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|episode = 113
|date = May 9 2012
|contents = What's the Harm?
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
|category3 = Religion & Faith
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|status = verified
|episode = 112
|date = May 2 2012
|contents = Anecdotal Evidence
|category1 = Legal Issues & Regulations
|category2 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category3 = Neuroscience & Psychology
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|status = verified
|episode = 111
|date = Apr 25 2012
|contents = Facilitated Communication
|category1 = Pseudoscience
|category2 = Myths & Misconceptions
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 110
|date = Apr 11 2012
|contents = Naturalistic Fallacy
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 109
|date = Apr 4 2012
|contents = Celebrity Pseudoscience
|category1 = Pseudoscience
|category2 = Entertainment
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 108
|date = Mar 28 2012
|contents = Cancer Cure
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Conspiracy Theories
|category3 = Pseudoscience
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 107
|date = Mar 21 2012
|contents = Chilean UFO
|category1 = UFOs & Aliens
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 106
|date = Mar 19 2012
|contents = Availability Heuristic
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 105
|date = Mar 7 2012
|contents = Representativeness Heuristic
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 104
|date = Feb 22 2012
|contents = WiFi
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 103
|date = Feb 15 2012
|contents = Creationism
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Science & Education
|category3 = Legal Issues & Regulations}}
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|episode = 102
|date = Feb 8 2012
|contents = Biofuels
|category1 = General Science
|category2 =
|category3 =
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 101
|date = Jan 26 2011
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Slippery Slope/Post Hoc
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 100
|date = Jan 13 2011
|contents = Testable
|category1 = General Science
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 99
|date = Jan 5 2011
|contents = Graphology
|category1 = History
|category2 = Pseudoscience
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 98
|date = Dec 30 2010
|contents = Harry Houdini
|category1 = History
|category2 = Paranormal
|category3 = Ghosts & Demons
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 97
|date = Dec 20 2010
|contents = Repressed Memories
|category1 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category2 = Science & Medicine
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 96
|date = Nov 9 2010
|contents = Magnets
|category1 = General Science
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 95
|date = Sep 21 2010
|contents = Chelation
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Alternative Medicine
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 94
|date = Sep 12 2010
|contents = Nostradamus
|category1 = Prophecy
|category2 = History
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 93
|date = Aug 13 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 3
|category1 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 92
|date = Jul 28 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 2
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = History
|category3 = Legal Issues & Regulations
}}
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|episode = 91
|date = Jul 13 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 1
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = History
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 90
|date = Jun 29 2010
|contents = The Unification Church
|category1 = Religion & Faith
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 83
|date = Dec 20 2009
|contents = Irreducible Complexity
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Nature & Evolution
}}
|-
{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 81
|date = Nov 18 2009
|contents = Naturopathy
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 80
|date = Oct 28 2009
|contents = Polygraphs
|category1 = Technology
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|episode = 75
|date = Aug 12 2009
|contents = The Coriolis Effect
|category1 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 72
|date = Jul 16 2009
|contents = Randi Million Dollar Psychic Challenge and Connie Sonne
|category1 = Pseudoscience
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 68
|date = May 22 2009
|contents = Near Death Experiences
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 67
|date = Apr 30 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Special Pleading
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 65
|date = Apr 16 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Scientific Theory
|category1 = General Science
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 62
|date = Mar 19 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - How to Argue
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 56
|date = Feb 4 2009
|contents = Probability
|category1 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 55
|date = Jan 28 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Poisoning the Well
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 54
|date = Jan 21 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - False Dichotomy
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 53
|status = verified
|date = Jan 13 2009
|contents = Anecdotal Evidence
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
|category3 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 52
|date = Jan 6 2009
|contents = Atlantis
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 50
|date = Dec 15 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - The Argument from Ignorance
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 49
|date = Dec 8 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Argument from Authority
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 48
|date = Dec 1 2008
|contents = The 10% Brain Myth
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 46
|date = Nov 18 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Correlation and Causation
|category1 = General Science
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 45
|date = Nov 11 2008
|contents = Chi and other forms of vitalism
|category1 = Energy Healing
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 43
|date = Oct 29 2008
|contents = Holocaust Denial
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = History

}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 40
|date = Oct 8 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
}}
|-
{{5X5 list entry
|status = incomplete
|episode = 39
|date = Aug 1 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - The Ideomotor Effect
|category1 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category2 = Paranormal
|category3 = Pseudoscience
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 38
|date = Sep 24 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Pareidolia
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Paranormal
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status =incomplete
|episode = 36
|date = Sep 10 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Cold Reading
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 33
|date = Aug 20 2008
|contents = The Shroud of Turin - Shroud scientists try to resurrect the controversy
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Religion & Faith
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 32
|date = Aug 11 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Occam's Razor
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 31
|date = Aug 4 2008
|contents = Digital Homeopathy 20 years after Benveniste
|category1 = Homeopathy
|category2 = Pseudoscience
|category3 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 30
|date = Jul 29 2008
|contents = Evaluation of a UCONN study of therapeutic touch on bone cells in culture
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = New Age
|category3 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 29
|date = July 20 2008
|contents = The SGU celebrates the 39th anniversary of Apollo 11 by debunking some moon landing hoax myths, and they are joined by Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Conspiracy Theories
|category3 = History
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 28
|date = July 13 2008
|contents = Exposing the logical fallacy of equating faith healing with medical care.
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
|category2 = Pseudoscience
|category3 = Science & Medicine
}}
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|episode = 27
|date = July 06 2008
|contents = Cracking the Dogu Code - Ancient Astronauts
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = UFOs & Aliens
|category3 = Pseudoscience
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 26
|date = June 29 2008
|contents = New study sheds light on genetic vs environmental contributions to sexuality.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Nature & Evolution
}}
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|episode = 25
|date = June 22 2008
|contents = NASA Plans Probe to the Sun.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Technology
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 24
|date = June 15 2008
|contents = New strategy for SETI - The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Technology
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 23
|date = June 08 2008
|contents = Lame car design analogy to intelligent design from the Discovery Institute.
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
|category3 = Nature & Evolution
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 22
|date = June 01 2008
|contents = Researchers allow monkey to control robotic arm with its mind.
|category1 = Technology
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 21
|date = May 25 2008
|contents = Family claims women miraculously brought back to life after rigor mortis
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Science & the Media
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 20
|date = May 18 2008
|contents = SPAM Chainletter e-mails do not spread as virally as thought
|category1 = Technology
|category2 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 19
|date = May 11 2008
|contents = The Science of Science Fiction Movies
|category1 = Entertainment
|category2 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 18
|date = May 4 2008
|contents = Man Regenerates Finger - Bad Science News Reporting
|category1 = Science & the Media
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 17
|date = Apr 27 2008
|contents = T-Rex proteins closely related to chickens
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 16
|date = Apr 20 2008
|contents = Surgery under hypnosis.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = incomplete
|episode = 15
|date = Apr 13 2008
|contents = Examining a fossilized snake - with legs.
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
|category2 = Creationism & ID
|category3 = General Science
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 14
|date = Apr 6 2008
|contents = Nomophobia - the fear of being out of cell phone range.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Technology
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 13
|date = Mar 30 2008
|contents = Man convicted of molestation claims he was raped by Bigfoot
|category1 = Cryptozoology
|category2 = Legal Issues & Regulations
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 12
|date = Mar 23 2008
|contents = Faith-healing cult leads to child death from medical neglect
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Energy Healing
|category3 = Religion & Faith
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 11
|date = Mar 16 2008
|contents = Art project to give the city of Portland, Oregon acupuncture
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Energy Healing
|category3 = Entertainment
}}
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|episode = 10
|status = verified
|date = Mar 9 2008
|contents = Steven Spielberg to create new paranormal online community
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Entertainment
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 9
|status = verified
|date = Mar 2 2008
|contents = An Emmy award winning actress and her 911 conspiracy theory
|category1 = Conspiracy Theories
|category2 = Entertainment
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 8
|status = verified
|date = Feb 23 2008
|contents = Cryptozoology - Hunting for the Thunderbird
|category1 = Cryptozoology
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 7
|status = verified
|date = Feb 17 2008
|contents = Proposed center for exorcism in Poland
|category1 = Ghosts & Demons
|category2 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 6
|status = verified
|date = Feb 11 2008
|contents = Dr. Harris's Pain Relief Snake Oil Infomercial
|category1 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
|category2 = Alternative Medicine
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 5
|date = Feb 3 2008
|contents = Pope Benedict XVI takes on science
|category1 = Religion & Faith
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 4
|date = Jan 28 2008
|contents = Do celebrity deaths come in threes? The rogues take on numerology
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Paranormal
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 3
|date = Jan 21 2008
|contents = Multilevel Marketing and Pyramid Schemes
|category1 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 2
|date = Jan 13 2008
|contents = Ghost Photographs
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Ghosts & Demons
}}
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 1
|date = Jan 6 2008
|contents = The National Health Service of the UK plans to regulate alternative medicine
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Pseudoscience
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5X5 Episode 40

2012-11-01T12:40:12Z

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== Skepticism 101 - Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence ==
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S - This is the SGU 5x5 in our continuing series of skepticism 101, this week's topic is the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." This is pretty much the mantra of the skeptical movement, or of skeptical philosophy, and is attributed to Carl Sagan

B - Actually, Sagan's version is a succinct version of what Hume wrote in his controversial essay on miracles in 1748. Hume said: "No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

E - Doesn't exactly roll of the tongue

B - No, you replace miracle with extraordinary claim and you pretty much have it, but Hume kind of had that sentiment first but of course Sagan kind of made it real nice and pithy

J - Let's put it into real world terms. As an example, let's say that a co-worker comes in and says, "I saw a block of ice on the side of the road" and you ask them, "well how big was it?", and say say "oh, it was, you know, 1ft X 1ft", and then you'd be like, "Oh, well that's strange, but OK", and you probably wouldn't ask for any more qualifying evidence, you'd just assume it fell off some type of truck or whatever. But, let's say that they came in and said, "I saw a block of ice on the side of the road, and it was 20ft X 20ft", you know at some point the size of that block of ice is going to make you question whether or not they're telling the truth, and you know most people would at some point along that scale ask for more evidence, "well where was it?" "What were the circumstances?" "Was it on some" you know, and you'd start to question it, and I think as a skeptic, I question things much sooner.

R - Well and the things that we usually address would be like the alien is frozen in the block of ice on the side of the road.

B - (Laughter)

S - But yeah the bigger the block of ice, the more evidence you would need to accept it, or the more unusual the details that are added in. From a scientific point of view, there is really one premise to this principle of extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence, and that is, that we know stuff, you know each hypothesis isn't starting absolutely de novo from nothing as if we have no prior knowledge, what it's really saying is, an extraordinary claim is something that contradicts stuff that we already know. Well established facts.

B - Or something that's not established at all.

S - Or something, yeah that's not established, that's a new claim but there, you know, you could still make assessments based upon a first principle of how plausible or likely something is even if it's entirely new, and the more it runs contrary to existing evidence, the more evidence you need, the more extraordinary evidence you need, before it's reasonable to accept it. It really comes down to just math, just piling up the evidence for and against, on two sides of the scale and seeing which one is more.

B - So Steve what you're saying is that all claims pretty much require about the same amount of evidence it is just that the ordinary claims already have this huge amount of evidence backing them up that you don't think about.

S - That's partly true, or at least there is nothing against them

B - Right

S - Yeah, what makes a claim extraordinary, that's really what it comes down to. If you're making a legitimate scientific assessment, it's that it runs contrary to established data, established observations, experimental facts, scientific theories and models that have been well established. Why do we think ESP is extraordinary why don't we accept someone's say-so, that they had an extra sensory experience? Well, because you know all the physics and biology says that it shouldn't be possible, that makes it extraordinary. It doesn't mean that we would never ever accept it, just that the bar for evidence is equally extraordinary to the implausibility of the claim itself. I mean it makes so much common sense it always is astounding to me when true believers actually try to argue against the principle of extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence.

E - Have you guys ever heard the twist on this, extraordinary claims require extraordinary investigations? Budd Hopkins who made a response to Carl Sagan... And actually Carl Sagan responded to Budd Hopkins in regards to that and said, "first of all, if there's a brontosaurus trampling through the jungles in the Republic of the Congo, should a massive expedition be mounted, with Government funds to find it, or is it so implausible it's not worth serious systematic attention?" And then the second point he made about that, investigations must be true to the spirit of science, and that means skeptical, demanding, rigorous standards of evidence, and you just don't get that with the people who are making the paranormal claims.

S - Yeah, well those like Hopkins, like Budd Hopkins are essentially trying to say that, "well because we're investigating it it must be legitimate or real". No, you actually need... extraordinary evidence has to emerge from those investigations, and then we'll look at '''that''' evidence.

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== Skepticism 101 - Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence ==
{{5x5intro}}

S - This is the SGU 5x5 in our continuing series of skepticism 101, this week's topic is the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." This is pretty much the mantra of the skeptical movement, or of skeptical philosophy, and is attributed to Carl Sagan

B - Actually, Sagan's version is a succinct version of what Hume wrote in his controversial essay on miracles in 1748. Hume said: "No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

E - Doesn't exactly roll of the tongue

B - No, you replace miracle with extraordinary claim and you pretty much have it, but Hume kind of had that sentiment first but of course Sagan kind of made it real nice and pithy

J - Let's put it into real world terms. As an example, let's say that a co-worker comes in and says, "I saw a block of ice on the side of the road" and you ask them, "well how big was it?", and say say "oh, it was, you know, 1ft X 1ft", and then you'd be like, "Oh, well that's strange, but OK", and you probably wouldn't ask for any more qualifying evidence, you'd just assume it fell off some type of truck or whatever. But, let's say that they came in and said, "I saw a block of ice on the side of the road, and it was 20ft X 20ft", you know at some point the size of that block of ice is going to make you question whether or not they're telling the truth, and you know most people would at some point along that scale ask for more evidence, "well where was it?" "What were the circumstances?" "Was it on some" you know, and you'd start to question it, and I think as a skeptic, I question things much sooner.

R - Well and the things that we usually address would be like the alien is frozen in the block of ice on the side of the road.

B - (Laughter)

S - But yeah the bigger the block of ice, the more evidence you would need to accept it, or the more unusual the details that are added in. From a scientific point of view, there is really one premise to this principle of extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence, and that is, that we know stuff, you know each hypothesis isn't starting absolutely de novo from nothing as if we have no prior knowledge, what it's really saying is, an extraordinary claim is something that contradicts stuff that we already know. Well established facts.

B - Or something that's not established at all.

S - Or something, yeah that's not established, that's a new claim but there, you know, you could still make assessments based upon a first principle of how plausible or likely something is even if it's entirely new, and the more it runs contrary to existing evidence, the more evidence you need, the more extraordinary evidence you need, before it's reasonable to accept it. It really comes down to just math, just piling up the evidence for and against, on two sides of the scale and seeing which one is more.

B - So Steve what you're saying is that all claims pretty much require about the same amount of evidence it is just that the ordinary claims already have this huge amount of evidence backing them up that you don't think about.

S - That's partly true, or at least there is nothing against them

B - Right

S - Yeah, what makes a claim extraordinary, that's really what it comes down to. If you're making a legitimate scientific assessment, it's that it runs contrary to established data, established observations, experimental facts, scientific theories and models that have been well established. Why do we think ESP is extraordinary why don't we accept someone's say-so, that they had an extra sensory experience? Well, because you know all the physics and biology says that it shouldn't be possible, that makes it extraordinary. It doesn't mean that we would never ever accept it, just that the bar for evidence is equally extraordinary to the implausibility of the claim itself. I mean it makes so much common sense it always is astounding to me when true believers actually try to argue against the principle of extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence.

E - Have you guys ever heard the twist on this, extraordinary claims require extraordinary investigations? Budd Hopkins who made a response to Carl Sagan... And actually Carl Sagan responded to Budd Hopkins in regards to that and said, "first of all, if there's a brontosaurus trampling through the jungles in the Republic of the Congo, should a massive expedition be mounted, with Government funds to find it, or is it so implausible it's not worth serious systematic attention?" And then the second point he made about that, investigations must be true to the spirit of science, and that means skeptical, demanding, rigorous standards of evidence, and you just don't get that with the people who are making the paranormal claims.

S - Yeah, well those like Hopkins, like Budd Hopkins are essentially trying to say that, "well because we're investigating it it must be legitimate or real". No, you actually need... extraordinary evidence has to emerge from those investigations, and then we'll look at '''that''' evidence.

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|episode = 113
|date = May 9 2012
|contents = What's the Harm?
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|episode = 112
|date = May 2 2012
|contents = Anecdotal Evidence
|category1 = Legal Issues & Regulations
|category2 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category3 = Neuroscience & Psychology
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|episode = 111
|date = Apr 25 2012
|contents = Facilitated Communication
|category1 = Pseudoscience
|category2 = Myths & Misconceptions
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|episode = 110
|date = Apr 11 2012
|contents = Naturalistic Fallacy
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 109
|date = Apr 4 2012
|contents = Celebrity Pseudoscience
|category1 = Pseudoscience
|category2 = Entertainment
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 108
|date = Mar 28 2012
|contents = Cancer Cure
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Conspiracy Theories
|category3 = Pseudoscience
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{{5X5 list entry
|episode = 107
|date = Mar 21 2012
|contents = Chilean UFO
|category1 = UFOs & Aliens
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|episode = 106
|date = Mar 19 2012
|contents = Availability Heuristic
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 105
|date = Mar 7 2012
|contents = Representativeness Heuristic
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 104
|date = Feb 22 2012
|contents = WiFi
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
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|episode = 103
|date = Feb 15 2012
|contents = Creationism
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Science & Education
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|episode = 102
|date = Feb 8 2012
|contents = Biofuels
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 101
|date = Jan 26 2011
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Slippery Slope/Post Hoc
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 100
|date = Jan 13 2011
|contents = Testable
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 99
|date = Jan 5 2011
|contents = Graphology
|category1 = History
|category2 = Pseudoscience
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|episode = 98
|date = Dec 30 2010
|contents = Harry Houdini
|category1 = History
|category2 = Paranormal
|category3 = Ghosts & Demons
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|episode = 97
|date = Dec 20 2010
|contents = Repressed Memories
|category1 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category2 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 96
|date = Nov 9 2010
|contents = Magnets
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 95
|date = Sep 21 2010
|contents = Chelation
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Alternative Medicine
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|episode = 94
|date = Sep 12 2010
|contents = Nostradamus
|category1 = Prophecy
|category2 = History
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|episode = 93
|date = Aug 13 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 3
|category1 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 92
|date = Jul 28 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 2
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = History
|category3 = Legal Issues & Regulations
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|episode = 91
|date = Jul 13 2010
|contents = Chiropractic - Part 1
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = History
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|episode = 90
|date = Jun 29 2010
|contents = The Unification Church
|category1 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 83
|date = Dec 20 2009
|contents = Irreducible Complexity
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Nature & Evolution
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 81
|date = Nov 18 2009
|contents = Naturopathy
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 80
|date = Oct 28 2009
|contents = Polygraphs
|category1 = Technology
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|episode = 75
|date = Aug 12 2009
|contents = The Coriolis Effect
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 72
|date = Jul 16 2009
|contents = Randi Million Dollar Psychic Challenge and Connie Sonne
|category1 = Pseudoscience
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|episode = 68
|date = May 22 2009
|contents = Near Death Experiences
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 67
|date = Apr 30 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Special Pleading
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 65
|date = Apr 16 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Scientific Theory
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 62
|date = Mar 19 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - How to Argue
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 56
|date = Feb 4 2009
|contents = Probability
|category1 = General Science
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|episode = 55
|date = Jan 28 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Poisoning the Well
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 54
|date = Jan 21 2009
|contents = Skepticism 101 - False Dichotomy
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 53
|status = verified
|date = Jan 13 2009
|contents = Anecdotal Evidence
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
|category3 = General Science
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{{5X5 list entry
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|episode = 52
|date = Jan 6 2009
|contents = Atlantis
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 50
|date = Dec 15 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - The Argument from Ignorance
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 49
|date = Dec 8 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Argument from Authority
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 48
|date = Dec 1 2008
|contents = The 10% Brain Myth
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = General Science
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|episode = 46
|date = Nov 18 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Correlation and Causation
|category1 = General Science
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 45
|date = Nov 11 2008
|contents = Chi and other forms of vitalism
|category1 = Energy Healing
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|episode = 43
|date = Oct 29 2008
|contents = Holocaust Denial
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = History

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{{5X5 list entry
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|episode = 40
|date = Oct 8 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = incomplete
|episode = 39
|date = Aug 1 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - The Ideomotor Effect
|category1 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category2 = Paranormal
|category3 = Pseudoscience
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|episode = 38
|date = Sep 24 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Pareidolia
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Paranormal
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|episode = 36
|date = Sep 10 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Cold Reading
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
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|episode = 33
|date = Aug 20 2008
|contents = The Shroud of Turin - Shroud scientists try to resurrect the controversy
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 32
|date = Aug 11 2008
|contents = Skepticism 101 - Occam's Razor
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
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|episode = 31
|date = Aug 4 2008
|contents = Digital Homeopathy 20 years after Benveniste
|category1 = Homeopathy
|category2 = Pseudoscience
|category3 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
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|episode = 30
|date = Jul 29 2008
|contents = Evaluation of a UCONN study of therapeutic touch on bone cells in culture
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = New Age
|category3 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 29
|date = July 20 2008
|contents = The SGU celebrates the 39th anniversary of Apollo 11 by debunking some moon landing hoax myths, and they are joined by Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Conspiracy Theories
|category3 = History
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|episode = 28
|date = July 13 2008
|contents = Exposing the logical fallacy of equating faith healing with medical care.
|category1 = Logic & Philosophy
|category2 = Pseudoscience
|category3 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 27
|date = July 06 2008
|contents = Cracking the Dogu Code - Ancient Astronauts
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = UFOs & Aliens
|category3 = Pseudoscience
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|episode = 26
|date = June 29 2008
|contents = New study sheds light on genetic vs environmental contributions to sexuality.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Nature & Evolution
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|episode = 25
|date = June 22 2008
|contents = NASA Plans Probe to the Sun.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Technology
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|episode = 24
|date = June 15 2008
|contents = New strategy for SETI - The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence.
|category1 = Astronomy & Space Science
|category2 = Technology
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|episode = 23
|date = June 08 2008
|contents = Lame car design analogy to intelligent design from the Discovery Institute.
|category1 = Creationism & ID
|category2 = Logic & Philosophy
|category3 = Nature & Evolution
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|episode = 22
|date = June 01 2008
|contents = Researchers allow monkey to control robotic arm with its mind.
|category1 = Technology
|category2 = Neuroscience & Psychology
|category3 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 21
|date = May 25 2008
|contents = Family claims women miraculously brought back to life after rigor mortis
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Science & the Media
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|episode = 20
|date = May 18 2008
|contents = SPAM Chainletter e-mails do not spread as virally as thought
|category1 = Technology
|category2 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
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|episode = 19
|date = May 11 2008
|contents = The Science of Science Fiction Movies
|category1 = Entertainment
|category2 = General Science
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|episode = 18
|date = May 4 2008
|contents = Man Regenerates Finger - Bad Science News Reporting
|category1 = Science & the Media
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|episode = 17
|date = Apr 27 2008
|contents = T-Rex proteins closely related to chickens
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
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|episode = 16
|date = Apr 20 2008
|contents = Surgery under hypnosis.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
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|episode = 15
|date = Apr 13 2008
|contents = Examining a fossilized snake - with legs.
|category1 = Nature & Evolution
|category2 = Creationism & ID
|category3 = General Science
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|episode = 14
|date = Apr 6 2008
|contents = Nomophobia - the fear of being out of cell phone range.
|category1 = Science & Medicine
|category2 = Technology
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|episode = 13
|date = Mar 30 2008
|contents = Man convicted of molestation claims he was raped by Bigfoot
|category1 = Cryptozoology
|category2 = Legal Issues & Regulations
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|episode = 12
|date = Mar 23 2008
|contents = Faith-healing cult leads to child death from medical neglect
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Energy Healing
|category3 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 11
|date = Mar 16 2008
|contents = Art project to give the city of Portland, Oregon acupuncture
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Energy Healing
|category3 = Entertainment
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|episode = 10
|status = verified
|date = Mar 9 2008
|contents = Steven Spielberg to create new paranormal online community
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Entertainment
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|episode = 9
|status = verified
|date = Mar 2 2008
|contents = An Emmy award winning actress and her 911 conspiracy theory
|category1 = Conspiracy Theories
|category2 = Entertainment
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|episode = 8
|status = verified
|date = Feb 23 2008
|contents = Cryptozoology - Hunting for the Thunderbird
|category1 = Cryptozoology
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|episode = 7
|status = verified
|date = Feb 17 2008
|contents = Proposed center for exorcism in Poland
|category1 = Ghosts & Demons
|category2 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 6
|status = verified
|date = Feb 11 2008
|contents = Dr. Harris's Pain Relief Snake Oil Infomercial
|category1 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
|category2 = Alternative Medicine
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{{5X5 list entry
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|episode = 5
|date = Feb 3 2008
|contents = Pope Benedict XVI takes on science
|category1 = Religion & Faith
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|episode = 4
|date = Jan 28 2008
|contents = Do celebrity deaths come in threes? The rogues take on numerology
|category1 = Myths & Misconceptions
|category2 = Paranormal
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|episode = 3
|date = Jan 21 2008
|contents = Multilevel Marketing and Pyramid Schemes
|category1 = Cons, Scams & Hoaxes
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{{5X5 list entry
|status = verified
|episode = 2
|date = Jan 13 2008
|contents = Ghost Photographs
|category1 = Paranormal
|category2 = Ghosts & Demons
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|episode = 1
|date = Jan 6 2008
|contents = The National Health Service of the UK plans to regulate alternative medicine
|category1 = Alternative Medicine
|category2 = Pseudoscience
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