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Everything is Arbitrary

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Apologies: I mispronounced Nick Trefethen's name. And possibly other names too. There was also an audio glitch at 24mins that's fixed now.Royalty free music from DanosongsSources/Related Links:https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2014/jan/16/body-mass-index--discovered-by-a-belgian-astronomer-https://etherwave.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/hump-day-history-adolphe-quetelet-statistics-and-social-physics/https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-health-2018/contents/bmi-where-do-you-fithttps://slate.com/technology/2009/07/why-are-doctors-still-measuring-obesity-with-the-body-mass-index.htmlhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-useful-is-the-body-mass-index-bmi-201603309339https://www.self.com/story/weight-bias-and-health-carehttps://www.glamour.com/story/weight-stigma-is-keeping-patients-from-getting-the-care-they-needhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803092015.htmhttps://www.who.int/social_determinants/sdh_definition/en/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/health/obese-patients-health-care.htmlhttps://healthfeedback.org/evaluation/scientists-discuss-widely-shared-huffington-post-article-everything-you-know-obesity-wrong-michael-hobbes/https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105761372351532900https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/19/16742884/weight-loss-bariatric-surgery-pros-cons-storieshttps://medium.com/the-establishment/my-friends-would-rather-have-their-guts-cut-open-than-be-like-me-95a33a96d400http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-dark-side-of-gastric-sleeve.htmlhttps://www.healthline.com/health/what-its-like-to-live-with-atypical-anorexia#3