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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0005: Factoid propagation - brain claims:

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0005: Factoid propagation - brain claims:: This episode is partially based on my presentation at Brisbane SkeptiCamp 2014 Clips and information from this episode can be found here:...
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