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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: Everything you know has an expiration date
Description: In April, 2010 â 13 years ago this month â we did a segment on the concept of the âmesofact,â a certain kind of data point that feels fixed even though itâs actually always slowly changing. (Iâd add a link to that show, but our archive doesnât actually go back that far.) And weâve gone back to the idea every now and again ever since. Think about things like the world population or the Periodic Table of the Elements. Or think about our understanding of the health and nutritional value of red wine. Or coffee. Or how Brussels sprouts a...