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welcome to the skeptic zone

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the podcast from australia for science

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and reason

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yes it's the skeptic's own podcast

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episode

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number 651 for the 4th of april 2021

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richard saunders coming to you from

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sunny sunny sunny sydney australia

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wherever you are in the world i hope

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you're having a at least some

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sort of little break over easter to

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enjoy yourself

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to uh maybe go for a nice walk if you're

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lucky enough to live by the ocean you

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can walk down by the ocean see the

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crowds

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well depending on where in the world you

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are i guess

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no matter what you're doing i hope

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you're having a good time

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coming up on this week's show it's once

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again adrian hill with you can

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count on adrian adrian is going to tell

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us about her battle with

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migraines and something with which i

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sympathize

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because starting when i was about 13

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12 something like that i have also

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suffered from migraines not so much in

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the late

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years not so much in the past two

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decades they

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were on the decline quite a lot but

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certainly when i was a teenager into my

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the migraine would come the migraines

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would come frequently

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and if you have never had one

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good luck to you but those who do get

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migraines know exactly what i mean they

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can be

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dreadful simply dreadful and i i sort of

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know when one's coming on even if it's

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sometimes it's a painless migraine

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sometimes there's distortion in in the

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visual field

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so to speak which is a bit weird but

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abilities simple thinking abilities are

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thrown out the window

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concentration says goodbye and goes on a

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little trip

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um it's hard to do basic things like

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spell words or arithmetic

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what a weird thing anyway adrian hill

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will tell us about her experiences with

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migraines

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and it ties in sort of with logical

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fallacies

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along the way maybe you too will

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sympathize

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following that it's the newsletter from

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australian skeptics see what's caught

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the

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skeptical eye of skeptical tim mendem

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this week or last week actually because

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it was held over from the week before

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because the week before the show was a

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little long

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anyway skeptical newsletter then it's an

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update on the covert 19 clunkers the

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covert 19 conspiracy theories collected

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covert conspiracy.cloud now you can

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click this link on the

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show notes at skepticzone.tv it takes

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you to a webpage where people have

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uploaded screen captures and photographs

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of crazy covert conspiracy theories and

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bad medical advice and this might be

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timely because i see

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from reports around the world there

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could be a new surge of covert 19

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in fact i think there is in certain

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places in the world following that it's

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a quick visit by the skeptical fairy

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godmother angel from the internet who's

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going to remind us

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that we can still watch skeptical events

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online

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then to round off the show it's a trip

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to trove

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the treasure trove of digitized

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newspapers and so on from

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australia this week we're going to be

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looking at references

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to superstitions published in australian

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newspapers over the decades is it bad

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luck to listen to the skeptic zone while

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mowing the lawn well i don't think so

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who knows

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stay tuned at the end of the episode for

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a very important announcement from me

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but now it's time for me to run

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downstairs

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maybe there'll be a chocolate easter egg

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in the fridge i'll find out while i do

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that i hope you enjoy

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the skeptics on it

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you can count on adrian with

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adrian hill

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i am going to talk about a more personal

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story today

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that involves some of the logical

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fallacies i have heard on the skeptic

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zone

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over the past year watch out for the

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argument from personal experience

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cherry-picking correlation does not mean

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causation

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and the use of anecdotal evidence i know

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that there are some of you out there who

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i have suffered from migraine headaches

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with some mind-bending auras for most of

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my life

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what is a migraine well according to the

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migraine can cause severe throbbing pain

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or a pulsing sensation

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usually on one side of the head it's

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nausea vomiting and extreme sensitivity

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to light

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and sound these attacks can last hours

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or days

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and many people experience a warning

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aura i am not referring to the apparent

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glow

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of an energy field that some psychics

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claim to be able to see around people

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i am referring to strange visual and

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other nervous disturbances

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that occur prior to a migraine happening

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my auras have ranged from the common

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zigzag through the center of my vision

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to looking at myself in the mirror and

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seeing my jaw

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and eyes shift so i looked like a

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picasso painting

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one of the more amusing ones i had they

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can be amusing before the pain hits

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was sitting at our kitchen table with a

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friend and his eyes moved completely off

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after watching the wonder of eyes

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floating in the room for a while

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i excused myself to take my medication

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to help reduce the symptoms that were

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likely to come

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within the next hour there is a lot of

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debate

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about the causes or triggers of migraine

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there is nothing new about many of the

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conjectures

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according to neurologist oliver sachs in

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his book titled

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migraine he states that over 300 years

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thomas willis an english doctor

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an evil or weak constitution of the

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sometimes innate and hereditary an

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irritation

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in some distant member of viscera

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atmospheric states the great aspects of

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to this day diet and weather are two of

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the most talked about possible triggers

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that i encounter in casual conversation

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most neurologists i have seen over the

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years have asked me to track my

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migraines to try to determine triggers

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though my first neurologist told me i

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had little hope to avoid them

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since both of my parents suffer from

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them and two of my three children get

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continuing the hereditary trend so 35

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years ago when i was first diagnosed

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with migraine i began charting them

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usually in six month spurts over the

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past three years

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i haven't missed a day years ago i tried

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many diet changes

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no sugar no nitrites no alcohol no

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which were prescribed by a naturopath

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before i knew

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that nd stands for not a doctor

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and it seemed to work did i finally find

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unfortunately no the migraines always

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returned with a vengeance

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at the end of my sugar and caffeine

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deprivation at a week of terrible

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i decided to have a great chocolate

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surprisingly the migraine stopped

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should i conclude that eating large

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amounts of chocolate is the answer

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i think most people would laugh at the

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conclusion and know that this would be a

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ridiculous thing to do

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but when it comes to the weather this

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and meets with the prairie cold

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there is a distinct arch visible in the

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clouds and large temperature swings from

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cold to warm within 24 hours or less are

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automatically attribute the cause to the

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that results from the weather this

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hypothesis led me to a question

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over a mountain pass or flying in an

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airplane trigger a migraine

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for many years i have asked with genuine

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interest this question of people who

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only two have said yes on the other hand

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one of my friends unbeknownst to me

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decided to track her migraines after me

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asking these questions

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she told me a few months later to her

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surprise there didn't seem to be a link

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medical practitioner

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that my march month of terrible

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migraines was caused by severe weather

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fluctuations

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and not by my new antidepressant she

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stated that this issue was published in

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as i said i logged my migraine symptoms

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medication taken

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and severity of pain so it was easy to

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compare the weather pattern history with

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what i found was that during my six day

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stretch of migraine the weather was very

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previous month

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however had some crazy temperature

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swings and i had only one migraine

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to be clear i really do not know if

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chinooks can cause migraines

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i am not a neurologist i just know they

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don't for me

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after years of tracking comparing and

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discussing with specialists

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in a 2013 review called migraine and

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triggers

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post hoc ergo procter hawk by hoffman

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and ricober experts don't seem to be

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sure either

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in the review it was found to be

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possible that low temperature

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combined with relative high humidity and

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low atmospheric pressure

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in a subgroup of migraineers what i

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found

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interesting here is that with the

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chinook the temperature goes

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dramatically

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up not down and the review has the usual

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statement included when studies have

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small sample sizes or are retrospective

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results need confirmation by larger

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clinical studies

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with long observational periods to

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exclude potential confounding factors

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another thing that has puzzled me for

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years is why i have never heard people

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in calgary blame their migraines on the

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severe thunderstorms we get here every

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spring and summer

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at least i don't remember anyone

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claiming that thunderstorms caused their

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migraine

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the temperature and wind speed can

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change dramatically in a very short

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yes this has been studied too most of

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the studies suffer from small sample

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size and conclude it may be possible

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there is a connection

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but better and larger studies are needed

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now let's get back to my favorite

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subject chocolate

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my cure has been blamed as a trigger for

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as long as i can remember

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however according to lee tompkins

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director of the migraine action society

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in the uk

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it is common for many people to crave

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sweet things prior to getting a migraine

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people will crave the chocolate then get

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a migraine blaming the onset of an

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attack on the chocolate

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however the attack may have already been

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on its way

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and it may have been the migraine brain

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that induced you to eat the chocolate

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besides chocolate some of the most

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common food culprits blamed for

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triggering migraine

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are cheese monosodium glutamate

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aspartame

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coffee and alcohol investigating food

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triggers is difficult

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since accurate records must be kept and

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one needs to be cautious

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of the cause and effect issue already

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discussed around chocolate

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a so-called migraine diet has made its

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rounds

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in migraineer communities and with

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health gurus for several decades

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it involves being on an elimination diet

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that occurs over long periods of time to

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help identify possible triggers

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according to the hofmann and recovers

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review there is no scientific evidence

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for a person to adopt this dietary trend

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in fact according to them advising

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patients to avoid triggers

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can lead to a restrictive lifestyle that

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can cause an increase in stress

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and frustration instead they recommend a

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balance of trigger avoidance and coping

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mechanisms neurologist stephen novella

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on the science-based medicine website

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has found that caffeine is one of the

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most common triggers he sees in patients

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and it is easy to test if caffeine is

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needed to get rid of a headache

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caffeine withdrawal is most likely the

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culprit

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and he recommends no caffeine for

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several weeks to see if migraine

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frequency

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declines one of my favorite anecdotes

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was him discussing patience on his

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skeptic's guide to the universe podcast

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where he asked people how many cups of

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coffee they had every day

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and they answered in pots not cops

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probably not a good idea even for people

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without migraine

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do chinooks chocolate and caffeine

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trigger migraines

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maybe i have learned to be cautious of

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anecdotal evidence and have learned to

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carefully track my symptoms with the

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guidance of my neurologists

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i have learned that migraines can happen

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despite having a good diet

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and regular exercise i have learned that

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migraines are complex and vary from

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person to person

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and turning the corner to realizing i

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probably have no control

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over when i get a migraine has released

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me

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and maybe chinook's chocolate and

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hi folks maynard here i hope you're all

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enjoying your skeptical time with

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richard here man there's a lot of

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learned listeners to this show

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but do you know who's saying rockabilly

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rebel and how well that charted in

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finland

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that's pretty important stuff you need

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to know you never know when you're going

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to need that kind of stuff

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so how about you come along and join

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richard and i

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at the amazing we don't care quiz

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if the title says it all we don't care

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if you don't like the questions we don't

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care

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even less if you can say that

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grammatically but that's what's going to

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be happening

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we don't care if you want to find out

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when it's on it's on at 8 30 live

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play along live with us on the live

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stream video at maynard's facebook page

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that's me

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or maynard.com.u there's a link there on

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the front see you later

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come on let's hear it for finish pop

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now it's time to see what's caught the

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eye of skeptical tim endum the editor

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and executive officer of the australian

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skeptics via

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the australian skeptics newsletter

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newsletter number 119.

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hi all it says as the rollout of covet

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19 vaccines picks up steam

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we'll see how hesitant australians are

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getting vaccinated

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a rush on gps now is only indicative

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of the majority who have always said

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that they will get it

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we'll have to wait for some more months

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before

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the true situation becomes apparent but

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in the meantime

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we'll always have muller mimbi read on

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and news items covered in this

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newsletter

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are australia's anti-vaxx capital

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profile of the mullan bimbi community of

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the north coast of new south wales

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skeptics quoted then remember that each

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story also includes a link when you

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subscribe to the newsletter

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canadian conservative party votes not to

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recognize climate crisis as real

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a very short article which is short on

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detail

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not sure if they are against the concept

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of

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anthropogenic climate change per se

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or just the crisis part

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oregon and pseudoscience interesting

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historical article on the austrian

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physicist william rice

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oregon energy accumulator

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and uh as an aside yes you can still buy

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orgon

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energy devices i know here in australia

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i've come across those quite a few times

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banned this week at pseudoscience gay

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conversion therapy is not just a

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practice among

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fundamental christian groups this jewish

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blogger describes his experiences

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has the canterbury panther mystery been

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solved

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new zealand's canterburyans i.e around

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christchurch

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have long questioned whether large cats

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are on the loose in the south island

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now there may finally be an answer

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thanks to dna

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but don't get your hopes up sailing

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skeptically anyone with a few days to

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spare in mid-2022

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may fancy a cruise through northern

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europe on the sooth

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sayers cruise club quote

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time to look forward to getting together

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for an adventure

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join your fellow skeptics for a

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celebration of fun

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food and free thinking on a

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12 night baltic cruise aboard the brand

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new celebrity apex

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from the 20th of july to the 1st of

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august 2022

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hopefully mentioning cruz and europe

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in the same breath will not be as big a

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worry next year

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as it was last the march 2021 issue of

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the skeptic

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the journal from australia's skeptics is

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out with a major feature on various mind

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control techniques and the pseudoscience

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behind them

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also included are an in-depth look at

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biodynamics

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the study on omens and prophecies a

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classic map of early australian

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exploration reinterpreted contact

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with extraterrestrials and the early

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results of a major study on psychic

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predictions

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who's right who's wrong and who's jumped

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onto the wrong horse

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and there's a link there so you can

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subscribe to the journal itself

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the newsletter also lists upcoming

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events such as canberra skeptics

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sydney skeptics in the pub queensland

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gold coast skeptics per skeptics and

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more

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and we end with security cameras record

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paranormal activity

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in texas home we don't normally link to

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ghost videos and photos

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we get them every day and they tend to

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be the same so

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vague and amorphous as to be

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not worth investigating for example

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what am i supposed to be looking at

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obvious double exposures with

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clear natural explanations spiders on

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security cameras is a common one

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or blatant fakes but we thought we'd

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throw this one into the mix just for the

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record

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and in case you haven't seen one lately

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ask a few

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questions why do these things only move

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one way

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strings pulling why are all these

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security cameras in odd locations around

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the house

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to film what's going to happen and how

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can that

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dog sit down so calmly after witnessing

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a paranormal event

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my pet humans doing something silly

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again honestly

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these are pretty typical now you can

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newsletter by visiting

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well-known skeptic

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i'm a team member of the guerrilla

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gsow but you find folks may know me

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because i contributed segments for

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several episodes

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of this podcast check out my interviews

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from cycon 2019

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starting with episode 576

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so here's a little known fact all of my

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skeptical activism stems from

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discovering the skeptic zone

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yep i first heard of the gsow project

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right here back in 2012 due to richard's

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selfless support of it

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00:21:38,470 --> 00:21:35,760
and other skeptical activities around

576
00:21:40,310 --> 00:21:38,480
the world i can honestly say

577
00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:40,320
i'd likely still be a skeptical couch

578
00:21:45,590 --> 00:21:42,240
potato if i hadn't discovered

579
00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:45,600
this podcast so besides giving back to

580
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the zone

581
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:48,720
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582
00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:50,320
contribute to the success of the show

583
00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:52,880
with ongoing monthly micro payments

584
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and i'm asking you to consider doing the

585
00:21:57,990 --> 00:21:56,000
same

586
00:21:59,190 --> 00:21:58,000
you can do that by following the patreon

587
00:22:02,549 --> 00:21:59,200
or paypal links

588
00:22:03,669 --> 00:22:02,559
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[Music]

591
00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:25,360
now i think it was about this time last

592
00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:27,200
year or maybe

593
00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:30,720
it's hard to say maybe may or june

594
00:22:33,990 --> 00:22:32,320
isn't it strange how the year gets away

595
00:22:35,510 --> 00:22:34,000
from you especially with such a crazy

596
00:22:39,510 --> 00:22:35,520
year as 2020

597
00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:39,520
that i suggested a website be set up to

598
00:22:42,149 --> 00:22:40,080
collect

599
00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:42,159
all the coronavirus conspiracy theories

600
00:22:46,149 --> 00:22:44,080
to catalogue them to have them archived

601
00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:46,159
so people could reference them

602
00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:49,600
and that came to fruition in the form of

603
00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:53,280
corona conspiracy.cloud and that link

604
00:22:58,230 --> 00:22:56,480
is on each week's show notes

605
00:23:00,149 --> 00:22:58,240
and i thought it was time i had a quick

606
00:23:02,230 --> 00:23:00,159
look to see what

607
00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:02,240
over the last few months what new

608
00:23:06,070 --> 00:23:04,640
coronavirus conspiracies and nonsense

609
00:23:07,990 --> 00:23:06,080
has been

610
00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:08,000
put on facebook or on the internet in

611
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:10,159
general road signs

612
00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:12,880
whatever and i'm delighted to say in a

613
00:23:17,110 --> 00:23:15,200
funny sort of way there are lots of

614
00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:17,120
entries here people have been uploading

615
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:19,240
things to corona

616
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:22,000
conspiracy.cloud well let's see

617
00:23:26,390 --> 00:23:24,320
now here's a classic one covert 19

618
00:23:30,549 --> 00:23:26,400
there's a false flag operation

619
00:23:32,630 --> 00:23:30,559
to usher in new world order

620
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:32,640
and another one here from last year

621
00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:34,080
somebody's standing

622
00:23:40,789 --> 00:23:38,400
next to a giant banner it says

623
00:23:42,549 --> 00:23:40,799
curved 19 is a false flag operation to

624
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:42,559
usher in the new world order

625
00:23:46,710 --> 00:23:45,200
there we are again they are forging

626
00:23:50,789 --> 00:23:46,720
death certificates

627
00:23:52,950 --> 00:23:50,799
to inflate the figures do your research

628
00:23:55,590 --> 00:23:52,960
say no to martial law mandatory

629
00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:55,600
vaccinations one world currency

630
00:23:58,870 --> 00:23:58,320
cashless society so it's really good

631
00:24:00,310 --> 00:23:58,880
that people

632
00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:00,320
actually taking photographs of these

633
00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:02,320
things in the street

634
00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:04,320
as it were in posting them to this

635
00:24:08,390 --> 00:24:06,640
archive here we have another one let's

636
00:24:10,190 --> 00:24:08,400
see what it says i'll click the link

637
00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:10,200
all you have to do when you go to corona

638
00:24:15,430 --> 00:24:11,919
conspiracy.cloud is you click

639
00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:15,440
the thumbnail or you can do a search

640
00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:18,240
and up pops the item in question plus a

641
00:24:22,149 --> 00:24:18,960
little bit of

642
00:24:24,710 --> 00:24:22,159
background here's one from

643
00:24:25,909 --> 00:24:24,720
facebook it would appear coronavirus

644
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:25,919
cocktail

645
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:30,080
healey medical board golden circle pure

646
00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:33,200
fitness circulation meridian 2

647
00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:36,480
lymphatic system bioanagenic balance 1

648
00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:37,360
immune system

649
00:24:43,669 --> 00:24:40,640
bioenergetic balance 2 bacteria

650
00:24:47,190 --> 00:24:43,679
deep cycle clean all cold cycle

651
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:47,200
care running these frequency programs

652
00:24:50,470 --> 00:24:49,360
daily to keep an immune system in

653
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:50,480
tip-top

654
00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:53,760
shape healthy frequency healing

655
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:55,600
australia

656
00:24:59,430 --> 00:24:58,240
wow and the person who's uploaded this

657
00:25:02,470 --> 00:24:59,440
says promotion of a

658
00:25:05,750 --> 00:25:02,480
quack bio-residence device

659
00:25:09,110 --> 00:25:05,760
the heli to treat chronovirus making up

660
00:25:09,830 --> 00:25:09,120
nonsense healing medical board fanciful

661
00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:09,840
claims

662
00:25:17,269 --> 00:25:14,799
indeed

663
00:25:18,549 --> 00:25:17,279
another snippet here what's this one

664
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:18,559
with a

665
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:21,600
weird graphic that says covered

666
00:25:29,190 --> 00:25:26,159
5g gates world health organization

667
00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:29,200
everything's in there new templars new

668
00:25:33,430 --> 00:25:30,000
templars

669
00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:33,440
covered one dg

670
00:25:38,789 --> 00:25:36,720
map fully explained interview with dylan

671
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:38,799
lewis monroe

672
00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:42,880
hmm here's one it says

673
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:46,640
ovid ovid is latin for sheep

674
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:50,400
covid starts with a c which also means

675
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:53,679
c s-e-e in ancient languages

676
00:25:57,830 --> 00:25:57,039
19 was known as the number of surrender

677
00:26:01,029 --> 00:25:57,840
in ancient

678
00:26:04,549 --> 00:26:01,039
times c

679
00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:04,559
overd 19 equals see a sheep

680
00:26:10,149 --> 00:26:07,840
surrender well that makes about as much

681
00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:10,159
sense as just about anything i've seen

682
00:26:15,029 --> 00:26:11,279
another one

683
00:26:18,230 --> 00:26:15,039
here from a md

684
00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:18,240
holistic holistic psychiatrist

685
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:22,320
oh yeah strand of human hair this is

686
00:26:26,149 --> 00:26:24,480
its images strand of human hair 15

687
00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:26,159
microns in diameter

688
00:26:31,029 --> 00:26:29,679
and then tiny little coronavirus 0.12

689
00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:31,039
microns diameter

690
00:26:36,149 --> 00:26:33,279
then a circle representing the surgical

691
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:36,159
mask diameter filtration capacity 2 to

692
00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:37,200
10 microns

693
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:38,320
basically trying to say that the

694
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:40,240
chronovirus is much smaller than the

695
00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:42,559
holes in the surgical mask

696
00:26:46,310 --> 00:26:44,000
which is an old argument i've heard for

697
00:26:49,350 --> 00:26:46,320
about a year now but of course the

698
00:26:52,710 --> 00:26:49,360
virus itself just doesn't waft out

699
00:26:56,390 --> 00:26:52,720
all on its lonesome another posting on

700
00:26:57,029 --> 00:26:56,400
would seem to be facebook from sally and

701
00:26:59,350 --> 00:26:57,039
scharf

702
00:27:00,230 --> 00:26:59,360
firstly viruses are not living organisms

703
00:27:03,269 --> 00:27:00,240
or living

704
00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:03,279
microbes they do not have a respiratory

705
00:27:08,149 --> 00:27:04,640
system nor

706
00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:08,159
do they have a nucleus or digestive

707
00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:10,480
system viruses are not alive and viruses

708
00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:12,159
are not contagious

709
00:27:15,669 --> 00:27:15,200
oh boy the fear behind coronavirus for

710
00:27:18,389 --> 00:27:15,679
instance

711
00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:18,399
is wholly unwarranted forget everything

712
00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:20,240
you think you know about viruses and

713
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:21,520
bacteria

714
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:28,470
well here's another interesting one from

715
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:31,039
november last year what the government

716
00:27:36,149 --> 00:27:32,640
doesn't tell you

717
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:36,159
socializing boosts immunity

718
00:27:40,070 --> 00:27:38,960
facial expressions are a key component

719
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:40,080
to communication

720
00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:42,080
and human connection the heart's

721
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:50,950
bacteria are our immune system viruses

722
00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:54,000
are part of a detoxing mechanism and are

723
00:27:58,389 --> 00:27:55,919
not the cause of disease

724
00:27:59,510 --> 00:27:58,399
how about that here's another posting

725
00:28:02,950 --> 00:27:59,520
somebody's put up

726
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:02,960
a screen capture that says it

727
00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:06,000
shouldn't be this shocking everyone

728
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:08,960
will get this lab made covered 19

729
00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:10,240
eventually

730
00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:13,760
99 infection rate means you're

731
00:28:19,750 --> 00:28:17,200
likely to catch it 99 survival rate

732
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,760
means you're likely to live through it

733
00:28:24,149 --> 00:28:21,440
greater than one percent death rate

734
00:28:27,590 --> 00:28:24,159
means you have nothing to worry about

735
00:28:29,110 --> 00:28:27,600
so open everything up already

736
00:28:30,870 --> 00:28:29,120
and that looks like that was from

737
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:30,880
october last year

738
00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:33,520
and and i think it's safe to say we've

739
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:35,760
seen what happens when societies open up

740
00:28:41,269 --> 00:28:36,559
too quickly

741
00:28:44,470 --> 00:28:41,279
and it's never good and one more for now

742
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:44,480
posting the new

743
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:47,360
vaccine for curved 19 will be the first

744
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:48,320
of its kind

745
00:28:56,789 --> 00:28:53,679
ever it will be an mrna vaccine

746
00:29:00,549 --> 00:28:56,799
which will literally alter your dna

747
00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:00,559
it will warp itself into your system

748
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:04,000
warp itself into your system like star

749
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:08,310
you will essentially become a

750
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:10,720
genetically modified human being

751
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:14,240
complete with an image here of some dna

752
00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:16,159
imagine that a genetically modified

753
00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:17,600
human being

754
00:29:20,789 --> 00:29:20,320
well they're just some of the many many

755
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:20,799
many

756
00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:22,640
entries people from around the world

757
00:29:26,310 --> 00:29:24,840
have been putting up at corona

758
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:26,320
conspiracy.cloud

759
00:29:30,549 --> 00:29:28,880
and if you're a journalist and you're

760
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:30,559
interested in writing a story about some

761
00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:32,480
of the quackery and misconceptions and

762
00:29:35,669 --> 00:29:33,840
nonsense out there

763
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:35,679
then this site is really worth a visit

764
00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:37,520
because it's page after page after page

765
00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:39,520
of screen captures photographs and other

766
00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:40,240
things

767
00:29:45,029 --> 00:29:42,640
people have been putting up all to do

768
00:29:47,430 --> 00:29:45,039
with coronavirus conspiracies

769
00:29:48,549 --> 00:29:47,440
and nonsense again you can visit that

770
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:48,559
site very easily

771
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,600
by going to corona conspiracy.cloud or

772
00:29:56,410 --> 00:29:53,200
simply clicking the link

773
00:30:05,669 --> 00:29:56,420
in each week's show notes

774
00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:09,190
drinking hey drinks hey so nice to be

775
00:30:12,950 --> 00:30:10,799
back at skeptics in the pub

776
00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:12,960
yes richard it's great that covert 19 is

777
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:14,000
a thing of the past

778
00:30:17,669 --> 00:30:16,000
and we can gather together and not wear

779
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:17,679
masks although i will occasionally you

780
00:30:20,149 --> 00:30:18,240
know like

781
00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:20,159
you know in special situations you know

782
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:21,600
what i mean

783
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:23,600
this this beer tastes better than i

784
00:30:27,830 --> 00:30:24,720
remember

785
00:30:28,630 --> 00:30:27,840
and this beer glass is much bigger than

786
00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:28,640
i remember

787
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:31,360
hmm oh thanks for this i'll get the next

788
00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:31,919
round

789
00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:34,840
ah no need all the beer is free tonight

790
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:36,080
free

791
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:37,840
wow did you hear that all the

792
00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:39,440
anti-vaxxers and flat earthers have

793
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:40,640
changed their minds

794
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:43,919
what really yeah yeah yeah they're now

795
00:30:46,389 --> 00:30:45,600
busy writing apology letters to the

796
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:46,399
whole world

797
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:47,760
they're really busy they're gonna have

798
00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:49,120
to sharpen their pencil if you know what

799
00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:49,600
i mean

800
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:52,720
ah look it's lara coming over here with

801
00:31:03,430 --> 00:30:53,279
a

802
00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:03,440
lobster chips

803
00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:06,320
lobster and chips oh wow this is like a

804
00:31:09,509 --> 00:31:07,200
dream

805
00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:09,519
and this pub now has recliner chairs a

806
00:31:14,230 --> 00:31:11,360
free foot massage for everyone and

807
00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:14,240
vouchers for uber rides home

808
00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:16,880
wow hang on this seems too good to be

809
00:31:19,830 --> 00:31:18,159
true who's the guest speaker it's not

810
00:31:23,029 --> 00:31:19,840
bloody brian dunning is it

811
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:23,039
let me see uh this

812
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:26,320
is odd it says here it's the skeptical

813
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:27,760
fairy godmother angel

814
00:31:34,230 --> 00:31:30,799
from the internet the skeptical god

815
00:31:43,509 --> 00:31:34,240
mel you know you know

816
00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:46,070
hello everyone who are you like you're

817
00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:47,519
only 10 centimeters tall

818
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:50,080
that's about 4 inches for those of you

819
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:50,960
using the

820
00:31:55,350 --> 00:31:53,600
darth vader imperial system and floating

821
00:31:58,389 --> 00:31:55,360
in the air that can't be right

822
00:32:01,750 --> 00:31:58,399
as lara said i'm the skeptical

823
00:32:03,830 --> 00:32:01,760
fairy godmother angel from the internet

824
00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:03,840
ask a silly question and you're

825
00:32:09,190 --> 00:32:05,519
tonight's guest speaker

826
00:32:09,669 --> 00:32:09,200
well not really i have come to tell you

827
00:32:14,630 --> 00:32:09,679
that

828
00:32:17,029 --> 00:32:14,640
yes this is all a dream

829
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:17,039
i thought this was too good to be true i

830
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:19,840
know we can't meet in pubs at the moment

831
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:21,760
but that shouldn't stop you from

832
00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:24,960
enjoying skeptical talks online

833
00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:28,000
the fixed skeptics have skeptics cafe

834
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:31,120
each month sydney has skeptics in the

835
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:32,240
pub

836
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:34,720
there are online events from the gold

837
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:35,279
coast

838
00:32:41,830 --> 00:32:38,320
and yes yes this all sounds

839
00:32:42,870 --> 00:32:41,840
eerily familiar have we met before

840
00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:42,880
somewhere

841
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:46,960
maybe we have maybe it was as we watched

842
00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:48,000
a live and

843
00:32:51,509 --> 00:32:51,200
interactive skeptical talk all you need

844
00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:51,519
do

845
00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:54,559
is search for them online no matter

846
00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:56,000
where you are in the world

847
00:32:59,590 --> 00:32:57,679
she's right i've been watching skeptical

848
00:33:01,190 --> 00:32:59,600
talks from the uk the us

849
00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:01,200
and even one from my own living room

850
00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:02,720
although that one wasn't very

851
00:33:04,789 --> 00:33:04,320
interesting i fell asleep and i was the

852
00:33:07,830 --> 00:33:04,799
speaker

853
00:33:11,269 --> 00:33:07,840
hang on hang on weren't you once

854
00:33:14,630 --> 00:33:11,279
the tooth fairy i'll

855
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:14,640
never leave that down one last

856
00:33:29,110 --> 00:33:20,480
question yes just whose dream is this

857
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:31,909
she disappeared but um we're still here

858
00:33:36,950 --> 00:33:32,799
huh

859
00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:36,960
right so um

860
00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:39,279
lobster and chips anyone oh yeah he only

861
00:33:55,910 --> 00:33:40,880
pays for food and drinks in the dream

862
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[Music]

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00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:02,960
guess it's time to look into the

864
00:34:08,550 --> 00:34:05,679
treasure trove at trove.nla

865
00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:08,560
dot today you the digitized resource of

866
00:34:12,570 --> 00:34:10,000
australian newspapers gives it

867
00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:12,580
periodicals etc

868
00:34:20,149 --> 00:34:16,480
[Music]

869
00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:20,159
thousands of digitized articles complete

870
00:34:23,190 --> 00:34:22,240
magazines complete catalogs of

871
00:34:25,349 --> 00:34:23,200
newspapers

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00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:25,359
going back decades and decades and

873
00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:27,280
decades

874
00:34:32,829 --> 00:34:30,079
and this week i thought we'd do a search

875
00:34:36,869 --> 00:34:32,839
for the term

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00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:39,430
and i was amazed at how many returns

877
00:34:44,069 --> 00:34:40,720
that

878
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:44,079
search resulted in so many but here are

879
00:34:52,550 --> 00:34:49,119
a few picked at random

880
00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:52,560
from the queenslander which was

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00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:53,280
published

882
00:35:03,109 --> 00:34:57,440
apparently from 1866 to 1939

883
00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:03,119
saturday the 30th of april 1921

884
00:35:08,670 --> 00:35:06,480
superstitions about furniture

885
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:08,680
one day someone will issue an

886
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:11,040
encyclopedia about superstitions

887
00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:12,720
and it will be one of the most

888
00:35:19,430 --> 00:35:15,280
voluminous encyclopedias yet published

889
00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:19,440
such is the credulity of the human race

890
00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:21,280
there are an extraordinary number of

891
00:35:26,069 --> 00:35:22,560
superstitions about

892
00:35:28,950 --> 00:35:26,079
furniture says a writer in john o

893
00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:28,960
london's weekly anybody can smash a

894
00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:30,320
chair maybe

895
00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:32,880
an antique of great beauty and value but

896
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:34,960
nobody will have the shivers

897
00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:38,480
whereas if a cheap ugly looking glass is

898
00:35:42,470 --> 00:35:39,359
broken

899
00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:42,480
some people will have fits in

900
00:35:45,750 --> 00:35:45,119
cornwall the supposed penalty for such

901
00:35:48,790 --> 00:35:45,760
an offense

902
00:35:50,950 --> 00:35:48,800
used to be seven years of sorrow a

903
00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:50,960
yorkshire proverb states that such an

904
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:51,520
accident

905
00:35:57,190 --> 00:35:54,960
involves seven years trouble but no want

906
00:35:59,829 --> 00:35:57,200
it used to be regarded as a sure

907
00:36:02,470 --> 00:35:59,839
indication of the speedy decease of the

908
00:36:04,550 --> 00:36:02,480
master of the house and in scotland it

909
00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:04,560
was regarded as an infallible sign that

910
00:36:07,349 --> 00:36:06,720
some member of the family would shortly

911
00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:07,359
die

912
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:09,680
it was supposed to be the height of ill

913
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:10,720
luck to see

914
00:36:15,589 --> 00:36:12,800
the new moon reflected in a looking

915
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:15,599
glass through a window pane

916
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:17,920
and some mothers carefully prevented

917
00:36:23,109 --> 00:36:19,760
their youngest child looking on

918
00:36:25,829 --> 00:36:23,119
one until a year old

919
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:25,839
mirrors were regarded by our forefathers

920
00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:27,200
as the most

921
00:36:33,109 --> 00:36:31,040
effective means of divining secrets

922
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:33,119
there is a tradition that the gunpowder

923
00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:36,240
plot was discovered by dr john d

924
00:36:40,870 --> 00:36:39,200
a famous magician of that time with his

925
00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:40,880
magic mirror

926
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:43,520
there is an old engraving in a prayer

927
00:36:47,589 --> 00:36:44,240
book

928
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:47,599
printed by bassett in 1737 showing a

929
00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:50,400
circular looking glass with a reflection

930
00:36:54,310 --> 00:36:51,680
of the houses of

931
00:36:55,670 --> 00:36:54,320
parliament by night with a person

932
00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:55,680
entering carrying

933
00:36:59,030 --> 00:36:57,760
a lantern there was a popular

934
00:37:01,750 --> 00:36:59,040
superstition once

935
00:37:02,630 --> 00:37:01,760
that fine glass such as that of venice

936
00:37:06,069 --> 00:37:02,640
would break if

937
00:37:09,190 --> 00:37:06,079
poison were put in it there is much

938
00:37:10,710 --> 00:37:09,200
curious folklore about the bed bedsteads

939
00:37:13,430 --> 00:37:10,720
were always placed parallel

940
00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:13,440
to the planks of the floor as it was

941
00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:14,240
considered

942
00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:17,280
unlucky to sleep across the boards there

943
00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:19,520
is a belief among the hindus that

944
00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:22,720
those who sleep with their beds to the

945
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:23,520
north

946
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:26,160
will have their days shortened yet some

947
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:27,920
people say they always sleep

948
00:37:31,670 --> 00:37:30,640
sounder when their heads are placed to

949
00:37:34,150 --> 00:37:31,680
the north

950
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:34,160
and a scottish physician once declared

951
00:37:37,030 --> 00:37:34,720
that

952
00:37:39,109 --> 00:37:37,040
when he failed by every other

953
00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:39,119
prescription to bring sleep to

954
00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:41,280
invalid children he recommended their

955
00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:42,560
beds be turned

956
00:37:48,870 --> 00:37:45,760
due north or south the phrase

957
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:48,880
to get out of bed the wrong way

958
00:37:53,109 --> 00:37:51,440
originated in an ancient superstition

959
00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:53,119
which regarded it as

960
00:37:59,910 --> 00:37:56,320
unlucky to place the left foot first

961
00:38:02,390 --> 00:37:59,920
on the ground when getting out of bed

962
00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:02,400
and the next item that comes to us is

963
00:38:08,470 --> 00:38:04,960
from the newcastle morning herald and

964
00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:08,480
miners advocate published on the

965
00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:11,599
3rd of march 1885

966
00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:15,280
superstitions about the moon there are

967
00:38:19,589 --> 00:38:17,440
a numerous class of influences which

968
00:38:22,069 --> 00:38:19,599
popular opinion has imputed

969
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:22,079
to our satellite and which however

970
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:23,920
absurd they may be

971
00:38:27,670 --> 00:38:26,800
have prevailed among mankind in almost

972
00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:27,680
all countries

973
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:30,160
and throughout all ages the influence of

974
00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:32,400
the moon upon the weather is

975
00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:35,760
almost as firmly believed in today

976
00:38:39,829 --> 00:38:38,320
as it was a century ago and should you

977
00:38:41,990 --> 00:38:39,839
attempt to deny it

978
00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:42,000
you run the risk of being treated as an

979
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:43,040
infidel

980
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:46,079
or looked upon as not being exactly

981
00:38:51,589 --> 00:38:49,119
square in the upper story

982
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:51,599
besides its influence on the weather the

983
00:38:54,870 --> 00:38:52,160
moon

984
00:38:56,150 --> 00:38:54,880
is held responsible for a great variety

985
00:38:59,670 --> 00:38:56,160
of influences

986
00:39:03,190 --> 00:38:59,680
on the organized world for instance

987
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:03,200
the circulation of the sap in vegetables

988
00:39:10,069 --> 00:39:06,640
the qualities of grain the goodness

989
00:39:13,349 --> 00:39:10,079
of your vintage are severally laid

990
00:39:14,069 --> 00:39:13,359
to its account and timber must be

991
00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:14,079
planted

992
00:39:21,109 --> 00:39:18,240
down and gathered in

993
00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:21,119
the juice of the grape expressed and its

994
00:39:24,550 --> 00:39:22,400
subsequent treatment

995
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:24,560
regulated at times under the

996
00:39:30,310 --> 00:39:26,800
circumstances having determined

997
00:39:32,630 --> 00:39:30,320
relation to the aspects of the moon if

998
00:39:34,550 --> 00:39:32,640
excellence be looked for in these

999
00:39:37,589 --> 00:39:34,560
products of the soil

1000
00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:37,599
pigs must be killed and their subsequent

1001
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:38,160
treatment

1002
00:39:41,349 --> 00:39:40,720
related also according to the age of the

1003
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:41,359
moon

1004
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:44,000
according to popular belief satellite

1005
00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:46,560
also presides over human maladies

1006
00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:49,920
and the phenomena of the sick chamber

1007
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:53,200
are governed by lunar phases nay

1008
00:39:58,150 --> 00:39:56,640
the very marrow of our bones and the

1009
00:40:00,550 --> 00:39:58,160
weight of our bodies

1010
00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:00,560
suffer increase or dimination under its

1011
00:40:05,349 --> 00:40:01,680
influence

1012
00:40:08,470 --> 00:40:05,359
physical

1013
00:40:09,829 --> 00:40:08,480
and organic effects it extends its way

1014
00:40:10,870 --> 00:40:09,839
into the region of intellectual

1015
00:40:13,190 --> 00:40:10,880
phenomena

1016
00:40:14,390 --> 00:40:13,200
and notoriously governs mental

1017
00:40:16,230 --> 00:40:14,400
derangement

1018
00:40:18,630 --> 00:40:16,240
another prevalent notion in some parts

1019
00:40:19,990 --> 00:40:18,640
of europe is that the moon's light is

1020
00:40:23,109 --> 00:40:20,000
attended with the

1021
00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:23,119
effects of darkening the complexion also

1022
00:40:30,150 --> 00:40:26,560
that it facilitates the purification of

1023
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:30,160
animal substances and that oysters and

1024
00:40:33,589 --> 00:40:32,640
other shellfish become larger during the

1025
00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:33,599
increase

1026
00:40:39,190 --> 00:40:36,960
than during the decline of the moon

1027
00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:39,200
births are supposed to be influenced by

1028
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:40,160
the moon

1029
00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:43,280
as it is a prevalent opinion

1030
00:40:47,349 --> 00:40:45,760
that they occur more frequently in the

1031
00:40:50,470 --> 00:40:47,359
decline of the moon

1032
00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:50,480
than in her increase eggs

1033
00:40:54,470 --> 00:40:52,880
it is asserted should be put to hatch

1034
00:40:56,550 --> 00:40:54,480
when the moon is new

1035
00:40:57,670 --> 00:40:56,560
and fowls are better and more

1036
00:41:00,950 --> 00:40:57,680
successfully

1037
00:41:01,510 --> 00:41:00,960
reared when they break the shell at the

1038
00:41:04,870 --> 00:41:01,520
fall

1039
00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:04,880
of the moon maidens also wishing to know

1040
00:41:09,589 --> 00:41:06,240
who their future

1041
00:41:11,430 --> 00:41:09,599
lord and master is to be must visit a

1042
00:41:13,829 --> 00:41:11,440
running stream at midnight

1043
00:41:15,190 --> 00:41:13,839
by the light of the full moon repeating

1044
00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:15,200
the words

1045
00:41:21,589 --> 00:41:18,400
full moon full moon reveal to me

1046
00:41:25,030 --> 00:41:21,599
who my sweetheart is to be thereupon

1047
00:41:28,390 --> 00:41:25,040
the loving swan will appear

1048
00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:28,400
if not in substance at least in shadow

1049
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:30,160
the above are only a few of the

1050
00:41:34,870 --> 00:41:32,400
superstitious notions prevalent

1051
00:41:35,589 --> 00:41:34,880
among country people in all parts of

1052
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:35,599
europe

1053
00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:38,319
regarding the moon's influence for the

1054
00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:40,800
knowledge of which i am indebted to

1055
00:41:47,910 --> 00:41:45,040
lardner's museum of science wgb

1056
00:41:49,589 --> 00:41:47,920
quebec the next one comes to us from the

1057
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:49,599
newcastle morning herald at minus

1058
00:41:55,589 --> 00:41:51,760
advocate and this time

1059
00:41:58,069 --> 00:41:55,599
it's from the 24th of december 1907.

1060
00:41:58,630 --> 00:41:58,079
new year's superstitions in the north of

1061
00:42:01,510 --> 00:41:58,640
england

1062
00:42:01,990 --> 00:42:01,520
it is considered unlucky for any inmate

1063
00:42:04,870 --> 00:42:02,000
to go

1064
00:42:06,309 --> 00:42:04,880
out of the house on new year's day until

1065
00:42:09,109 --> 00:42:06,319
someone from

1066
00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:09,119
without has entered it and the first

1067
00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:10,960
foot across the threshold

1068
00:42:16,069 --> 00:42:14,240
is watched with great anxiety the good

1069
00:42:19,349 --> 00:42:16,079
or bad luck of the house during

1070
00:42:22,309 --> 00:42:19,359
the year depending on the first comer

1071
00:42:23,030 --> 00:42:22,319
being a man or a woman in lancashire

1072
00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:23,040
folklore

1073
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:26,160
it is related that should it be a female

1074
00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:27,680
or a lightheaded male

1075
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:29,599
be the first to enter a house on the

1076
00:42:34,550 --> 00:42:31,200
morning of new year's

1077
00:42:35,349 --> 00:42:34,560
day it is supposed to bring bad luck for

1078
00:42:38,069 --> 00:42:35,359
the whole year

1079
00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:38,079
then commencing various precautions are

1080
00:42:42,230 --> 00:42:38,720
taken

1081
00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:42,240
to prevent this misfortune hence many

1082
00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:42,640
male

1083
00:42:47,510 --> 00:42:45,680
persons with black or dark hair

1084
00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:47,520
are in the habit of going from house to

1085
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:49,280
house on that day

1086
00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:52,079
to take the new year in for which they

1087
00:42:55,190 --> 00:42:53,280
are treated with

1088
00:42:56,309 --> 00:42:55,200
liquor and presented with a small

1089
00:42:59,109 --> 00:42:56,319
gratuity

1090
00:42:59,829 --> 00:42:59,119
so far it is the apprehension carried

1091
00:43:02,309 --> 00:42:59,839
that

1092
00:43:02,950 --> 00:43:02,319
some families will not open the door to

1093
00:43:05,990 --> 00:43:02,960
anyone

1094
00:43:08,390 --> 00:43:06,000
until satisfied by the voice that he

1095
00:43:09,030 --> 00:43:08,400
is likely to bring the house a year's

1096
00:43:11,829 --> 00:43:09,040
good luck

1097
00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:11,839
by entering it the most kindly and

1098
00:43:16,150 --> 00:43:12,880
charitable woman

1099
00:43:17,349 --> 00:43:16,160
in a neighborhood will strongly refuse

1100
00:43:21,030 --> 00:43:17,359
to give anyone

1101
00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:21,040
a light on the morning of new year's day

1102
00:43:25,510 --> 00:43:24,079
as it is most unlucky to the one who

1103
00:43:27,589 --> 00:43:25,520
gives it away

1104
00:43:28,790 --> 00:43:27,599
as bearing on the last named

1105
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:28,800
superstition

1106
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:31,760
it is asserted that in the north riding

1107
00:43:35,589 --> 00:43:32,720
of yorkshire

1108
00:43:36,710 --> 00:43:35,599
those who have not the common materials

1109
00:43:39,510 --> 00:43:36,720
for making a fire

1110
00:43:40,230 --> 00:43:39,520
generally sit without one on new year's

1111
00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:40,240
day

1112
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:42,480
for none of their neighbors although

1113
00:43:47,270 --> 00:43:44,400
hospitable at other times

1114
00:43:48,870 --> 00:43:47,280
will suffer them to light a candle at

1115
00:43:51,270 --> 00:43:48,880
their fires

1116
00:43:53,109 --> 00:43:51,280
if they do it is believed that one of

1117
00:43:56,150 --> 00:43:53,119
the family will die within

1118
00:43:56,790 --> 00:43:56,160
the year opening a bible on new year's

1119
00:43:59,430 --> 00:43:56,800
day

1120
00:44:00,870 --> 00:43:59,440
is a superstitious practice observed in

1121
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:00,880
some parts of england

1122
00:44:06,950 --> 00:44:04,319
says brand in his popular antiques and

1123
00:44:08,069 --> 00:44:06,960
much credit is attached to it it is

1124
00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:08,079
unusually set

1125
00:44:12,870 --> 00:44:11,440
about with some little ceremony on the

1126
00:44:15,829 --> 00:44:12,880
morning before breakfast

1127
00:44:17,750 --> 00:44:15,839
as it must be performed fasting the

1128
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:17,760
bible is laid on the table

1129
00:44:21,109 --> 00:44:19,520
unopened and the parties who wish to

1130
00:44:24,309 --> 00:44:21,119
consult it are

1131
00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:24,319
there to open it in succession

1132
00:44:27,990 --> 00:44:26,400
they are not at liberty to choose any

1133
00:44:30,470 --> 00:44:28,000
particular part of the book

1134
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:30,480
they must open it at random wherever

1135
00:44:34,710 --> 00:44:32,079
this may happen to be

1136
00:44:37,910 --> 00:44:34,720
the inquirer is to place his finger on

1137
00:44:40,390 --> 00:44:37,920
any chapter contained in the two pages

1138
00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:40,400
but without any previous perusal or

1139
00:44:44,069 --> 00:44:41,680
examination

1140
00:44:45,510 --> 00:44:44,079
it is believed that the good or ill

1141
00:44:48,550 --> 00:44:45,520
fortune the happiness

1142
00:44:49,270 --> 00:44:48,560
or the misery of the consulting party

1143
00:44:52,630 --> 00:44:49,280
during the

1144
00:44:56,069 --> 00:44:52,640
ensuing year will be in some way

1145
00:44:59,109 --> 00:44:56,079
or other described or for shown

1146
00:45:02,470 --> 00:44:59,119
by the contents of the chapter as a rule

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although customs the origin of which

1148
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:03,359
dates back

1149
00:45:10,390 --> 00:45:06,880
to the misty days of the dim and distant

1150
00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:10,400
past have been transplanted in australia

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00:45:13,990 --> 00:45:12,480
with the people of distant lands

1152
00:45:16,230 --> 00:45:14,000
superstitions having

1153
00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:16,240
stayed at home this new country is not a

1154
00:45:19,829 --> 00:45:17,680
congenital home

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00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:19,839
for the elves fairies witches and

1156
00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:21,280
warlocks of europe

1157
00:45:24,790 --> 00:45:24,160
there is nowhere for them to hide for

1158
00:45:27,349 --> 00:45:24,800
the sun

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00:45:29,190 --> 00:45:27,359
shines all the year round and the

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00:45:33,190 --> 00:45:29,200
compulsory education system

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00:45:33,750 --> 00:45:33,200
is not friendly to them i like that last

1162
00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:33,760
line

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00:45:37,109 --> 00:45:35,440
that says a lot actually the more

1164
00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:37,119
educated

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00:45:44,470 --> 00:45:41,280
a society is the less uh superstitious

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00:45:48,390 --> 00:45:46,550
and finally we come to an article from

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00:45:51,510 --> 00:45:48,400
the albury banner

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00:45:56,750 --> 00:45:51,520
and wadonga express

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published on the 26th of may 1915

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00:46:03,750 --> 00:46:00,079
superstitions of the stage and

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00:46:05,829 --> 00:46:03,760
dressing rooms if a chorus girl whistles

1172
00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:05,839
in the dressing room while she is making

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00:46:09,910 --> 00:46:07,680
up for the stage

1174
00:46:12,630 --> 00:46:09,920
she is immediately thrust outside no

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00:46:14,950 --> 00:46:12,640
matter what the state of her attire

1176
00:46:16,710 --> 00:46:14,960
made to turn around three times knock at

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the door and apologize

1178
00:46:23,270 --> 00:46:19,839
on being readmitted she may sing

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00:46:26,470 --> 00:46:23,280
shout dance or show her merriment in any

1180
00:46:28,790 --> 00:46:26,480
other form but whistling is supposed to

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00:46:31,430 --> 00:46:28,800
put a blight on the performance

1182
00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:31,440
and only the novices indulge in it the

1183
00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:34,720
whistling girl who refuses to apologize

1184
00:46:39,190 --> 00:46:38,640
is unmercifully ragged this is one of

1185
00:46:41,430 --> 00:46:39,200
many

1186
00:46:43,430 --> 00:46:41,440
curious superstitions which rule among

1187
00:46:45,910 --> 00:46:43,440
the ladies of the chorus

1188
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:45,920
in the process of making up a hair's

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00:46:49,990 --> 00:46:47,599
foot is used

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00:46:51,910 --> 00:46:50,000
the average chorus girl will give almost

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00:46:54,630 --> 00:46:51,920
any some she possesses

1192
00:46:55,430 --> 00:46:54,640
to secure for its purpose the foot of a

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00:46:57,829 --> 00:46:55,440
hair

1194
00:47:00,230 --> 00:46:57,839
that has been shot by moonlight of

1195
00:47:03,990 --> 00:47:00,240
course these are rarities and many

1196
00:47:06,309 --> 00:47:04,000
spurious feet are sold but for a genuine

1197
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moonlighter there is always keen

1198
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competition

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00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:09,520
wobby tied the girl who brings may

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blossoms into the dressing room

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00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:14,640
any other sort of flower or foliage is

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00:47:18,309 --> 00:47:15,760
tolerated

1203
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but not welcomed but may blossom to a

1204
00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:19,359
chorus girl

1205
00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:22,640
is as a red flag to an infuriated bull

1206
00:47:26,390 --> 00:47:24,640
every girl possesses a makeup box

1207
00:47:27,430 --> 00:47:26,400
something like a small cash box

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00:47:29,670 --> 00:47:27,440
containing many

1209
00:47:31,589 --> 00:47:29,680
compartments for the various articles

1210
00:47:33,589 --> 00:47:31,599
used for the face to

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00:47:35,270 --> 00:47:33,599
counteract the white glare of the

1212
00:47:37,109 --> 00:47:35,280
footlights if

1213
00:47:38,549 --> 00:47:37,119
during the run of a certain piece of

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00:47:41,109 --> 00:47:38,559
review she

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00:47:42,470 --> 00:47:41,119
dared clean this out she is looked upon

1216
00:47:45,829 --> 00:47:42,480
as jonah

1217
00:47:46,790 --> 00:47:45,839
and shunned by her fellow choristers 90

1218
00:47:49,589 --> 00:47:46,800
out of

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00:47:51,190 --> 00:47:49,599
every 100 chorus girls believe that the

1220
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:51,200
stopping of a clock

1221
00:47:54,390 --> 00:47:53,520
or watch in the dressing room means bad

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00:47:56,150 --> 00:47:54,400
luck

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either it means that the performance

1224
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will get what is known in the profession

1225
00:48:02,470 --> 00:47:59,359
as

1226
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:02,480
the bird that is be booed hissed

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00:48:07,670 --> 00:48:04,480
interrupted or received

1228
00:48:10,230 --> 00:48:07,680
in stony silence or that the run

1229
00:48:10,870 --> 00:48:10,240
of the piece will be short in the course

1230
00:48:14,870 --> 00:48:10,880
of a

1231
00:48:16,790 --> 00:48:14,880
10 or 12 weeks tour of the provinces

1232
00:48:19,109 --> 00:48:16,800
the chorus girl travels hundreds of

1233
00:48:21,589 --> 00:48:19,119
miles free and sees more of the country

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00:48:23,030 --> 00:48:21,599
than the average person with 20 times

1235
00:48:26,150 --> 00:48:23,040
her income

1236
00:48:26,790 --> 00:48:26,160
all her travelling from town to town is

1237
00:48:30,069 --> 00:48:26,800
done on

1238
00:48:31,430 --> 00:48:30,079
sunday she may have finished at the

1239
00:48:33,430 --> 00:48:31,440
theater at midnight

1240
00:48:36,470 --> 00:48:33,440
spend two hours at her lodgings in

1241
00:48:39,910 --> 00:48:36,480
packing ready for the baggage man's call

1242
00:48:41,750 --> 00:48:39,920
and get ready to start on the 10 hours

1243
00:48:44,710 --> 00:48:41,760
journey by 5 am

1244
00:48:46,470 --> 00:48:44,720
this has left little time for making

1245
00:48:49,990 --> 00:48:46,480
herself look smart

1246
00:48:50,309 --> 00:48:50,000
but if any chorus girl dead in a moment

1247
00:48:53,510 --> 00:48:50,319
of

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00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:53,520
forgetfulness to trim her fingernails on

1249
00:48:57,829 --> 00:48:54,880
the train

1250
00:48:58,390 --> 00:48:57,839
she is shunned for the rest of the

1251
00:49:00,870 --> 00:48:58,400
journey

1252
00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:00,880
because silly as it may seem to those

1253
00:49:04,790 --> 00:49:02,240
outside the business

1254
00:49:06,630 --> 00:49:04,800
it is believed among the course that

1255
00:49:09,750 --> 00:49:06,640
this act will damage the show

1256
00:49:10,150 --> 00:49:09,760
for a week if while dressing the chorus

1257
00:49:13,510 --> 00:49:10,160
girl

1258
00:49:16,470 --> 00:49:13,520
accidentally puts her foot in any beer

1259
00:49:17,910 --> 00:49:16,480
or other intoxicant which has been

1260
00:49:21,109 --> 00:49:17,920
spilled on the floor

1261
00:49:24,710 --> 00:49:21,119
she considers her luck is in

1262
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:24,720
even though she herself may be a strict

1263
00:49:29,030 --> 00:49:27,280
tea totaller a theatrical landlady with

1264
00:49:31,109 --> 00:49:29,040
red hair and a cross eye

1265
00:49:32,630 --> 00:49:31,119
may as well shut up shop as far as

1266
00:49:35,990 --> 00:49:32,640
letting to chorus girls

1267
00:49:37,510 --> 00:49:36,000
is concerned they will have none of her

1268
00:49:39,109 --> 00:49:37,520
and i've yet to find the girl of the

1269
00:49:40,870 --> 00:49:39,119
chorus who will sleep in a room where

1270
00:49:43,430 --> 00:49:40,880
there are flowers

1271
00:49:45,510 --> 00:49:43,440
unless they are artificial she may well

1272
00:49:47,670 --> 00:49:45,520
incur the anger of the stage manager if

1273
00:49:50,790 --> 00:49:47,680
her stocking is put on the wrong

1274
00:49:54,069 --> 00:49:50,800
side purely by mistake but the

1275
00:49:55,990 --> 00:49:54,079
average chorus girl would mutiny rather

1276
00:49:57,750 --> 00:49:56,000
than change it because she firmly

1277
00:50:00,790 --> 00:49:57,760
believes that in doing so

1278
00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:00,800
she would change her luck which is more

1279
00:50:05,270 --> 00:50:01,760
to her

1280
00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:05,280
than an official wigging

1281
00:50:09,109 --> 00:50:06,880
and it's interesting to note that the

1282
00:50:12,710 --> 00:50:09,119
last paragraph i read

1283
00:50:16,790 --> 00:50:12,720
as originally published i would imagine

1284
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:16,800
is mixed up it's really strange the

1285
00:50:20,630 --> 00:50:18,960
first line she may incur the anger of

1286
00:50:25,430 --> 00:50:20,640
the stage is correct

1287
00:50:28,950 --> 00:50:25,440
the next line is written upside down

1288
00:50:31,030 --> 00:50:28,960
not back to front purely upside down

1289
00:50:32,870 --> 00:50:31,040
and that line is should be about four

1290
00:50:36,470 --> 00:50:32,880
lines further on

1291
00:50:39,190 --> 00:50:36,480
and the following line is also

1292
00:50:40,870 --> 00:50:39,200
wrong so it's one line is upside down

1293
00:50:42,950 --> 00:50:40,880
and the rest are in the wrong order so

1294
00:50:47,829 --> 00:50:42,960
it took a little while for me to

1295
00:50:49,430 --> 00:50:47,839
to decipher that how strange is that

1296
00:50:52,069 --> 00:50:49,440
well there you are just a selection of

1297
00:50:54,230 --> 00:50:52,079
the many results that come back when we

1298
00:50:55,990 --> 00:50:54,240
look for superstitions in the pages of

1299
00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:56,000
australian journals and magazines and

1300
00:50:58,950 --> 00:50:57,250
newspapers

1301
00:51:00,549 --> 00:50:58,960
[Music]

1302
00:51:03,990 --> 00:51:00,559
and you can read that for yourself by

1303
00:51:06,549 --> 00:51:04,000
going to trove.nla.gov.eu searching for

1304
00:51:09,510 --> 00:51:06,559
superstitions or anything you like

1305
00:51:10,309 --> 00:51:09,520
and having a very interesting time in

1306
00:51:34,490 --> 00:51:10,319
reading

1307
00:51:37,829 --> 00:51:36,150
[Applause]

1308
00:51:40,150 --> 00:51:37,839
thank you for listening to the skeptic

1309
00:51:43,349 --> 00:51:40,160
zone now

1310
00:51:44,069 --> 00:51:43,359
it's sunday here in australia sunday the

1311
00:51:48,309 --> 00:51:44,079
4th and

1312
00:51:51,510 --> 00:51:48,319
this evening live yes live on facebook

1313
00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:51,520
at 8 30 sydney time and the clocks just

1314
00:51:54,309 --> 00:51:52,319
went back

1315
00:51:56,630 --> 00:51:54,319
last night so keep that in mind if

1316
00:51:59,750 --> 00:51:56,640
you're listening internationally anyway

1317
00:52:03,670 --> 00:51:59,760
8 30 tonight sydney time

1318
00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:03,680
maynard is doing a live quiz online

1319
00:52:08,190 --> 00:52:06,800
on facebook and you can find out more by

1320
00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:08,200
visiting

1321
00:52:12,390 --> 00:52:11,200
maynard.com.eu it's maynard's we don't

1322
00:52:14,870 --> 00:52:12,400
care quiz

1323
00:52:15,510 --> 00:52:14,880
and i will be in the background on the

1324
00:52:19,349 --> 00:52:15,520
quiz

1325
00:52:20,150 --> 00:52:19,359
uh reading out your answers to maynard's

1326
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:20,160
questions

1327
00:52:23,430 --> 00:52:22,400
lots of fun very silly of course it's

1328
00:52:25,589 --> 00:52:23,440
maynard

1329
00:52:26,710 --> 00:52:25,599
what do you expect check it out if you

1330
00:52:29,510 --> 00:52:26,720
can join us live

1331
00:52:31,109 --> 00:52:29,520
tonight sydney time that would be great

1332
00:52:32,710 --> 00:52:31,119
a couple of weeks ago on the show you

1333
00:52:34,309 --> 00:52:32,720
would have heard adrian hill talking

1334
00:52:35,349 --> 00:52:34,319
about the great australian prediction

1335
00:52:37,430 --> 00:52:35,359
project

1336
00:52:38,870 --> 00:52:37,440
something that's been going on for quite

1337
00:52:41,109 --> 00:52:38,880
a few years now

1338
00:52:43,030 --> 00:52:41,119
i'll be giving a talk about that project

1339
00:52:44,950 --> 00:52:43,040
for the canberra skeptics

1340
00:52:46,390 --> 00:52:44,960
canberra skeptics proudly present the

1341
00:52:48,150 --> 00:52:46,400
great australian psychic prediction

1342
00:52:52,230 --> 00:52:48,160
project now this will be

1343
00:52:55,910 --> 00:52:52,240
tuesday the 13th of april at 6 00 p.m

1344
00:52:57,910 --> 00:52:55,920
here in uh in australia

1345
00:52:59,349 --> 00:52:57,920
canberra time sydney time melbourne time

1346
00:53:00,230 --> 00:52:59,359
brisbane time it's all the same at the

1347
00:53:02,390 --> 00:53:00,240
moment

1348
00:53:05,109 --> 00:53:02,400
and for more information on how to book

1349
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:05,119
your place for that talk by me

1350
00:53:10,470 --> 00:53:08,400
just visit canberra skeptics.org a link

1351
00:53:12,549 --> 00:53:10,480
in this week's show notes

1352
00:53:14,470 --> 00:53:12,559
and coming up in may for the canberra

1353
00:53:16,950 --> 00:53:14,480
skeptics another talk

1354
00:53:18,630 --> 00:53:16,960
what is humanism and that will be on the

1355
00:53:21,589 --> 00:53:18,640
12th of may

1356
00:53:22,069 --> 00:53:21,599
a talk by anne-marie cosgrove it's a

1357
00:53:25,190 --> 00:53:22,079
zoom

1358
00:53:26,549 --> 00:53:25,200
talk for tens even hundreds of thousands

1359
00:53:28,230 --> 00:53:26,559
of years humans have been

1360
00:53:29,990 --> 00:53:28,240
wondering about their place in the

1361
00:53:32,230 --> 00:53:30,000
universe

1362
00:53:34,549 --> 00:53:32,240
and pondering fundamental questions

1363
00:53:37,030 --> 00:53:34,559
about their existence such as

1364
00:53:39,349 --> 00:53:37,040
how can i understand the world how can i

1365
00:53:41,430 --> 00:53:39,359
find meaning and fulfillment in life

1366
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:41,440
how can i find comfort when i am

1367
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:42,480
grieving

1368
00:53:46,549 --> 00:53:45,040
how do i deal with fear of my own death

1369
00:53:48,710 --> 00:53:46,559
oh it's a bit serious

1370
00:53:49,910 --> 00:53:48,720
how should i behave what is right and

1371
00:53:52,549 --> 00:53:49,920
what is wrong

1372
00:53:55,430 --> 00:53:52,559
for information on those two talks again

1373
00:53:57,030 --> 00:53:55,440
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1374
00:53:58,750 --> 00:53:57,040
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keep thinking this is the part of the

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usually three times actually usually

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four times and you

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guess what number's going to come up

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this week it's a d10

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very green d10 now i mentioned earlier

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before the music that my online store

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has photography one of the photographs

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no a couple of the photographs are of

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some of the dice i

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use so you can check that out anyway

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guess the way i'm going to roll it three

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times originally and then we'll do a

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fourth just for

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fun i'm gonna write these down here

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comes the first number

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out of ten here we go

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ten here's the first number

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did you get ten here comes the second

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six

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and third roll

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one very evenly spread today

1441
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and the supplementary the extra number

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at the end just for fun

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another one here we go folks the numbers