Skeptoid #823: Hunting the Elusive Rogue Wave

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Skeptoid #823: Hunting the Elusive Rogue Wave

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Mar 15, 2022

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Modern authors say that scientists didn't used to accept the idea of rogue waves. Is that true?

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Mar 15, 2022

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Skeptoid #823: Hunting the Elusive Rogue Wave

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