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Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger
Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jun 14, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Once upon a time, a young man named Franz Joseph Gall thought "That's weird... all my school chums with big eyes are good at memorizing things." Years later, he took this idea and ran with it, assuring people that bumps on their skulls held profound insights about both their flaws and their talents. Nowadays everyone agrees phrenology is bunk -- but in its heyday, folks across the US and Europe were convinced this quackery was the bleeding edge of scientific innovation. In part one of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the origins of cranioscopy and phrenology. (We also fell in love with a side character named Dr. Finger.)
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Released:
Jun 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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