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Skeptoid #597: The Wisdom of the Future

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Skeptoid corrects a round of past errors, that they might become the wisdom of the future.

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I come before you today with my hat in my hands, for I have erred right here on this

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very podcast.

0:10.2

In fact, with so many episodes over so many years, it happens quite a lot.

0:14.2

Well, today we're going to set things straight, at least as many as we can in the time

0:18.2

allotted, but I promise we'll get to the rest of them as soon as we can.

0:22.0

I hope you enjoy today's round of error corrections, as much as I do, because they're coming

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up right now on Skeptoid.

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

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The Wisdom of the Future

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The errors of the past are the wisdom of the future.

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It's a quote that's been said in one form or in other various ways and is variously

1:39.2

attributed, but is nowhere more relevant than it is right here.

1:43.4

As Skeptoid, professors to research and present the true facts about any given controversial

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