Skeptoid #583: Fate of the Feedback
Skeptoid
Brian Dunning
4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2017
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Skeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we have another listener feedback episode and it's a doozy. My favorite is some |
| 0:09.2 | wild new information about the famous wow signal received from outer space. We've got |
| 0:15.0 | an examination into exactly what kind of apes Tarzan is said to have been raised by, |
| 0:21.2 | because the book never mentions gorillas. And you all give me a hard time for my old story |
| 0:26.8 | about hypnotizing chickens. All of that and more is up right now, UnSkeptoid. |
| 0:39.1 | Calling all skeptics and critical thinkers, we want to give you all a bunch of cool new stuff. |
| 0:45.2 | We just want your help telling us what you want the most. We've posted a survey with a whole |
| 0:49.7 | bunch of new items that we might put into the Skeptoid online store to supplement the books |
| 0:54.4 | and t-shirts we already have there. We've narrowed down your store suggestions and this survey |
| 0:59.3 | will help determine which items we add first. Your opinions matter and we want to ensure that we're |
| 1:04.8 | stocking the items that resonate most with you, our favorite listeners. Help us create an |
| 1:10.8 | exceptional collection that reflects the true spirit of Skeptoid. Your voice matters so don't |
| 1:16.3 | hesitate, click your favorite items in the survey today and let's shape the future of the Skeptoid |
| 1:21.8 | stores offerings together. Take the survey today at Skeptoid.com slash survey. |
| 1:34.7 | You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. Fate of the feedback. |
| 1:43.6 | Time again to go out to the mailbox, have a look inside and see what listeners are saying about |
| 1:48.4 | the show. And then to realize that it's not the year 1500 anymore and nobody sends feedback that |
| 1:55.1 | way anymore, thus I must go back inside, turn the computer back on and open up Facebook and Twitter |
| 2:00.9 | and my email to see the actual feedback. Today we're going to read and discuss some commentary by you, |
| 2:07.7 | the listeners, unsubjects from free range check-ins to Tarzan of the Apes, to the placebo effect, |
| 2:15.2 | cupping, and a proposed explanation for the wow signal of 1977. |
| 2:23.8 | Let's get started with some feedback on an episode from way back in 2007. I've heard this exact |
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