The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Suck and Blow

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong ›

36:17 | Nov 19th, 2019

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Everything you've ever learned about physics, chemistry, astronomy, and even biology, is wrong. That was the conclusion reached by Alfred Lawson, major league pitcher, avionics pioneer, populist polit...Show More



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katatonic2757 recommended:Sep 4th, 2022

I thought this episode was:

🤣 Absolutely hilarious
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rmmiller364 recommended:Jun 30th, 2020

Wow, what a treat. The University of Lawsonomy was sure.... something. A school where the professors were also the students, the only books allowed were by the university founder himself, and the entire universe was explained through the principles of “suck” and “blow.” Currently looking for other...Show More

I thought this episode was:

🥳 Entertaining
🤣 Absolutely hilarious
🤪 Weird
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epekilisJun 30th, 2020

@rmmiller364 I got nuthin’ that tops this description . . . :)

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mm recommended:Jul 20th, 2020

Bwahahahahha All you need to know is "suck" and "blow" according to this "prof" who built a school around those concepts. You have to say that Alfred Lawson was a polymath. I mean, he played baseball professionally in the major league, invented commercial airline flights, wrote books and founded a u...Show More

I thought this episode was:

😲 Fascinating
😂 Funny
🤪 Weird
🕵️‍ Well-researched
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rmmiller364Jul 21st, 2020

@mm definitely “the stupidest university ever”!

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mmJul 21st, 2020

@rmmiller364 The irony is the guy is not that dumb. Most people would be happy to accomplish a quarter of the things he did in a lifetime.

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