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Skeptoid #200: Buy It!
6 april 2010 · 4 min
Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #199: Cargo Cults
30 maart 2010 · 13 min
Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #198: The Georgia Guidestones
23 maart 2010 · 13 min
Dubbed "America's Stonehenge", this granite monument in Georgia appeals to all sorts of conspiracy theorists. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #197: Listener Feedback Strikes Back
16 maart 2010 · 13 min
Another perilous dive into the listener feedback files. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #196: Zeitgeist: The Movie, Myths, and Motivations
9 maart 2010 · 13 min
The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #195: Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation
2 maart 2010 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #194: The Denver Airport Conspiracy
23 februari 2010 · 15 min
Is the Denver International Airport a headquarters for the New World Order? (Hint: no) Lees meer
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Skeptoid #193: The Faces of Belmez
16 februari 2010 · 12 min
Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily faked, yet many still consider them supernatural. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #192: Ball Lightning
9 februari 2010 · 13 min
Everyone believes in ball lightning, but when we stick to the science, there's probably nothing there. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #191: Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?
2 februari 2010 · 13 min
It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #190: The Bell Island Boom
26 januari 2010 · 13 min
This shattering boom in Newfoundland was more likely a natural phenomenon than a superweapon test. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #189: Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic
19 januari 2010 · 13 min
Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #188: Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect
12 januari 2010 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #187: Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo
5 januari 2010 · 13 min
How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief Lees meer
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Skeptoid #186: More Things I'm Wrong About
29 december 2009 · 12 min
Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame). Lees meer
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Skeptoid #185: Is Barefoot Better?
22 december 2009 · 13 min
Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #184: The Antikythera Mechanism
15 december 2009 · 13 min
This ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, neither proves alien visitation nor disproves history. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #183: The Naga Fireballs
8 december 2009 · 13 min
These fireballs actually do rise from the Mekong river each year -- and we know exactly what causes them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #182: Listener Feedback X
1 december 2009 · 12 min
Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #181: The Baigong Pipes
24 november 2009 · 12 min
Modern metal pipes found buried in ancient China are neither pipes nor evidence of ancient alien visitation. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #180: Vaccine Ingredients
17 november 2009 · 13 min
The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #179: The Scole Experiment
10 november 2009 · 13 min
Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife, the Scole Experiments were actually just a hackneyed performance. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #178: Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy
3 november 2009 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #177: The Bloop
27 oktober 2009 · 15 min
This mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones was not a sea monster. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #176: Network Marketing
20 oktober 2009 · 13 min
Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid schemes are proven not to work. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #175: Shadow People
13 oktober 2009 · 13 min
These shadowy apparitions we sometimes see can be terrifying, but aren't supernatural. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #174: More Medical Myths
6 oktober 2009 · 12 min
More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #173: All About Astrology
29 september 2009 · 16 min
Astrology neither has plausibility nor any test data showing that its predictions are better than random chance. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #172: Daylight Saving Time Myths
22 september 2009 · 11 min
All the reasons you've ever heard for Daylight Saving Time are nonsense. Here is the real one. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #171: The Battle of Los Angeles
15 september 2009 · 12 min
At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #170: It's Raining Frogs and Fish
8 september 2009 · 12 min
Waterspouts have nothing to do with popular stories of frogs and fish falling from the sky. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #169: Bride of Listener Feedback
1 september 2009 · 12 min
More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #168: Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham
25 augustus 2009 · 13 min
Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #167: Should Science Debate Pseudoscience?
18 augustus 2009 · 12 min
When scientists publicly debate promoters of pseudoscience, they often do more harm than good. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #166: Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture
11 augustus 2009 · 16 min
Organic agriculture provides no benefits whatsoever over science-based farming. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #165: Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion
4 augustus 2009 · 15 min
See if you can tell whether these food and fashion products are named after real people or fictitious people. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #164: What's Up with the Rosicrucians?
28 juli 2009 · 13 min
Believed by many to be an ancient mystical order, but really just a mail-order New Age literature business. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #163: How to Make Skepticism Commercial
21 juli 2009 · 12 min
Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular, yet we can still make it commercial. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #162: Locally Grown Produce
14 juli 2009 · 13 min
The idea of locally grown produce as nowhere near as green as its proponents seem to think it is. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #161: Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope
7 juli 2009 · 13 min
Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #160: Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid
30 juni 2009 · 11 min
Good arguments often go unused because poor arguments like ad hominems are so much easier. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #159: The Mothman Cometh
23 juni 2009 · 12 min
A skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #158: Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium
16 juni 2009 · 14 min
Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #157: High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame?
9 juni 2009 · 13 min
A skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #156: Falling into Mel's Hole
2 juni 2009 · 11 min
Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #155: NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming
26 mei 2009 · 13 min
Some regard Neuro-linguistic Programming as a psychotherapy breakthrough, some as a New Age self-help trend. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #154: Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier?
19 mei 2009 · 18 min
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but others almost certainly did so before him. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #153: Revenge of the Listener Feedback
12 mei 2009 · 13 min
Another peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #152: Attack of the Globsters!
5 mei 2009 · 13 min
Mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #151: The Placebo Effect
28 april 2009 · 14 min
A look at the placebo effect: What it can do, what it can't do, and what you need to know about it. Lees meer
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