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Skeptoid #685: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 1

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

I take a shot at critical analysis of your weirdest experiences.

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Nearly all of us have some weird thing in our past, something that we saw or experienced

0:09.2

that seemed unbelievable at the time. Perhaps it's something we clung to and now look

0:14.0

back on our own personal ghost experience, UFO sighting, or psychic connection. In today's

0:20.6

episode you've got a chance to tell me about it and give me an opportunity to point

0:25.4

out.

0:28.4

How do you prepare for a future that's already happening faster than you can think? From chat

0:41.7

GPT to crypto crashes, the future is here now, and it's not what we expected. Wired's

0:49.1

new podcast, have a nice future, explores this uncomfortable future with conversations

0:54.9

with people who are already bold-faced names, and the people who should be. Each week

1:01.1

have a nice future's hosts, Gideon Lickfield, Wired's global editorial director, and senior

1:07.1

writer Lauren Good speak with the top technologists, thinkers, and creators to bring you stories

1:13.6

of politics, culture, commerce, war, art, entertainment, loss, and love, and all are

1:21.2

touched by technology. New episodes of Have a Nice Future are released every Wednesday.

1:27.2

You can listen and follow now wherever you get your podcasts.

1:33.7

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. You're weirdest

1:39.4

thing, volume one. Rarely, does a day go by that I don't receive an email from a random

1:46.0

person describing a strange experience they've had and asking me for my take on it.

1:51.4

This is not limited to who-ists, who believe their experience was unequivocally supernatural

1:56.3

and intended to challenge me with it. Just as often, I hear from skeptics who are lucky

2:01.2

enough to have witnessed something without an evident explanation.

2:06.0

So as I do from time to time, I sent a special invitation out to all of Skeptoid's premium

2:11.3

members. If you are one, you probably read that email and ask those of you with such

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