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The Skeptics Guide #918 - Feb 11 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is There a Scientific Method to Grounding Electrical Equipment?

The notion that like you are not grounded if you're not walking barefoot on the earth is ridiculous or sitting on some pad. We discharge any electricity on us every time we touch anything, you know what I mean? And if a little bit builds up, you'll know at the moment you touch something conductive because you'll get an electric shock, right? Yes. That's what a static electric shock is. So again, more of the same, no progress, nothing to say, oh, look, there's actually something real happening here.

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