Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass")
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{{Episode_Infobox | title = Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass") | caption = | episode_number = 282 | release_date = April 16, 2024 | length = 01:25:12 | listen = [[File:Episode-282-fearful-symmetry-borges-death-and-the-compass | quote_source = | opening_subject = | beat_break_song = | main_subject = | guests = | previous_episode = Choose Your Fighter | next_episode = When Elephants Podcast }}Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass") is the 282nd episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on April 16, 2024.
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Show Notes
A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabbalah texts and a single page in an typewriter that reads "The first letter of the name has been written." The celebrated detective and "reasoning machine" Erik Lönnrot suspects a rabbinical explanation but is he seeing patterns that may not be there? David and Tamler get out their pipes, magnifying glasses, and deerstalker hats to unravel another Borges mystery: "Death and the Compass." Plus a new study on why men make errors about whether women are flirting with them, the latest in our series on studies that employ erotic fiction.