Skeptoid #540: Feng Shui Today

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Brian Dunning

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

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Feng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture.

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0:00.0	Ever since the advent of the Western esotericism movement around the 1960s, Westerners have
0:09.6	been obsessed with anything they believe qualifies as Eastern mysticism or Eastern wisdom.
0:17.0	And so Feng Shui has been popular in the United States ever since.
0:21.6	And some people now believe that rearranging furniture can catalyze all kinds of positive
0:27.3	life changes.
0:29.0	All because they think the ancient Chinese believed it.
0:33.3	What's really going on with Feng Shui is coming up today on Skeptoid.
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1:22.6	Your listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
1:36.5	Feng Shui today.
1:38.0	Today we're going to push our couch a bit to the left, move our little Costco water fountain
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