Skeptic Check: Friends Like These

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We love our family and friends, but sometimes their ideas about how the world works seem a little wacky. We asked BiPiSci listeners to share examples of what they can’t believe their loved-ones believe, no matter how much they hear rational explanations to the contrary. Then we asked some scientists about those beliefs, to get their take. Discover whether newspaper ink causes cancer … if King Tut really did add a curse to his sarcophagus … the efficacy of examining your irises – iridology – to diagnose disease … and more! Oh, and what about string theory? Is it falsifiable? Guests: • Steven Novella – Physician at Yale University, host of the podcast, “Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe” • Matthew Hutson – Author of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane • Brian Greene – Physicist, Columbia University, author of The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos and The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory • Guy Harrison – Author of 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True and, most recently, 50 Simple Questions for Every Christian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	The corporate world is like the ocean.
0:07.0	It's alluring, but it's also full of deadly creatures that can shredd you to pieces.
0:11.0	It becomes kind of like a game of
0:12.7	throne's political arena where everyone's trying to
0:15.8	murder you to get your job.
0:17.3	My family doesn't come from corporate background,
0:19.2	so I didn't have any sort of guidance in that.
0:21.6	This is not your typical work podcast.
0:23.8	Sometimes you need to be empathetic.
0:25.4	And then there are times that you ask for input,
0:27.4	but you don't really give a shit.
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0:31.0	surfing corporate.
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