The Reality Check #169: Comparing Animal Calories + Tourette Syndrome + Warm Water Prank

Darren describes which animal provides the most calories per life. Adam looks into what Tourette Syndrome is, and what it is not. Elan wonders whether you can make someone pee the bed by putting their hand in warm water.

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The Reality Check #168: Quantum Jumping + Is Pizza a Vegetable? + Do Twins Skip a Generation?

Elan covers the outrageous website “Quantum Jumping”. Adam looks into a recent news item, whether the US Congress really decided to make pizza a vegetable. Darren examines the belief that twins “skip a generation”.

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The Reality Check #167: Gamer Glasses + Radionics + Entrapment

Adam looks into whether glasses designed for “gamers” can actually make you better at video games. Elan talks about “radionics”, a popular medical pseudoscience invented by Albert Abrams a century ago (no relation to Jon Abrams!). Darren looks into the common TV/move trope of “Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you are.”

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The Reality Check #166: Fundamental Attribution Error + Self CPR + Green Poppy Centres

Elan talks about the cognitive bias “Fundamental Attribution Error” where people don’t see situational causes for why people do what they do. Darren complains about a chain letter he received about giving yourself CPR. Adam looks into why Canada had poppy pins with green centres for so long.

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The Reality Check #165: Global Corporate Conspiracy? + 7 Billion People! + Flushing Hot Flashes

Darren explores a recent paper that looked into if there is in fact a small group of people that control the biggest corporations, and therefore the world! Adam looks into whether the “7 billionth” person is named Caidan. Elan takes a shower and learns to not fear the flush.

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The Reality Check #164: Black Cat Abuse On Halloween + Blue Blood + Vampire Ecology

Adam discusses whether or not black cats are at risk for abuse on Halloween. Darren looks into why humans have red blood and not blue blood. Jon takes a critical looks at what would happen if vampirism really existed, would it take over the world?

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The Reality Check #163: Consciousness + Stranger Danger + Gregorian Monks

Darren defines and discusses consciousness. Elan looks at some data that says that maybe it’s not strangers that we should be afraid of. Adam looks into who created the Gregorian calendar, was it Gregorian Monks?

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The Reality Check #162: Elvis + Interview with Dr Stu Farrimond + Hair vs Fur

Adam talks about Elvis, myths about what he ate, how he died, and if he died. Elan interviews the editor/founder of the new “science lifestyle” magazine Guru. Jon looks into the difference between hair and fur, the difference may surprise you!

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The Reality Check #161: Gaydar + Nonsense on Stilts Book Review + Moneybags

Adam examines the plausibility of “gaydar”. Darren review Massimo Pigliucci’s book “Nonsense on Stilts”. Elan then rips apart a ridiculous “chain status” from facebook.

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The Reality Check #160: Does Bisexuality Exist? + All About Hiccups + Sex Before Playing Sports

Elan examines the claim that bisexuality doesn’t actually exist. Adam talks all about hiccups, from their mysterious origins to their crazy “cures”. Darren examines whether people should, or should not, have sex before playing sports like basketball

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