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Skeptoid #232: Listener Feedback Rides Again

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2010

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A peek inside the Skeptoid inbox, ranging from the sane to the insane.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

When we see an unusually shaped skull from an ancient civilization, how should we interpret

0:09.2

it?

0:10.2

One way is to consider things like disease and genetic conditions and cultural practices

0:15.5

like skull binding for cosmetic purposes.

0:19.2

And another way is to stop all study and categorically declare that alien hybrids are the only

0:25.6

acceptable explanation.

0:27.9

We're going to answer this, and also some other correspondence sent in by listeners.

0:34.2

Listener feedback is up next, Unskeptoid.

0:38.0

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:44.8

A quick favor, we are conducting an audience survey.

0:48.6

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

0:53.0

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

0:56.3

the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish.

0:59.9

So please check it out.

1:01.6

Also surveys are fun.

1:02.8

You get to talk about yourself.

1:04.7

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

1:12.1

That's survey.prx.org slash SKEPTOID.

1:19.8

Thanks.

1:25.6

For listening to SKEPTOID, I'm Brian Dunning from SKEPTOID.com.

1:30.7

Listener feedback rides again.

1:33.5

Once again we're going to dig through the SKEPTOID inbox for interesting feedback.

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