Episode 154 - Impact Crater Pseudoscience Mishmash

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Episode 154 - Impact Crater Pseudoscience Mishmash

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47 minutes

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Dec 16, 2016

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Impact craters form the basis of, or fit into the claimed evidence for, several different kinds of pseudoscientific claims. In this episode, I review two of them and also discuss some sensational headlines and why those headlines were wrong.

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Dec 16, 2016

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Listen to learn the real state of science behind astronomy-, physics-, and geology-related creationist claims, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, misconceptions, and bad or incomplete media reporting.

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Episode 29: Was the Asteroid Belt a Planet? Part 1: Why the asteroid belt was never a single planet. by Exposing PseudoAstronomy
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Episode 154 - Impact Crater Pseudoscience Mishmash

Episode 154 - Impact Crater Pseudoscience Mishmash

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