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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Telepathy Tapes + Cosmologic Ouiji Boarding - SOLO! Drs. A.V.Bendebury & M.S.DeLay, #311
Description: Shilo and Anastasia sit down for a discussion of the Telepathy Tapes, motivated belief, and the difference between grift and ignorance. For those who don’t know, the Telepathy Tapes is a hugely popular podcast about the telepathic abilities of non-verbal autistic children, where a reporter interviews a bunch of families where the parents claim to have telepathic connections with their children. The kids are reported to have a 100% success rate of reading their caretaker’s mind, are supposedly able to communicate with each other, and carry a message to the rest of us about the need for peace and...