238. Brian Klass — Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us
The Michael Shermer Show
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Do Psychics Really Believe They Have These Powers?
In the book, i talk about power corrupting. One of the quintessential examples i cite is a woman named maanan shila who was the sort of right hand woman to bagwan shirajnish,. The cult leader who took over a town in oregon and tried to rig a county level election by poisoning a thousand people with salmonella. She then serves four years in prison and is deported. And now this is where i met her - she runs a care home for vulnerable people in switzerland. I will say that when i interviewed her and she offered me water, i politely declined. So ias been a little bit careful there, in case you poisony
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