Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2008

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.

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0:00.0	If you're a regular Skeptoid listener, you're familiar with the fact that airing your
0:07.5	skepticism is not exactly the way to ingratiate yourself with your friends, who want to
0:13.4	believe all the conspiracy theories, all the food myths, and whatever false narrative
0:19.1	their particular tribe holds most dear.
0:22.2	Today, I'm going to attempt to offer a solution.
0:27.1	That's coming up right now, Un Skeptoid.
0:36.7	Hey everyone, Brian here.
0:38.3	A quick favor.
0:39.4	We're conducting an audience survey.
0:42.0	We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.
0:46.3	This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity to make
0:49.8	the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish.
0:53.2	So please check it out.
0:54.8	Also, surveys are fun.
0:56.2	You get to talk about yourself.
0:58.1	Please visit survey.prx.org slash Skeptoid to take the survey today.
1:05.4	That's survey.prx.org slash SKEPTOID.
1:13.2	Thanks.
1:19.0	You're listening to Skeptoid.
1:20.4	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
1:23.5	How to be a Skeptic and still have friends.
1:27.8	When I first started the Skeptoid podcast, it was anonymous.
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