The Proteus Effect

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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What effect does a virtual reality avatar have on the user? Can it alter your identity? Can it change how you behave in the real world? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the Proteus Effect, named for the sha

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0:00.0	Malibu was ruled by one man, Mickey Dora, a surfer, a con man, a menace.
0:08.2	The number one podcast, Lost Hills is back with season three, The Dark Prince.
0:14.4	An evil undercurrent runs through the surf world and it all goes back to Mickey.
0:20.1	He's not only the most idolized the bad boys, he's also the most bad guys of the bad guys.
0:24.1	Listen to Lost Hills on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.1	Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception.
0:35.3	I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal.
0:40.5	Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail account when she discovered a terrible secret.
0:45.7	I saw a hidden folder and I opened it.
0:49.4	What the hell did I just see?
0:53.5	Listen to season two of betrayal on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.4	Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House on the Prairie Books.
1:04.1	She's one of the most important American children's authors of the 20th century.
1:10.6	Inspiration for a hit television show.
1:12.8	Women will come up to me and cry and say,
1:14.4	Little House on the Prairie was my escape.
1:16.5	As a kid, I idolized Laura.
1:18.5	And last summer, I went on the road in search of the real Laura.
1:22.5	What I found is a complicated person alongside the complicated country she represents.
1:27.5	I'm Glena Smith-Nickel, and this is Wilder.
1:30.9	Listen to Wilder on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:37.1	Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind from How Stuff Works.com.
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