Sinopsis
Since 2006, the weekly Skeptoid podcast has been taking on all the most popular myths and revealing the true science, true history, and true lessons we can learn from each. Free subscribers get the most recent 50 episodes, premium subscribers (skeptoid.com) can access the full archive, all ad-free.
Episodios
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Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
14/08/2007 Duración: 09minFood that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.
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Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
09/08/2007 Duración: 08minA popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.
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Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
04/08/2007 Duración: 11minThe Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
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Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
30/07/2007 Duración: 10minA few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
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Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
25/07/2007 Duración: 13minA look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
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Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
20/07/2007 Duración: 12minCalifornia is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
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Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
15/07/2007 Duración: 11minAn examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
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Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
10/07/2007 Duración: 10minThe Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.
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Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House?
05/07/2007 Duración: 13minThis "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author.
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Skeptoid #52: Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions
30/06/2007 Duración: 07minScience magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products.
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Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not?
25/06/2007 Duración: 08minEthanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits.
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Skeptoid #50: How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal
15/06/2007 Duración: 10minHere is how to tell whose "scientific journal" article is actually more reputable.
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Skeptoid #49: Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness
10/06/2007 Duración: 12minSome say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
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Skeptoid #48: The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies
05/06/2007 Duración: 11minDespite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text.
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Skeptoid #47: Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish
26/05/2007 Duración: 10minFree range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do.
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Skeptoid #46: Support Your Local Reptoid
21/05/2007 Duración: 10minThe conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history.
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Skeptoid #45: The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking
16/05/2007 Duración: 08minTeaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions.
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Skeptoid #44: The Truth About Remote Viewing
11/05/2007 Duración: 11minThe psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.
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Skeptoid #43: A Mormon History of the Americas
06/05/2007 Duración: 09minThe Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology.
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Skeptoid #42: Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting
01/05/2007 Duración: 11minDefined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.