like Gargantua. Despite not being a physicist himself, he engaged other cast members in these conversations while wearing an elastic necklace microphone with a battery pack in his pocket. The show's production crew monitored him 24 hours a day via rotating shifts on separate audio channels to capture every whisper and fart. Upon returning from the three-week stint, two producers approached him specifically asking for the name of Kip Thorne's book regarding black hole physics, proving that they had been listening intently even when he was not speaking directly to them or being filmed. The segment concludes with a promotional discussion about hydration and performance optimization using Element, an electrolyte drink mix. The speaker explains how dehydration impacts physical and mental performance over time, leading him to incorporate this specific product into his morning routine for the last five years. He describes the taste as a sweet, salty orange nectar that helps reduce muscle cramps and fatigue while optimizing brain health and regulating appetite. To support viewers in trying it out, he mentions their no-questions-asked refund policy with unlimited duration and offers free shipping within the US. Listeners are encouraged to try a sample pack by visiting drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom or clicking the link provided in the video description below.
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Have you seen footage of Wade Wilson and
on the stand? This is the Deadpool
killer. No. Okay, I'm going to This is
cool. You haven't seen this one, maybe.
>> up. Yeah. Jerry, can you just pull up um
Deadpool killer sentencing? Is this from
the movie Deadpool?
>> No, so this guy's called Wade Wilson.
And there's a great You would love this.
You You guys should actually do If
you're still doing the reaction thing,
it would be cool for you guys to do a
reaction to the Netflix series that's
just come out. It's called uh Worst X
Ever. And a lot of it uh at least the
two episodes that I saw last week. Wade
Wilson's the first one and the character
Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds' character, his
real name is Wade Wilson. Yeah, here we
go. Here we go. And would be only
further broken if it took Wade's last
breath.
That broken system owes Christine and it
owes Diane and it owes their families.
So, stop here.
Stop here.
>> So, one thing that you'll see especially
in men,
when you'll see this in women, too,
sometimes, but you'll see it in men is
we We talked about like arteries.
When we want to show defiance and and
and that I'm I'm not scared of you, like
if we're about to get in a fight, I'll
be like, "What?"
You show your neck. Yeah, so we'll like
expose the arteries. Look, you'll see
the arms come out like this.
>> I'm not scared of you. Yeah, so like I'm
exposing arteries and we see that in
>> Neck open. Yeah, leaning back.
So, this is almost like a a display of
absolute lack of fear.
>> Dismissiveness.
Dismissiveness.
>> All right, let's keep going.
Mr. Steve Wilson.
We would rest.
All right. So, I would just ask that you
colloquy the defendant to ensure that he
doesn't want to speak at this hearing.
>> Well, Mr. Wilson, you have an
opportunity just like during any of the
other phases of Well, let me just finish
real quick. Any of the other phases
during the case,
uh if you want to address the court, uh
I would permit you to do that.
Obviously, you know, everything's
recorded, uh but uh you would have that
opportunity if you wish. No one can
prevent you from addressing the
>> Hasn't blinked yet.
There we go. No one can make you address
the court if you don't want to. So, it
is a decision that's solely left up to
you if you want to address the court or
not.
>> Not today.
Later, when I come back,
I will. Today?
>> Okay. All right, pause that. Okay.
So, what you saw like right before he
was talking, you saw the lip licking.
Mhm. That's the hygienic gesture to
improve his appearance. Mhm. Mhm.
Uh you didn't see him lean forward or
anything. He's trying to maintain some
kind of control in the situation. He
probably thrives on a lot of autonomy
and [clears throat] and just knowing
that he's kind of self-governing a
little bit.
You didn't see him blinking at all
during that process. One of the
interesting things about blinking is
and I don't talk about uh body language
anymore on podcasts. I usually talk
about DMT and and all that kind of
stuff, but
That's episode two. Episode two.
So,
blinking is one of the most reliable
body language indicators
ever studied. And it's cool because we
spend our time looking at people's eyes
throughout our conversation.
Um
let me show you this one like just a
badass trick. I think it's badass.
The average blinks per minute of human
beings in conversation is around 15,
give or take.
15 blinks a minute.
If we are in a uh situation that is
stressful,
without even noticing it, our blink rate
can go up to like 85 90. And we would
don't even notice that our blinking has
changed.
It's insane.
Like when I took like the math portion
of my SATs, I suck at math, so I was I
was probably at like a 90.
But, what happens when our
our body gets focused in on something
that's important,
or watching a movie that's super
interesting, our blink rate, without
noticing, can go down to like a two.
So, stress increases how often we blink,
and it's not relaxation that that lowers
it. It's focus.
So, if you see these uh
psychopaths that are doing these
interviews like Manson and he's just
doing this to the interviewer and his
eyes are open the whole time and he
doesn't blink at all the whole time.
That's focus, not relaxation. Uh those
are very different things.
Uh like when I watched the movie
Interstellar,
my one of my favorite movies, I probably
>> My favorite movie of all time. Mine,
too.
I I probably blinked three or four
times.
>> [laughter]
>> It's a long movie, too. It is. I think
three and a half hour movie. I own the
uh Tesseract from that movie that was
built by uh Kip Thorne.
What do you mean?
>> I'll have to send you a photo of it.
Like it the model that they used for the
Tesseract of the the movie.
>> Bookcase.
No, no. Like the entire Tesseract is
like you can use binoculars and look
down into this thing for like 30 miles.
I'll send you a picture of it.
>> Unreal. Well, I so interesting. Let me
You weren't expecting this. Love Island
reference. Um
Interstellar came out just before I went
on this reality TV show and while I was
on there, I was desperately trying to
hold on to anyone that wanted to talk
about nerdy [ __ ] with me. I managed to
grab one of the other cast members and
go and have a conversation with him and
I remember I was talking about the real
science of Interstellar cuz Kip Thorne
released that book.
He was the consultant physicist on it
and then
uh Brian Cox did his live show
and the background of Brian Cox's live
show was made by the same people that
modeled Gargantua.
That was the black hole. So, that's a
real fully appropriately modeled using
physics of the world and the universe
Yeah. black hole and I went to go and
see him after I got back with
uh in Leeds and it was the coolest
thing. I just remember that that really
sticks with me, the fact that I was
trying to have this conversation from
memory about the physics of Interstellar
as a non-physics person that's only seen
Interstellar once. I remember whoever's
listening on this Is someone listening
to your mic 24 hours a day when you do
these reality TV shows. And I remember
thinking, whoever Whoever poor bastard
has been cursed with listening to me try
and
like
card memory my way through this physics
lesson is uh
destined for for challenges.
So, you're mic'd up all all day? 24
hours. Yeah, and if you get up and go to
the bathroom in the middle of the night,
they want to
They want you to put your mic on. So,
you have a little
uh necklace kind of like this, but it's
made of elastic, and then a battery pack
in your pocket. There's a little wire
that runs up and over.
>> fart into them on purpose cuz you know
someone
>> The guys did all sorts. Yeah, you fart
Yeah, I mean, you'll just whisper stuff
cuz you know that you're you're being
listened to 24 hours a day, and there's
one person on each audio channel. So,
these guys are on
>> Oh, you have a one human dedicated to
your mic?
>> Exactly. Yeah, on 8-hour shifts. 1 2 3 1
2 3 1 2 3 rotating. And I came out three
weeks in, and that was the end of my my
time there. Was this like a Survivor?
I'm sorry, I didn't know. I don't
Imagine Survivor, but for fuckboys.
>> [laughter]
>> Uh that's basically what it is. It's
It's
Navy SEAL Hell Weeks for people who you
don't want your daughter to get married
to. Okay.
>> And um
I came [snorts] out and had these two
guys come up to me. They said, "Chris,
you you you don't know us. You don't
know who we are. Um but we've been
listening to you 8 hours a day for the
last 3 weeks.
And I just wanted to ask, "What was the
name of that book about the physics
thing to do with the
to do to do with the movie that you're
listening to?" It's like, [ __ ] like
that was I wasn't on camera. I mean,
you're always on camera, but I would
There was just some wanky conversation
between me and Jordan, one of the other
guys. And I like, "Oh, [ __ ] you really
were listening
throughout the whole thing." Cuz for the
rest of it, I'm talking about you know,
[ __ ] But uh the one time I had an
interesting conversation, the guys were
like, "What the [ __ ] the name of the
book? Was it Kip Thorne?" Some other guy
that did the thing. Wow. So, yeah,
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