Skeptoid #890: Skeptoid Scared Straight

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In which I issue yet another round of corrections to past episodes.

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0:00.0	What is an informative podcast if nothing more than a collection of words?
0:08.0	Not those words convey knowledge in a way that one can count on to be reliable?
0:13.0	Well, I think it should.
0:15.0	And so, today, as I do as often as I can fill an episode, I present corrections to previous shows
0:22.0	sent in by you, my well-educated listeners.
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1:16.0	You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
1:25.0	Skeptoid. Scared straight.
1:28.0	The August Nelson Mandela once said,
1:32.0	the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
1:36.0	but in rising every time we fall.
1:39.0	And if I might be so presumptuous, that very idea encapsulates my feelings.
1:44.0	Every time I do one of these corrections episodes on Skeptoid.
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