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Hank Green discusses the importance of understanding pseudoscience and its implications for real science.

Dismissing pseudoscience is too easy. Understanding why it spreads so quickly is harder. It can teach us why real science works and how to spot the difference between the two. To watch this episode on video, find us on Netflix! Guest: Hank Green, creator of SciShow and Crash Course, co-host of Vlogbrothers For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Vox

Guest: Hank Green

Topics covered

• pseudoscience
• science communication
• Hank Green
• understanding science
• dismissing pseudoscience

Keywords

• pseudoscience
• science
• Hank Green
• Vox
• SciShow
• Crash Course
• Vlogbrothers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vox

Books & works: SciShow, Crash Course, Vlogbrothers

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