VSI Episode 6

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VSI Episode 6

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VSI Episode 6

Iron Dad

Randall Hayes

Jun 08, 2021

I’m not much into the whole Photoshop meme-remix culture, but this one seemed … relevant. Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/107593878575385165/

Original Blurb

Following on last week's geektastic tour of inclusive fitness, I compare the parenting strategies of two incarnations of Iron Man: the Favreau/Downey movies and the gamey Nicktoons show Armored Adventures.

And I never got to mention my favorite running joke from Armored Adventures, where Happy Hogan keeps greeting the very reserved Gene by yelling, "Khaaan! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" Ahh, the classics.

Quick note: I meant to say "parental affection," not "parental infection," but it's not quite Freudian enough to re-record. Speaking of the classics, it's amazing to me how many of the term papers I'm reading this weekend, in 2011, reference that guy.

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Updates from 2021

Iron Man 3? Not so much.

REFERENCES from the show

Iron Man 2 movie trailer

Iron Man: Armored Adventures on Wikipedia

Study: early puberty with absent fathers, though there are lots of possible confounding factors:

body fat percentage
socioeconomic status
amount of artificial light in the home

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Doctor Eclectic

For now, I'm reposting episodes of my first podcast, VSI: Variation Selection Inheritance, a show about evolution in all its forms. That includes life, culture, and technology, examined through interviews with experts, reviews of pop science and pop culture, and my own individual rantings.

This show was made possible by the National Science Foundation, through the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

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