pseudoscience

In 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran an article titled "Exploration in Grand Canyon." It said that an explorer by the name of G.E. Kincaid went into the National Park for the Smithsonian and found caves full of mummies and ancient Egyptian treasures that put everything we thought we knew about civilization on its head.

Well, the Smithsonian called the articles bunk reporting that Kincaid never worked for the institution. And it turns out he never existed! So how can a conspiracy that has been repeatedly debunked for decades, survive for so long?

Endless Thread finds out.

Robert is joined by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the Primal Diet. 

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Robert is joined by Ty aka HeyShadyLady - one of the hosts of the Boss LVL podcast to discuss the Urantia Book and Sleepy Time Tea. 

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Do we even need to write a description? It's the Goopisode! 

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• How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million
• How Gwyneth Paltrow took Goop from a homebrewed newsletter to a controversial $250 million wellness powerhouse
• Gwyneth Paltrow Feels Good — and So Can You
• Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP $1.6M In Debt?
• Goop and Condé Nast Team Up on a Magazine - The New York Times 
• Gwyneth Paltrow didn't want Condé Nast to fact-check Goop articles
• A hungry Gwyneth Paltrow fails the food-stamp challenge four days in
• Dear Gwyneth, this is what living on food stamps really looks like
• My $29 Food Stamp Challenge & The Recipes
• Gwyneth Paltrow's Having the Chicest Yard Sale Ever 
• Gwyneth Paltrow says children of celebrities 'almost have to work twice as hard' once they 'unfairly' get their start in Hollywood 
• Gwyneth Paltrow brings aerial yoga, trans talks and cryofacials to Goop health conference 
• We Attended Gwyneth Paltrow's $500-a-Ticket Health Summit
• Anti-Medication Goop Summit Expert Claims AIDS Treatment Kills and GMOs Cause Depression
• Inside Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow's Growing Empire
• The history of self-care
• Still Processing: We Care for Ourselves and Others in Trump’s America

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How a beloved TV chef became one of Australia's most polarizing public figures. 

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• Going Paleo: What Prehistoric Man Actually Ate
• The Paleo Way (video clip) 
• Paleolithic nutrition for metabolic syndrome
• Paleo diet still lacks evidence
• Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history
• How to Really Eat Like a Hunter-Gatherer: Why the Paleo Diet Is Half-Baked
• Ancient leftovers show the real Paleo diet was a veggie feast
• Expert dismisses Pete Evans' claims that modern diet causes autism 
• Celebrity Chef's Paleo Cookbook for Babies Delayed After Health Fears
• Pete Evans: paleo cookbook for mums and babies under fire again 
• AMA accuses Pete Evans of endangering lives with unscientific health advice 
• Pete Evans provides 'evidence' for his fluoride claims 

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Justin Ramsdell is a clinical psychologist, an expert witness, an assistant professor of forensic psychology at George Mason University, and a veteran pseudoscience detector.

What We Discuss with Justin Ramsdell:

• Why stressed brains don't make great decisions (especially when there's no light visible at the end of the tunnel to indicate that there is an end).
• How pseudoscience preys on our cognitive biases to give us the answers we want with the scantest of unprovable "evidence."
• Why watching YouTube videos and ranting in Reddit threads doesn't count as "research" in the same way that work done by field-experienced scientists with doctorate degrees and peer-reviewed studies under their belts counts as research.
• Be wary of intellectual trespassers -- who might very well be field-experienced scientists with doctorate degrees and peer-reviewed studies under their belts, but make wild, pseudoscientific claims about areas outside their expertise (e.g., a chiropractor who claims to cure COVID-19 with massage).
• Why you don't have to be a field-experienced scientist with a doctorate degree and peer-reviewed studies under your belt to avoid being hoodwinked by pseudoscience charlatans.
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/359

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ZDoggMD (@ZDoggMD) [aka Zubin Damania] is a physician, assistant professor, comedian, Internet personality, musician, founder of Turntable Health, and host of The ZDoggMD Show.

What We Discuss with ZDoggMD:

• No, COVID-19 wasn't cooked up in a lab somewhere to wreak havoc on the world's populace at the behest of elite politicians and scientists.
• No, COVID-19 is not "activated" by wearing face masks designed to protect you and others from the spread of pathogens.
• No, Dr. Anthony Fauci wasn't responsible for destroying Judy Mikovits' career and covering up her (discredited) contributions to medical science.
• No, Italian vaccines aren't to blame for causing COVID-19 symptoms in otherwise healthy people.
• No, Jordan Harbinger and Dr. Zubin Damania are not shills for the Illuminati.
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/354

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It's a summer tradition! Once more, Stuff to Blow Your Mind devotes a summer episode to the discussion of fiction, non-fiction and children's books that the hosts read over the course of the last year. So listen in and maybe one of these books will accompany you on your next beach trip.

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What if bad science put you in prison for a crime you didn't commit? How many guilty offenders are still out there because of pseudoscience, fraud or disorganized laboratories? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Joe and Christian review the use of forensic science in law enforcement. Scientific evidence is prevalent in both courtrooms and popular culture. But why are we only recently questioning its validity?

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Put on your thinking caps as Neil Tyson and Leighann Lord answer fan questions about pseudoscience, from crystals to creationism and ancient aliens to alternative medicine. Plus, a new interview with Elise Andrew, Bill Nye, and Chuck Nice.

In our quest to understand the universe, how can we be sure our conclusions are correct? Human beings have evolved to find meaningful patterns in nature, but sometimes the patterns we see are just figments of our imagination—or perhaps the result of wishful thinking. Join Neil and guest co-host Leighann Lord as they investigate the weird and wacky world of pseudoscience.

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