Missing Scientists: The List Keeps Growing… But Does the Pattern Hold?

About this episode

This episode explores the growing list of missing and dead scientists and questions whether there is a real pattern behind it.

Send Jim a Topic to Explore This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth — use code THINKFIRST for 20% off. A growing list of “missing and dead scientists” is making headlines—eight, ten, eleven… now more. It sounds like a pattern. It feels like a pattern. But is it actually one? In this episode of Think First, I walk through what’s real, what’s being assumed, and what doesn’t hold up under pressure. From a missing Air Force general to viral claims about UFO whistleblowers, we break do...

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Host: Jim Detjen

Topics covered

• missing scientists
• UFOs
• patterns
• conspiracy theories
• scientific integrity

Keywords

• missing scientists
• UFOs
• conspiracy
• Air Force
• scientific integrity

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