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492: Michael Shermer | Why We Believe Weird Things
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Paranormal and the Power of Probability
Skeptics say people still believe in the paranormal, even though there's no evidence to back it up. John Sutter: How does a dowser find oil? He says they have to do better than chance and set up controlled experiments. The average person doesn't know about any of that, he says; their beliefs get confirmed.
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