Skeptoid #66: The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

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🗓️ 18 September 2007

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.

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0:00.0	Nostradamus is best known, of course, as a prophet, who made all kinds of astoundingly
0:09.2	accurate predictions of what would happen in future centuries.
0:13.8	Well he may be best known for that, but it doesn't really have much to do with what
0:18.9	he actually did in real life.
0:21.0	Today, we're going to compare the real Nostradamus to today's pop culture vision of him.
0:28.1	Nostradamus is coming up right now on Skeptoid.
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1:25.0	The greatest secret of Nostradamus.
1:29.2	Born in France in 1503, noted seer of the future, Michelle de Nostradamus, led an extraordinary
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