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Pleased to Meet Me Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are

Bill Sullivan

Why are you attracted to a certain "type?" Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way you do? From a witty new voice in popular science comes a clever, life-changing look at what makes you "I can't believe I just said that." "What possessed me to do that?" "What's wrong with me?" We're c...

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The Jordan Harbinger Show

It was discussed as encompassing many great topics, including epigenetics and how the environment affects who we are. The book originated from a virtual reunion with old friends, making Bill wonder why people are so similar yet different.

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I loved all the 80s references in the book because born in 1980 myself, you have a lot of kind of deep cuts.

— Episode: 610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me

Episode: 610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me

It was discussed as encompassing many great topics, including epigenetics and how the environment affects who we are. The book originated from a virtual reunion with old friends, making Bill wonder why people are so similar yet different.

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I loved all the 80s references in the book because born in 1980 myself, you have a lot of kind of deep cuts.

The book is very interesting. I don't cover health, but this isn't really health. This is more about how humans are biomechanical machines and we're very different from one another. Yet we kind of don't really know why. Is that accurate?

And this book encompasses a lot of great stuff. It just all started with the virtual reunion that happened years ago when I got on social media and just started linking up with friends who I haven't spoken to or seen in 20 years.

The gut has 8 million genes in it you wrote but is that kind of like saying the chicken I just ate has a ton of genes in it because there's DNA in the meat or are you talking about something else?

It's a funny visual that there's so much going on down there that there's actually more than in the rest of my body.

Episode: 610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me

It was discussed in the context of epigenetics and how our genes can be affected by our environment, behaviors and experiences, leading to significant differences in people who seemingly started out similar.

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The book is very interesting. I don't cover health, but this isn't really health. This is more about how humans are biomechanical machines and we're very different from one another. Yet we kind of don't really know why. Is that accurate?

And this book encompasses a lot of great stuff.

I loved all the 80s references in the book because born in 1980 myself, you have a lot of kind of deep cuts. There's a lot of references in there that I go, wow, okay, I haven't heard that for a hot minute.

It seems like there's a whole show here so I'll move on pretty quick but I'm so interested in this because even though I don't cover health, this isn't really one of those things that's like it's not a fad diet or an exercise plan. This is something that I think is pretty well documented and is not just hype.

You mentioned being a super-taster now this is something that I've experienced I'm also a super-taster. Tell us what this is because I've just heard oh I have more taste buds than normal people but what it results in is me hating a lot of things that other people love.

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