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The Skeptics Guide #903 - Oct 29 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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How Much Do Australians Trust Scientists?

"They start out with the entertaining predictions that get into the periodical or whatever to the newspaper. And really, they're using that to troll for marks," he says. "Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars get scammed from these victims" He adds: "I search for news items all the time about people getting scammed by psychic charlatans"

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