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Skeptoid #710: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 4

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.

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0:00.0

Here on Skeptoid we analyze urban legends and popular beliefs, a lot of which you probably

0:08.4

had some familiarity with before.

0:11.0

But no popular story is as interesting as one that happens to you personally.

0:16.5

So today we're going to set the popular ones aside and hear from some of you.

0:21.3

Today we're pointing our Skeptical Eye at your own mysterious experiences, and hopefully

0:28.2

we'll be able to solve some of them.

0:30.7

That's up next on Skeptoid.

0:32.7

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

0:40.4

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

0:47.6

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

0:53.9

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

0:59.8

Each week have a nice future's hosts, Gideon Lickfield, Wired's Global Editorial Director,

1:05.8

and Senior writer Lauren Good, speak with the top technologists, thinkers, and creators

1:11.6

to bring you stories of politics, culture, commerce, war, art, entertainment, loss and

1:18.8

love, and all are touched by technology.

1:22.5

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

1:26.2

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

1:32.7

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:34.1

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:37.8

Your weirdest thing, volume four.

1:42.4

One of the most valuable experiences I think that can happen to a scientist, or for that

1:46.7

matter, to anyone who values the scientific method and learning the way the world really

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