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Skeptoid

Skeptoid #200: Buy It!

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2010

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Another 50th episode means another lavish musical.

0:07.6

Today we have, well I'm not even sure what to call it, it's something of a mishmash of

0:12.2

every advertisement you've ever heard for every snake oil product ever made.

0:17.2

It's also quite danceable, and it's up next on Skeptoyne.

0:22.0

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:29.4

A quick favor, we're conducting an audience survey.

0:33.0

We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.

0:37.4

This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity to make

0:40.8

the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish, so please check it out.

0:45.9

Also surveys are fun, you get to talk about yourself.

0:49.1

Please visit survey.prx.org slash Skeptoyne to take the survey today.

0:56.4

That's survey.prx.org slash S-K-E-P-T-O-I-D.

1:04.2

Thanks.

1:10.0

You're listening to Skeptoyne.

1:11.6

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoyne.com.

1:15.0

So the other day I wasn't feeling too great, and I'm enough of a skeptic that I don't

1:19.3

blindly go to a medical doctor to see what big pharma wants to foist onto me.

1:24.5

I'm smart enough to turn to the back pages of magazines and late-night infomercials

1:30.3

to get real science information.

1:33.3

Here are a few things one trusted spokesman told me.

1:38.1

Living in this modern world we're always playing dice, eating breathing toxins, it is never

1:43.2

very nice, luckily enlightened ones have stepped up to the plate.

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