Skeptoid #530: No, You Shouldn't Question Everything
Skeptoid
Brian Dunning
4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2016
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Pop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything -- an idea which is rarely either practical or useful.
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| 0:00.0 | Question Everything has become something of a popular theme in our society. |
| 0:08.2 | Nothing should be above being questioned, and we're all only truly being honest and thorough |
| 0:12.9 | if we hold up everything to the same degree of scrutiny. |
| 0:16.4 | However, today I'm going to argue that you should do almost the opposite. |
| 0:21.4 | There are plenty of things that I say we should not question, and I'm going to explain |
| 0:27.0 | what and why. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm doing that now on Skeptoid. |
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