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TRC #708: The Telepathy Tapes + AI Cheating At Chess?
The Telepathy Tapes is a popular podcast that tells the story of non verbal people showing evidence of psychic abilities and logging on to a psychic virtual chat room called The Hill. Adam looks into how realistic these claims are … Continue reading
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TRC #707: Is Tim Hortons Canadian? + Mysterious Structures Under The Great Pyramid
Is Tim Hortons Canadian? Darren takes a look at the history of the popular coffee and donut chain to see just how Canadian it is and what it even means to be a Canadian company. Adam dives into some recent … Continue reading
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TRC #706: An AI Generated Podcast by NotebookLM
Could Artificial Intelligence do a better job of recording a podcast than Darren and Adam? For this bonus episode we try something a little different. Darren gave Google’s NotebookLM the introduction Uncontrollable, his book on AI safety, and asked it … Continue reading
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TRC #705: Book Round Up: Family Unfriendly and One Billion Americans + Is The 401 The Busiest Highway In The World?
After reading two books touching on the theme of birth rates Adam gives us an overview and discussion on Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be by Timothy Carney and One Billion … Continue reading
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TRC #704: Remembering Joe Nickell
Joe Nickell, the world renowned paranormal investigator, died earlier this week at the age of 80. He was a great inspiration to us here at The Reality Check and it was a great pleasure for some of us to have … Continue reading
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TRC #703: Jevons’ Paradox + American vs. Canadian ingredients in food
Darren revisits a topical segment from the past looking at Jevons’ Paradox which suggests that as a resource becomes more efficient, it may paradoxically be consumed more. Then Adam looks at some recent controversies about artificial colouring in Froot Loops … Continue reading
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TRC #702: Talking Close Relationships with Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk
With Valentines Day coming up we are taking this opportunity to revisit a romantic segment we did five years ago with Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk. In this interview she discusses the work she does in the Positive Activities in Intimate Relationships … Continue reading
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TRC #701: How Many Birds Do Cats Kill? + Book Review Roundup
It is often said that cats are responsible for the death of countless birds. Adam looks at where these numbers come from and wonders whether they are all that accurate. Darren gives a review of four books which he recently … Continue reading
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TRC #700: The Rise of Podcasts + Are False Beliefs More Common?
It’s the 700th episode of The Reality Check podcast! On this special show we look back at the last 16 years to see how much things have changed since way back in 2008. Darren looks at the history of podcasts … Continue reading
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TRC #699: Was Lamarck That Wrong? + What Do Animals See On A TV?
When it comes to evolution many focus on what Jean-Baptiste Lamarck got wrong with his model of inheritance. Darren looks at what he got right and considers his discoveries in light of the scientific understanding of the world of his … Continue reading
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