Wet Blanket Skeptics Podcast - 2016-09-25: Placebo

Sep 25 2016 80 mins

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In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about the illusion of explanatory depth, randomized controlled trials, placebos, placebo effects, alternative medicine, marijuana, and a Chinese satellite.

References:

http://herewearepodcast.com//episode/64/philip-fernbach

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/02/492394717/fda-bans-19-chemicals-used-in-antibacterial-soaps

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Drawings

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0A_7JVce2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hYHqnyhvI

http://huffpost.com/us/entry/203990

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-it-worked-for-me-gambit/

http://bestbuds.com/fbi-hackers-smoke-weed/

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/chinas-tiangong-1-space-station-will-fall-to-earth--somewhere--in-2017-20160921-grlodq.html

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