Skeptoid #324: Listener Feedback: That Darned Science
A lot of people have misconceptions about how the scientific method works and whether it's valid. In this episode we answer some emailed questions about this topic specifically.





A lot of people have misconceptions about how the scientific method works and whether it's valid. In this episode we answer some emailed questions about this topic specifically.
5/14/2013 | Download File (8.95 MB) - right click to download
An urban legend says that a 1981 video arcade game called Polybius sickened players, or even drove them to suicide, while government agents collected the data.
5/7/2013 | Download File (9.36 MB) - right click to download
The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. But how much of it, if any, was true?
4/30/2013 | Download File (8.75 MB) - right click to download
An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Are they true, false, taken out of context, or something else?
4/23/2013 | Download File (8.30 MB) - right click to download
Cupping, the practice of putting suction cups on the skin to create bruises, has been around for at least 2000. Does its antiquity mean that it has healthful benefits?
4/16/2013 | Download File (7.74 MB) - right click to download
Skeptoid dips into the feedback mailbag and answers questions written in response to episodes about aliens, UFOs, and other scary things from space.