Skeptics, Psychics & Diet – Episode 893

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: Episode 893 – Dr. Michael Shermer joins Vinnie to discuss several interesting topics such as skeptics, religion, psychics, and a shared connection with the Badwater 508.

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DR. SHERMER

• Does a lot of work in the sphere of morality
• Publisher of Skeptic magazine
• Has written a number of books, including The Moral Arc
• While he discusses a lot of morality, religion, and less tangible things, he also believes that science is incredibly important
• Also very into health and fitness

SKEPTICS

• Lots of cultural elements involved with religious
• Finding meaning in random things
  • Auditory, visual illusions
• People can make signs out of nothing
  • The patterns, the illusions, the non-randomness all in our minds
    • Really it is random
• Veganism – another thing to be skeptical about
  • PETA doesn’t care about your health, they only care about animals (and even then that’s questionable)
• The Standard American Diet is another thing to be skeptical about
  • Gary Taubes is a truther
• Psychic shows are also largely BS
  • They only select out of 12 hours, about 45 minutes that confirms their “psychic prowess”
  • They figure out patterns and generalities
  • Dogs have good intuition, too
• Usually “spooky” things, or things that seem to good to be true, are just that

DIET AND RELIGION

• Many people treat diet as a religion
• Just like old time religion, certain food is taboo, etc.
• People also get this attachment to food similar to some’s attachment to food
• There is a church of food
• This also can make breaking bad eating habits more difficult