EG 2007
AJ Jacobs: My year of living biblically
A.J. Jacobs'tan Incil'e uygun bir sene
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Yazar, filozof, gazeteci ve muzip insan A.J. Jacobs, en son EG konferansinda Incil'in kurallarina harfiyen uyarak gecirdigi bir seneyi anlatiyor.
AJ Jacobs - Author
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
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00:16
I thought I'd tell you a little about what I like to write.
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Bugun size hakkinda yazmayi sevdigim konulardan bahsedecegim.
00:20
And I like to immerse myself in my topics.
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Konulara kendimi nasil kaptirdigimi,
00:24
I just like to dive right in and become sort of a human guinea pig.
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baliklama dalip, nasil bir nevi denege donustugumu anlatacagim.
00:29
And I see my life as a series of experiments.
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Ve kendi hayatimi nasil bir deneyler dizisi olarak gordugumu...
00:34
So, I work for Esquire magazine, and a couple of years ago,
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Esquire dergisinde calisiyorum, ve birkac sene once
00:38
I wrote an article called "My Outsourced Life,"
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"Baskalarina Yasattigim Hayatim" baslikli bir yazi yazdim.
00:41
where I hired a team of people in Bangalore, India,
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Hayatimi benim yerime yasamalari icin
00:45
to live my life for me.
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Hindistan'in Bangalore sehrinden bir grup insan tuttum.
00:47
So, they answered my emails.
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Benim e-postalarimi cevapladilar.
00:49
They answered my phone.
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Telefonlarima yanit verdiler.
00:51
They argued with my wife for me, and they read my son bedtime stories.
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Benim yerime esimle tartisip, aksamlari ogluma uyku oncesi masallari anlattilar.
00:58
It was the best month of my life,
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Hayatimin en guzel ayiydi,
01:00
because I just sat back and I read books and watched movies.
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ben sadece oturup kitap okudum, film izledim.
01:05
It was a wonderful experience.
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Muazzam bir tecrubeydi.
01:07
More recently, I wrote an article for Esquire called --
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Yakin bir zamanda, yine Esquire icin radikal durustluk
01:10
about radical honesty.
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uzerine baska bir yazi yazdim.
01:13
And this is a movement where --
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Bu, Virginia'li bir psikolog tarafindan
01:15
this is started by a psychologist in Virginia,
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baslatilmis akima gore
01:19
who says that you should never, ever lie,
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insan, ne olursa olsun, hicbir zaman yalan soylememeli,
01:22
except maybe during poker and golf, his only exceptions.
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poker ve golf istisna.
01:27
And, more than that, whatever is on your brain
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Daha da onemlisi, aklinizdan ne geciyorsa
01:29
should come out of your mouth.
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oldugu gibi dile getirmelisiniz.
01:31
So, I decided I would try this for a month.
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Bunu da bir ay boyunca denedim.
01:34
This was the worst month of my life.
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Hayatimin en kotu ayiydi.
01:37
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
01:38
I do not recommend this at all.
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Kimseye tavsiye etmem.
01:40
To give you a sense of the experience,
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Nasil bir sey oldugunu anlamaniz icin yazinin basligini soyleyeyim
01:42
the article was called, "I Think You're Fat."
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"Bence Sismansin."
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(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
01:48
So, that was hard.
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Hic kolay degildi.
01:50
My most recent book -- my previous book was called "The Know-It-All,"
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En son kitabimin, bir onceki kitabimin adi "Her Seyi Bilen" idi,
01:55
and it was about the year I spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica
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ve A'dan Z'ye Britannica ansiklopedisini okuyup
01:59
from A to Z in my quest to learn everything in the world,
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dunyadaki her seyi ogrenmeye calisarak gecirdigim seneyi anlatiyordu.
02:03
or more precisely from Aak, which is a type of East Asian music,
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Daha dogrusu A-aktan, yani Dogu Asya muzik turunden
02:08
all the way to Zwyiec, which is -- well, I don't want to ruin the ending.
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Zwyiec'e kadar... Onun ne oldugunu aciklarsam kitabin sonunu soylemis olurum.
02:12
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
02:13
It's a very exciting twist ending, like an O. Henry novel, so I won't ruin it.
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Ansiklopedinin sonu surpriz, O. Henry romani gibi, o yuzden sonunu sakli tutayim.
02:17
But I love that one,
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Ansiklopedi okuma isini bu kadar sevmemin
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because that was an experiment about how much information
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nedeni insan beyninin
02:23
one human brain could absorb.
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ne kadar bilgi emebilecegi uzerine bir deney olmasiydi.
02:25
Although, listening to Kevin Kelly, you don't have to remember anything.
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Gerci, Kevin Kelly'ye kulak verirseniz, hicbir sey hatirlamak zorunda degilsiniz.
02:29
You can just Google it.
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Google'da ararsiniz gider.
02:31
So, I wasted some time there.
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Yani zamanimi bosa harcamis oldum.
02:33
I love those experiments,
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Boyle deneyleri seviyorum
02:36
but I think that the most profound
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ama sanirim yasadigim en derin ve
02:38
and life-changing experiment that I've done
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bende en cok iz birakan deney
02:42
is my most recent experiment, where I spent a year
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en sonuncusuydu. Bir yil boyunca
02:46
trying to follow all of the rules of the Bible,
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Incil'in kaidelerine gore yasamaya calistim --
02:49
"The Year of Living Biblically."
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"Incil'e Uygun Bir Sene."
02:52
And I undertook this for two reasons.
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Bunu iki nedenle yaptim.
02:55
The first was that I grew up with no religion at all.
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Birincisi dinin olmadigi bir ortamda buyumus olmam.
02:59
As I say in my book, I'm Jewish in the same way
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Kitabimda da anlattigim uzere, Olive Garden (Amerika'da Italyan-Amerikan sentezi bir restoran)
03:03
the Olive Garden is Italian.
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ne kadar Italyan ise, ben de o kadar Yahudi'yim.
03:05
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
03:07
So, not very.
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Yani pek degil.
03:09
But I've become increasingly interested in religion.
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Ama zaman icerisinde dine olan ilgim artti.
03:12
I do think it's the defining issue of our time,
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Bence gunumuzun en onemli konusu,
03:14
or one of the main ones.
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ya da konularindan biri.
03:16
And I have a son. I want to know what to teach him.
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Bunlarin disinda, bir ogul sahibiyim. Ona ne ogretmem gerektigini bilmek istiyorum.
03:19
So, I decided to dive in head first, and try to live the Bible.
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O yuzden din konusuna baliklama daldim ve Incil'e harfiyen uyarak yasamaya calistim.
03:24
The second reason I undertook this is because
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Ikinci nedenime gelince...
03:27
I'm concerned about the rise of fundamentalism,
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Koktenciligin artisi beni endiselendiriyor,
03:30
religious fundamentalism, and people who say
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ozellikle de kokten dinciligin, ve Incil'in her dedigini gercek kabul
03:33
they take the Bible literally, which is, according to some polls,
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eden insanlarin varligi, ki bu insanlar bazi anketlere gore
03:36
as high as 45 or 50 percent of America.
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Amerikalilar'in yuzde 45'i ila 50'sini olusturuyorlar.
03:40
So I decided, what if you really did take the Bible literally?
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Ben de dusundum ki, Incil'in dediklerine harfi harfine uysam ne olur?
03:44
I decided to take it to its logical conclusion
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Incil'i oldugu gibi alip, dedikleri arasinda
03:48
and take everything in the Bible literally,
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secim yapmadan her soyledigini
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without picking and choosing.
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kabul etmeye karar verdim.
03:53
The first thing I did was I got a stack of bibles.
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Ilk yaptigim is, bir suru Incil istiflemek oldu.
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I had Christian bibles.
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Hristiyan Incil'leri.
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I had Jewish bibles.
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Yahudi Incil'leri.
04:00
A friend of mine sent me something called a hip-hop bible,
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Bir arkadasim bana hip-hop Incil'i diye bir sey yolladi,
04:03
where the twenty-third Psalm is rendered as, "The Lord is all that,"
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23. ayet "Tanri budur" diye degistirilmis,
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as opposed to what I knew it as, "The Lord is my shepherd."
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dogrusu "Ve Tanri benim cobanim."
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Then I went down and I read several versions,
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Sonra birkac farkli Incil okudum,
04:15
and I wrote down every single law that I could find.
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bulabildigim her kaideyi not aldim.
04:18
And this was a very long list -- over 700 rules.
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Cok uzun liste oldu -- 700'den fazla kural.
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And they range from the famous ones that I had heard of --
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En bilinenlerinden basladim --
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The Ten Commandments, love your neighbor, be fruitful and multiply.
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"10 Emir", komsunu sev, verimli ol ve ure.
04:29
So I wanted to follow those.
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Amacim butun bu kaidelere uymakti.
04:31
And actually, I take my projects very seriously,
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Ve aslina bakarsaniz, bu projemi cok ciddiye aldim.
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because I had twins during my year,
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cunku bu sene zarfinda ikizlerim dogdu,
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so I definitely take my projects seriously.
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yani projeye kesinlikle cok ciddi yaklastim.
04:39
But I also wanted to follow the hundreds
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Ama ayni zamanda Incil'deki gizemli ve anlasilmasi guc
04:42
of arcane and obscure laws that are in the Bible.
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yuzlerce kaideye uymak istedim.
04:45
There is the law in Leviticus,
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Mesela Leviticus'a gore
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"You cannot shave the corners of your beard."
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"Sakalinin koselerini tiraslayamazsin"
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I didn't know where my corners were,
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Ben sakalimin koselerinin tam olarak neresi oldugunu bilmedigim icin
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so I decided to let the whole thing grow,
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sakalimi uzatmaya karar verdim
04:54
and this is what I looked like by the end.
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ve sonunda boyle gorunuyordum.
04:57
As you can imagine, I spent a lot of time at airport security.
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Tahmin edebileceginiz uzere, zamanimin onemli bir kismini havaalani guvenligine takilarak gecirdim.
05:01
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
05:03
My wife wouldn't kiss me for the last two months.
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Son iki ay esim beni opmeyi reddetti.
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So, certainly the challenge was there.
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Yani zorluk derseniz kesinlikle zordu.
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The Bible says you cannot wear clothes made of mixed fibers,
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Incil, karisik dokulardan yapilmis giysi giymeyi yasakliyor,
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so I thought, "Sounds strange, but I'll try it."
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ben de bu kurala bakip "ilginc, peki deneyeyim bakayim" diye dusundum.
05:15
You only know if you try it.
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Denemeden goremezsiniz.
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I got rid of all my poly-cotton T-shirts.
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Butun polyester-pamuk karisimi tisortlerimi ayikladim.
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The Bible says that if two men are in a fight,
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Incil, eger iki erkek kavga ediyorlarsa,
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and the wife of one of those men grabs the testicles of the other man,
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ve bu erkeklerden birinin esi diger erkegin testislerini avuclarsa,
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then her hand shall be cut off.
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o zaman kadinin eli kesilmeli der.
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So, I wanted to follow that rule.
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Bu kurala da uymak istedim.
05:34
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
05:35
That one I followed by default,
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Ben de, yakinlarda duran ve guclu elli karisi olan
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by not getting in a fight with a man whose wife was standing nearby,
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erkeklerle kavga etmeyerek
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looking like she had a strong grip.
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bu kurala hic caba sarfetmeden uymus oldum.
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(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
05:48
So -- oh, there's another shot of my beard.
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Evet -- iste sakalimin baska bir fotografi.
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I will say it was an amazing year
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Itiraf etmeliyim ki cok muazzam bir seneydi
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because it really was life changing, and incredibly challenging.
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cunku hakikaten de hayatimi degistiren ve beni zorlayan bir tecrube oldu.
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And there were two types of laws that were particularly challenging.
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Beni zorlayan iki tip emir oldu.
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The first was avoiding the little sins that we all commit every day.
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Birincisi her gun isledigimiz gunahlardan kacinmak.
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You know, I could spend a year not killing,
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Yani butun bir senemi cinayet islemeden gecirebilirim.
06:06
but spending a year not gossiping, not coveting, not lying --
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Ama butun bir sene dedikodu yapmamak, bir seylere imrenmemek, yalan soylememek --
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you know, I live in New York, and I work as a journalist,
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yani, sonucta New York'ta yasiyorum, ve meslegim de gazetecilik,
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so this was 75, 80 percent of my day I had to do it.
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yani gunumun yuzde 75'i, 80'i bu gunahlari isleyerek geciyor.
06:19
But it was really interesting, because I was able to make some progress,
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Ama aslinda burasi cok ilginc, cunku bir ilerleme katetmeyi basardim.
06:24
because I couldn't believe how much
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Davranislarimin dusuncelerimi ne kadar
06:26
my behavior changed my thoughts.
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etkiledigini kesfettim.
06:29
This was one of the huge lessons of the year,
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Senenin en onemli derslerinden biri bu oldu,
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is that I almost pretended to be a better person,
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iyi bir insanmis gibi gorunmeye calistikca,
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and I became a little bit of a better person.
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yavas yavas daha iyi bir insana donustum.
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So I had always thought, you know, "You change your mind,
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Bu zamana kadar hep, "Dusuncelerini degistirirsen,
06:42
and you change your behavior," but it's often the other way around.
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davranislarini da degistirirsin" diye dusunmustum, ama aslinda tam tersiymis.
06:45
You change your behavior, and you change your mind.
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Yani davranislarinizi degistirirseniz, dusunceleriniz de degisir.
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So, you know, if you want to become more compassionate,
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Sonucta, daha sefkatli bir insan olmak istiyorsaniz,
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you visit sick people in the hospital,
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hastaneye, hasta ziyaretine gidersiniz,
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and you will become more compassionate.
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ve sonucta daha sefkatli bir insan olursunuz.
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You donate money to a cause,
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Bir davaya para bagislarsaniz,
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and you become emotionally involved in that cause.
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o davaya inanirsiniz.
07:02
So, it really was cognitive psychology --
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Biraz kavramsal psikoloji --
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you know, cognitive dissonance -- that I was experiencing.
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yani kavramsal uyumsuzluk -- benim yasadigim seyin tanimi.
07:08
The Bible actually talks about cognitive psychology,
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Incil aslinda kavramsal psikolojiden bahsediyor,
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very primitive cognitive psychology.
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bayagi ilkel bir kavramsal psikoloji.
07:13
In the Proverbs, it says that if you smile, you will become happier,
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Gulumsedikce daha mutlu olursun derler,
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which, as we know, is actually true.
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dogru aslinda.
07:20
The second type of rule that was difficult to obey
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Ikinci tipteki kurallara uymak daha zor,
07:24
was the rules that will get you into a little trouble
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bunlar 21. yuzyil Amerika'sinda
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in twenty-first-century America.
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insanin basini derde sokabilecek kurallar.
07:30
And perhaps the clearest example of this is stoning adulterers.
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Herhalde en bariz ornek zina yapanlari taslamak.
07:35
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
07:36
But it's a big part of the Bible,
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Ama bu Incil'de cok onemli bir yer kapliyor
07:40
so I figured I had to address it.
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dolayisiyla bu konuda bir sey yapmam lazimdi.
07:43
So, I was able to stone one adulterer.
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Sonunda, zina yapan birini taslamayi basardim.
07:45
It happened -- I was in the park, and I was dressed in my biblical clothing,
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Sansa bakin -- parkta dolasiyordum ve uzerimde Incil'e uygun giysilerim vardi --
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so sandals and sort of a white robe,
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sandalet ve beyaz kaftan --
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you know, because again, the outer affects the inner.
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cunku bildiginiz uzere dis gorusunuz ic doganizi etkiler.
07:55
I wanted to see how dressing biblically affected my mind.
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Ben de Incil'e gore giyinmenin zihnimi ne kadar etkiledigini gormek istedim.
07:59
And this man came up to me and he said,
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Adamin biri gelip
08:01
"Why are you dressed like that?"
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"Niye boyle giyindin?" diye sordu.
08:03
And I explained my project,
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Ben de projemi anlattim,
08:05
and he said, "Well, I am an adulterer, are you going to stone me?"
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bana verdigi cevap: "Peki, ben zina yaptim, simdi beni taslayacak misin?" oldu.
08:08
And I said, "Well, that would be great!"
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Ben de "Aslinda cok iyi fikir" dedim.
08:11
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
08:16
And I actually took out a handful of stones from my pocket
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Cebimden haftalardir yanimda tasidigim
08:21
that I had been carrying around for weeks,
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bir avuc dolusu tas cikardim,
08:23
hoping for just this interaction -- and, you know, they were pebbles --
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karsima boyle bir firsat cikar diye umarak -- bildiginiz cakil tasi --
08:27
but he grabbed them out of my hand.
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ama adam onlari elimden kapti.
08:30
He was actually an elderly man, mid-70s, just so you know.
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Aslinda yasi geckin bir adamdi, 70'lerinin ortalarinda.
08:33
But he's still an adulterer, and still quite angry.
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Ama yine de zina yapmis biri ve cok da kizgin.
08:35
He grabbed them out of my hand
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Taslari elimden aldi
08:37
and threw them at my face, and I felt that I could --
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ve suratima atti, ve ben de dusundum ki --
08:40
eye for an eye -- I could retaliate, and throw one back at him.
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dise dis, ben de karsilik verebilirim, ve taslarin birini geri attim.
08:44
So that was my experience stoning, and it did allow me
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Iste bu benim taslama maceram, ve bu, daha buyuk meseleler
08:47
to talk about, in a more serious way, these big issues.
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hakkinda daha ciddi konusabilmemi sagladi.
08:52
How can the Bible be so barbaric in some places,
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Incil yer yer nasil bu denli barbar, ve yer yer
08:56
and yet so incredibly wise in others?
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nasil bu kadar bilge olabilir?
08:59
How should we view the Bible?
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Incil'i nasil yorumlamaliyiz?
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Should we view it, you know, as original intent,
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Anayasa mahkemesi hakimi, muhafazakar Scalia gibi,
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like a sort of a Scalia version of the Bible?
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Incil'deki her cumleyi Tanri'nin ne amacla yazdigini mi anlamaya calismaliyiz?
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How was the Bible written?
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Incil nasil yazildi?
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And actually, since this is a tech crowd,
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Ve aslinda -- sizler teknik insanlarsiniz --
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I talk in the book about how the Bible actually reminds me
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kitabimda Incil'in bana Wikipedia'yi ne kadar
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of the Wikipedia, because it has all of these authors and editors
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animsattigindan bahsediyorum. Yuzyillar boyunca
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over hundreds of years.
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butun bu yazarlar ve editorler uzerinde calismislar.
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And it's sort of evolved.
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Bir bakima evrim gecirmis.
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It's not a book that was written and came down from on high.
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Gokten yollanmis bir kitap degil.
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So I thought I would end by telling you
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Ben de size kulak arkasi yapasiniz diye
09:32
just a couple of the take-aways, the bigger lessons
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bu bir sene icinde aldigim birkac
09:35
that I learned from my year.
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dersten bahsetmek istiyorum.
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The first is, thou shalt not take the Bible literally.
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Birincisi - Incil'e harfi harfine inanmayacaksin.
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This became very, very clear, early on.
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Ilk cikarimlarindan biri bu oldu.
09:45
Because if you do, then you end up acting like a crazy person,
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Cunku Incil'e harfi harfine uyarsaniz, catlak biri gibi davranmaya baslarsiniz,
09:48
and stoning adulterers, or -- here's another example.
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zina yapanlari taslar, veya -- baska bir ornek --
09:51
Well, that's another. I did spend some time shepherding.
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mesela senemin bir kismini cobanlik yaparak gecirdim.
09:56
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
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It's a very relaxing vocation. I recommend it.
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Aslinda cok dinlendirici bir meslek. Herkese tavsiye ederim.
10:01
But this one is -- the Bible says that you cannot touch women
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Incil'e gore ayin bazi zamanlarinda
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during certain times of the month, and more than that,
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kadinlara dokunamazsiniz, dahasi
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you cannot sit on a seat where a menstruating woman has sat.
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regl olan bir kadinin oturmus oldugu koltuga oturamazsiniz.
10:12
And my wife thought this was very offensive,
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Esim haliyle bunu hakaret olarak yorumladi
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so she sat in every seat in our apartment,
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ve evdeki her iskemleye, koltuga oturdu.
10:16
and I had to spend much of the year standing
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Ben de kendi iskemlemi satin alip surekli yanimda tasimayi
10:19
until I bought my own seat and carried it around.
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akil edene kadar senemin cogunu ayakta gecirdim.
10:25
So, you know, I met with creationists.
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Sonra yaradilisa inananlarla karsilastim.
10:29
I went to the creationists' museum.
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Yaradiliscilarin muzesine gittim.
10:31
And these are the ultimate literalists.
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Bunlar, Incil'in her dedigini oldugu gibi kabul edenlerin onde gelenleri.
10:33
And it was fascinating, because they were not stupid people at all.
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Cok enteresan, cunku bu insanlar hic aptal degiller.
10:36
I would wager that their IQ is exactly the same as the average evolutionist.
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Hatta bahse girerim IQ'lari ortalama bir evrimcininkine denktir.
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It's just that their faith is so strong
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Sadece inanclari o kadar kuvvetli ki
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in this literal interpretation of the Bible
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Incil'i bu sekilde yorumlarken
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that they distort all the data to fit their model.
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her turlu veriyi ona uyacak bir sekilde carpitabiliyorlar.
10:49
And they go through these amazing mental gymnastics to accomplish this.
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Ve bunu basarabilmek icin inanilmaz beyin jimnastikleri yapiyorlar.
10:53
And I will say, though, the museum is gorgeous.
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Ve sunu da itiraf edeyim, muzeleri harikulade.
10:58
They really did a fantastic job.
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Hakikaten muazzam bir is cikarmislar.
11:00
If you're ever in Kentucky,
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Eger yolunuz Kentuck'ye duserse,
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there's, you can see a movie of the flood,
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muzede -- buyuk tufanla ilgili bir film izleyebilirsiniz,
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and they have sprinklers in the ceiling
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ve tavanda fiskiyeler var
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that will sprinkle on you during the flood scenes.
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tufan sahnelerinde su puskurtuyorlar.
11:10
So, whatever you think of creationism -- and I think it's crazy --
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Yaradilis konusunda tutumunuz ne olursa olsun, ve ben sahsen aptalca oldugunu dusunuyorum,
11:13
they did a great job.
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cok iyi bir is cikarmislar.
11:16
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
11:18
Another lesson is that thou shalt give thanks.
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Diger bir ders, sukran duyacaksin.
11:22
And this one was a big lesson because I was praying,
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Bu cok onemli bir ders. Dua etmeye basladim,
11:26
giving these prayers of thanksgiving, which was odd for an agnostic.
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sukran dualari, ki bu bir agnostik icin tuhaf bir sey.
11:30
But I was saying thanks all the time, every day,
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Her an, her gun sukran duydugumu dile getire getire
11:34
and I started to change my perspective.
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hayata bakis acim degisti,
11:37
And I started to realize the hundreds of little things
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her gun, kotu giden birkac
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that go right every day, that I didn't even notice,
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seye kafayi takmak yerine,
11:44
that I took for granted, as opposed to focusing
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yolunda giden yuzlerce ufak seyi
11:46
on the three or four that went wrong.
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fark eder oldum.
11:50
So, this is actually a key to happiness for me,
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Bence mutlulugun anahtari da bu,
11:53
is to just remember when I came over here,
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buraya gelirken arabamin takla atmadigini,
11:55
the car didn't flip over, and I didn't trip coming up the stairs.
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merdivenlerden asagi yuvarlanmadigimi fark edip, bunun icin sukran duymak.
11:59
It's a remarkable thing.
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Fevkalade bir sey.
12:03
Third, that thou shall have reverence.
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Ucuncu ders, saygi duyacaksin.
12:05
This one was unexpected because I started the year
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Benim icin en beklenmedik ders bu oldu. Bu projeye
12:08
as an agnostic, and by the end of the year,
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agnostik olarak basladim, ve proje biterken
12:10
I became what a friend of mine calls a reverent agnostic, which I love.
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arkadaslarimin degimiyle hurmetkar bir agnostige donustum, ki bu iyi bir sey.
12:15
And I'm trying to start it as a movement.
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Ben bunu bir akima donusturmek istiyorum.
12:17
So, if anyone wants to join,
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O yuzden aranizdan bana katilmak isteyen varsa,
12:19
the basic idea is, whether or not there is a God,
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bu akimin temel fikri, Tanri olsun ya da olmasin
12:22
there's something important and beautiful about the idea of sacredness,
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kutsallik fikrinin guzel ve onemli,
12:26
and that our rituals can be sacred.
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ve dini ayinlerin mukaddes olabilecegi.
12:28
The Sabbath can be sacred.
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Şabat kutsal olabilir.
12:31
This was one of the great things about my year, doing the Sabbath,
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Bu bir yilin en guzel yanlarindan biri Şabat uygulamakti,
12:34
because I am a workaholic, so having this one day
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cunku ben bir iskoligim ve calismamin yasak oldugu
12:38
where you cannot work, it really, that changed my life.
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bir gun olmasi -- gercekten hayatimi degistirdi.
12:42
So, this idea of sacredness, whether or not there is a God.
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Yani, Tanri olsun olmasin, bir kutsallik hissi.
12:47
Thou shall not stereotype.
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Basmakalip kliselerden kacinacaksin.
12:49
This one happened because
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Bu yargiya, Amerika'nin cesitli yerlerinde
12:51
I spent a lot of time with various religious communities
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sayili dini topluluklarla zaman
12:54
throughout America because I wanted it to be more
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gecirerek vardim, cunku bunun benim
12:56
than about my journey.
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yolculugumdan daha fazla bir sey ifade etmesini istedim.
12:58
I wanted it to be about religion in America.
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Amerika'da din hakkinda olmasini istedim.
13:01
So, I spent time with evangelical Christians, and Hasidic Jews, and the Amish.
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Evanjelik Hristiyanlar'la, Hasidik Yahudilerle ve Amisler'le zaman gecirdim.
13:05
I'm very proud because
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Kendimle gurur duyuyorum cunku
13:07
I think I'm the only person in America
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herhalde Amerika'da bir Yehova Sahidi'nden daha uzun sure
13:09
to out Bible-talk a Jehovah's Witness.
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Incil'den bahsedebilen tek insan benim.
13:12
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
13:13
After three and a half hours, he looked at his watch,
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Uc bucukuncu saatte kolundaki saate bakti,
13:16
he's like, "I gotta go."
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"gitmem lazim" dedi.
13:18
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
13:20
Oh, thank you very much.
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Cok tesekkur ederim.
13:25
Thank you. Bless you, bless you.
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Cok tesekkurler. Tanri sizi korusun, Tanri sizi korusun.
13:27
But it was interesting
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Ama cok ilgincti
13:29
because I had some very preconceived notions about, for instance,
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cunku bazi alanlarda, mesela Evanjelik Hristiyanlik'la ilgili
13:32
evangelical Christianity, and I found that
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pesin hukumlerim vardi, ve ogrendim ki
13:36
it's such a wide and varied movement
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Evanjeliklik cok genis ve cesitli bir hareket
13:38
that it is difficult to make generalizations about it.
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ogrendim ki genelleme yapmak zor.
13:44
There's a group I met with called the Red Letter Christians,
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Kirmizi Harf Hristiyanlar'i denilen bir grupla karsilastim,
13:47
and they focus on the red words in the Bible,
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bunlar Incil'deki Isa'nin agzindan cikmis
13:50
which are the ones that Jesus spoke.
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kirmizi kelimlere odaklaniyor
13:52
That's how they printed them in the old Bibles.
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eski Incil'lerde Isa'nin sozlerini kirmizi basarlarmis.
13:54
And their argument is that Jesus never talked about homosexuality.
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Iddialarina gore, Isa escinsellikle ilgili hicbir sey soylememis.
13:59
They have a pamphlet that says,
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Hatta "Isa escinsellik konusunda ne demis"
14:01
"Here's what Jesus said about homosexuality,"
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diye bir kitapciklari var
14:03
and you open it up, and there's nothing in it.
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ve kitapcigi actiginizda, ici bos.
14:06
So, they say Jesus did talk a lot about helping the outcasts,
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Isa'nin dislanmis kimselere, fakirlere yardim etmenin
14:12
helping poor people.
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uzerinde durdugunu soyluyorlar.
14:15
So, this was very inspiring to me.
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Bu bana cok ilham verdi.
14:19
I recommend Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo.
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Onlara Jim Wallace'i ve Tony Campolo'yu oneririm.
14:24
They're very inspiring leaders, even though I disagree
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Cok ilham verici liderler, her ne kadar dediklerinin
14:28
with much of what they say.
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coguna katilmasam da.
14:30
Also, thou shalt not disregard the irrational.
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Baska bir ders, mantiksiz seyleri goz ardi etmeyeceksin.
14:33
This one was very unexpected because, you know,
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Bu cok beklenmedikti,
14:37
I grew up with the scientific worldview,
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cunku ben bilimsel bir dunya gorusuyle buyudum
14:40
and I was shocked learning how much of my life
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ve hayatimizin ne kadarinin mantik disi gucler
14:47
is governed by irrational forces.
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tarafindan yonlendirildigini ogrendigimde cok sasirdim.
14:50
And the thing is, if they're not harmful,
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Ama gercek su ki, eger zararsizlarsa
14:54
they're not to be completely dismissed.
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tumuyle göz ardı etmemek gerekir.
14:56
Because I learned that -- I was thinking, I was
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Cunku sunu ogrendim -- butun bu dini ayinleri yaparken
15:00
doing all these rituals, these biblical rituals,
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mesela yun ile keteni ayri tutmak gibi, dindar insanlara
15:03
separating my wool and linen, and I would ask these religious people
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"Neden Incil boyle bir sey emrediyor ki? Tanri niye buna aldiris eder ki?"
15:07
"Why would the Bible possibly tell us to do this? Why would God care?"
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diye sordugumda bana verdikleri cevap
15:11
And they said, "We don't know,
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"Bilmiyoruz, ama bize anlam
15:13
but it's just rituals that give us meaning."
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veren zaten butun bu ayinler" diye yanit verdiler.
15:17
And I would say, "But that's crazy."
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Ben de onlara "ama bu delilik" dedigimde
15:19
And they would say, "Well, what about you?
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bana "Peki ya senin yaptigin diger seyler?
15:21
You blow out candles on top of a birthday cake.
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Dogum gunu pastanin uzerindeki mumlari ufluyorsun.
15:26
If a guy from Mars came down and saw, here's one guy
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Mars'tan biri gelse ve bir yanda seni, bir pastanin
15:30
blowing out the fire on top of a cake
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uzerindeki atesi uflerken gorse;
15:34
versus another guy not wearing clothes of mixed fabrics,
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diger yanda giysileri karisik dokulardan olmayan giymeyen birini gorse
15:38
would the Martians say, 'Well, that guy, he makes sense,
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Marsli durup 'Bu adamin yaptigi mantikli,
15:42
but that guy's crazy?'"
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ama bu digerininki delilik' mi diyecek?"
15:44
So no, I think that rituals are, by nature, irrational.
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Ozetle, hayir, bence ayinler dogalari geregi mantik disilar.
15:49
So the key is to choose the right rituals,
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Yani burada anahtar, dogru ayinleri secmek,
15:52
the ones that are not harmful -- but rituals by themselves
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zararsiz olanlari -- ama ayinlerin kendilerini
15:58
are not to be dismissed.
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goz ardi edemeyiz.
16:01
And finally I learned that thou shall pick and choose.
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Ve son olarak ogrendim ki, secmece yapacaksin.
16:05
And this one I learned because
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Bunu nasil ogrendigime gelince,
16:07
I tried to follow everything in the Bible.
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once Incil'deki her seyi uygulamaya calistim.
16:09
And I failed miserably.
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Feci halde basarisizliga ugradim.
16:11
Because you can't.
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Cunku mumkun degil.
16:13
You have to pick and choose. And anyone who follows the Bible
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Secmece yapmak zorundasiniz, ve Incil'e uymaya calisan herkes
16:16
is going to be picking and choosing.
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ayni sekilde titizlikle secmek zorunda.
16:18
The key is to pick and choose the right parts.
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Anahtar, Incil'in dogru taraflarini secmek.
16:23
There's the phrase called cafeteria religion,
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Kafeterya dini diye bir ifade var
16:27
and the fundamentalists will use it in a denigrating way,
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ve koktenciler bunu baskalarini kotulemek icin kullanirlar,
16:31
and they'll say, "Oh, it's just cafeteria religion.
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"Isine gelenleri seciyorsun,
16:33
You're just picking and choosing."
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senin bu yaptigin kafeterya dindarligi." derler.
16:34
But my argument is, "What's wrong with cafeterias?"
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Benim dedigim de, "Kafeteryalarin nesi kotu?"
16:38
I've had some great meals at cafeterias.
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Kafeteryalarda cok guzel yemekler yedigim oldu.
16:40
I've also had some meals that make me want to dry heave.
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Beni öğürtecek kadar kotu yemekler de yedim.
16:44
So, it's about choosing the parts of the Bible about compassion,
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Yani is, Incil'de merhametten, hosgoruden
16:48
about tolerance, about loving your neighbor,
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komsunu sevmekten bahseden yerleri almak;
16:51
as opposed to the parts about homosexuality is a sin,
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escinselligin gunah oldugundan, hosgorusuzlukten, siddetten
16:56
or intolerance, or violence,
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bahseden yerleri -- ki onlar da Incil'de
16:58
which are very much in the Bible as well.
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yer aliyorlar - gormezden gelmek.
17:00
So if we are to find any meaning in this book,
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Yani eger bu kitaptan bir anlam cikarmak istiyorsak,
17:04
then we have to really engage it, and wrestle with it.
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o zaman Incil'le icli disli olmamiz, onunla guresmemiz lazim.
17:08
And I thought I'd end with just a couple more.
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Bir iki sey daha soyleyip bitiriyorum.
17:11
There's me reading the Bible.
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Ben... Incil okurken.
17:13
That's how I hailed taxicabs.
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Taksi cagirirken.
17:15
(Laughter)
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(Kahkaha)
17:18
Seriously, and it worked. And yes,
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Gercekten, ise yaradi -- ve evet,
17:20
that was actually a rented sheep,
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gordugunuz kiralik bir koyun,
17:23
so I had to return that in the morning, but it served well for a day.
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o yuzden ertesi sabah iade etmek zorundaydim, o gunluk vazifesini yerine getirdi.
17:28
So, anyway, thank you so much for letting me speak.
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Hepinize beni dinlediginiz icin tesekkur ederim.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AJ Jacobs - AuthorImmersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor.
Why you should listen
AJ Jacobs' writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme -- extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. For his widely circulated Esquire article "My Outsourced Life," he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore to take care of every part of his life -- from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. A previous article, "I Think You're Fat," chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time.
Jacobs is author of The Know-It-All, which documents the year he spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z, uncovering both funny and surprising factoids but also poignant insight into history and human nature. In 2007 he released The Year of Living Biblically, in which he attempted to follow every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible for an entire year. His recent book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment is a collection of numerous personal experiments. including living according to George Washington's rules of conduct, outsourcing every single task to India, and posing as a woman on an online dating site.
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