408: Chop Session with Stephen Dubner

Uh, Neil, lead us off, man.

You're-

Well, uh, there's been some-

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this has been weighing on you.

No, there's been a couple angry Tesla owners in my DMs.

First off, I'm not apologizing for my e-bike take.

Uh, and I think I've found a lot of community.

They're dangerous.

Okay.

People don't realize the power and how fast.

You know, we gotta have some restrictions on the e-bikes.

I feel, feel really good about that take.

But some, some angry Tesla owners on the door handle take, uh, that, you know...

Uh, I- I'm a big fan of analog door handles, Steven, and Teslas when they're like...

I, I just, I don't need a door handle to be automated.

And I- I understand the aerodynamics and aesthetic, but just, you can, you can take it away.

So I won't be apologizing for that.

I will be though, TC, I, I, I forgot to apologize about this from, uh, I think from June.

Uh, I, I think I said that New York State is the fourth least densely populated state in the union.

That is not correct.

I just wanna get that out there.

Uh, I'm not sure where I got that stat, but I've been operating like that in my head.

I feel like 10 years ago I heard that, so maybe it was without the New York metropolitan area, New York City.

I think the, the point stands that Western New York is very rural, and-