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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Phrenology

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the 19th century, a new discipline swept over the medical and legal professions.  This belief held that a person’s personality could be determined by analyzing the contours or bumps on their head.  The belief had a surprising amount of sway among certain people, and it developed a large following before eventually being thoroughly discredited. Learn more about the pseudoscience of phrenology, how it was developed, and why it caught on on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month ButcherBox Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off."  Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the 19th century, a new discipline swept over the medical and legal professions.

0:04.8

This belief held that a person's personality could be determined by analyzing the contours

0:09.7

or bumps on their head.

0:11.8

The belief had a surprising amount of sway among certain people

0:14.5

and it developed a large following before eventually being thoroughly discredited.

0:19.1

Learn more about the pseudoscience of phrenology, how it was developed and why it caught on on

0:24.2

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1:04.8

You all right, mate?

1:06.2

Oh no, my boiler's knackered. Do you know any plumbers?

1:09.0

Yeah, I do. You know Danny? Well, he lives next nor to this woman who's engaged to this lady who went to school with a

1:13.7

bloke.

1:14.7

All right. Is he a plumber?

1:16.1

No, he's not, no. But he knows a bloke who walks a dog with this woman.

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