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The Book Pile

Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today we answer the hard-hitting questions. How do you separate good science from bad? Which studies should you believe? And if vaccines are so safe, how come Jonas Salk still died??? Plus, Dave explains what a p-value is. (Answer: boring.) And Kellen inhales a lungful of secondhand smoke to prove a point. * To buy the book, Science Fictions, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/452UPV2 * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appeare...

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone.

0:07.2

This is a book about getting rid of bad science, which I define as any science that disagrees with your political beliefs.

0:13.9

The book is called science fictions, so I was disappointed that it didn't have a single stormtrooper.

0:19.4

It's an excellent breakdown of how to spot shoddy or even fraudulent science.

0:23.3

It's by Stuart Ritchie.

0:24.7

And this is The Bookpile.

0:27.5

I'm Kellanersk, and I'm a comic, a father.

0:30.7

And it recently occurred to me how crazy it is that as a kid, I believed everything Bill Nye said.

0:36.8

But he never actually taught what the difference was between a scientist, I believed everything Bill Nye said, but he never actually taught what the difference was

0:39.1

between a scientist and just a science guy. And I'm David Vance. A couple years ago, the book

0:47.8

Why We Sleep changed my life. Then it changed my life again when I found out it was full of lies.

0:53.2

This is the book I read to never be duped again.

0:57.5

All right.

0:58.1

We'd love it if he could leave a quick rating and review.

1:02.2

Arthur Mom says,

1:03.7

My husband and I have gotten hooked on the bookpile.

1:05.9

We found it so entertaining and interesting slash addicting that we began binging all the episodes. Now I would even

1:12.7

listen to Kellan and Dave discuss the nutrition facts on the back of a cereal box. Well,

1:19.8

thanks, Arthur, Mom. And it's interesting that you say that because fat sodium dietary fiber,

1:25.6

potassium sugar riboflavin, if you what i mean calin do you ever find

1:31.8

that total fat two grams two percent daily value well i u p c symbol 15372 all right this is the last full week to buy my book on my Kickstarter.

1:46.4

The link is in the episode of description.

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