The Magic Wand Experiment

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What if you could design any experiment you wanted? Without worrying about money, ethics, logistics, or even the laws of nature? Revisionist History kicks off the season by giving some of the world’s smartest scientists a magic wand to create the experiment of their dreams. We hear about the best twins study ever, how to test the effects of iPhone vs Blackberry, and a bizarre plan to get Americans into shape.

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0:00.0	Pushing.
0:06.5	Hello, hello revisionist history listeners.
0:11.6	I'm excited to announce that this season, I'm offering a bunch of perks from my most
0:16.5	loyal listeners, the ones who subscribe to Pushkin Plus.
0:21.4	For those who just can't get enough, we're giving every episode to our subscribers one
0:26.0	week early.
0:27.7	Thus we've created many episodes, released weekly and I'm calling them tangents.
0:34.2	And of course, you'll never hear any ads.
0:39.0	Subscribe to Pushkin Plus on the revisionist history show page in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm.
0:48.5	So as a condition of our experiment, I'm giving you the ability to access every bit of
0:54.1	data you want from everyone in the experiment.
0:57.5	Yes, I would like that.
0:59.4	And I know that sounds crazy, but I'm going pie in the sky like you said.
1:03.4	Yes, no, you get that.
1:05.1	Request granted.
1:06.1	I'm the czar of the magic wand.
1:08.0	I've granted you that request.
1:14.8	Experiments come in many forms.
1:17.3	There are natural experiments.
1:19.4	Experiments based on observations from the real world.
1:22.5	Not experiments.
1:23.9	When we game at a problem and this potential solution in our heads and formal experiments,
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