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    <title>Double Density - Episodes Tagged with “Spiritualists”</title>
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    <description>Greetings cyberspace. Tune in every Wednesday as Angelo and Brian discuss tech news and issues, as well as the fads and trends of yesteryear. Stick around as they also delve into the strange world of the paranormal.
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  <title>Episode 108: Magical Skepticism</title>
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  <itunes:title>Magical Skepticism</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>First Amazon purchases, spying on neighbours, hard drive prices are falling, Facebook is snooping, and magicians are skeptics. </itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, the duo reminisces about their first Amazon purchases, how neighbours are spying on each other, how hard drive prices are going down (bigly surprise), and what happens when Google thinks your phone number is Facebook tech support. Then, Angelo gets to talk about a topic that is near and dear to his heart: magicians and skepticism. Learn about how Houdini debunked early spiritualists, and how his work has continued today with James Randi, among others.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/7/18528014/fear-social-media-nextdoor-citizen-amazon-ring-neighbors">Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox</a></li><li><a title="Why Are Montréal Staircases on the Outside? – À nous Montréal" rel="nofollow" href="http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/anous/en/articles/why-are-montreal-staircases-outside">Why Are Montréal Staircases on the Outside? – À nous Montréal</a></li><li><a title="Google Thought My Phone Number Was Facebook’s and It Ruined My Life - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmpm43/google-thought-my-phone-number-was-facebooks-and-it-ruined-my-life">Google Thought My Phone Number Was Facebook’s and It Ruined My Life - VICE</a></li><li><a title="512GB SSDs&#39; Price-per-GB Estimated to Fall Below US$0.1 and Hit an All-time Low This Year End, Says TrendForce" rel="nofollow" href="https://press.trendforce.com/press/20190508-3238.html">512GB SSDs' Price-per-GB Estimated to Fall Below US$0.1 and Hit an All-time Low This Year End, Says TrendForce</a></li><li><a title="Houdini&#39;s Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something&#39;s Unexplained Doesn&#39;t Mean It&#39;s Supernatural - Scientific American" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/houdinis-skeptical-advice/?redirect=1">Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural - Scientific American</a></li><li><a title="Arthur Ford hoax - The Skeptic&#39;s Dictionary - Skepdic.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://skepdic.com/fordhoax.html">Arthur Ford hoax - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com</a></li><li><a title="Why Magicians Are a Scientist&#39;s Best Friend | WIRED" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wired.com/2012/03/opinion-randi-magic-scientists/">Why Magicians Are a Scientist's Best Friend | WIRED</a></li><li><a title="Meet the King of the Internet Skeptics - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3b75gn/richard-wiseman-interview-820">Meet the King of the Internet Skeptics - VICE</a></li><li><a title="Project Alpha - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Alpha">Project Alpha - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Chris Ramsay - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPUg54jUy1T_wII9jgdRbg">Chris Ramsay - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Xavior Spade - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Aaysw0-njB9xH8uvNFvvg">Xavior Spade - YouTube</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, the duo reminisces about their first Amazon purchases, how neighbours are spying on each other, how hard drive prices are going down (bigly surprise), and what happens when Google thinks your phone number is Facebook tech support. Then, Angelo gets to talk about a topic that is near and dear to his heart: magicians and skepticism. Learn about how Houdini debunked early spiritualists, and how his work has continued today with James Randi, among others.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/7/18528014/fear-social-media-nextdoor-citizen-amazon-ring-neighbors">Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox</a></li><li><a title="Why Are Montréal Staircases on the Outside? – À nous Montréal" rel="nofollow" href="http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/anous/en/articles/why-are-montreal-staircases-outside">Why Are Montréal Staircases on the Outside? – À nous Montréal</a></li><li><a title="Google Thought My Phone Number Was Facebook’s and It Ruined My Life - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmpm43/google-thought-my-phone-number-was-facebooks-and-it-ruined-my-life">Google Thought My Phone Number Was Facebook’s and It Ruined My Life - VICE</a></li><li><a title="512GB SSDs&#39; Price-per-GB Estimated to Fall Below US$0.1 and Hit an All-time Low This Year End, Says TrendForce" rel="nofollow" href="https://press.trendforce.com/press/20190508-3238.html">512GB SSDs' Price-per-GB Estimated to Fall Below US$0.1 and Hit an All-time Low This Year End, Says TrendForce</a></li><li><a title="Houdini&#39;s Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something&#39;s Unexplained Doesn&#39;t Mean It&#39;s Supernatural - Scientific American" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/houdinis-skeptical-advice/?redirect=1">Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural - Scientific American</a></li><li><a title="Arthur Ford hoax - The Skeptic&#39;s Dictionary - Skepdic.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://skepdic.com/fordhoax.html">Arthur Ford hoax - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com</a></li><li><a title="Why Magicians Are a Scientist&#39;s Best Friend | WIRED" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wired.com/2012/03/opinion-randi-magic-scientists/">Why Magicians Are a Scientist's Best Friend | WIRED</a></li><li><a title="Meet the King of the Internet Skeptics - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3b75gn/richard-wiseman-interview-820">Meet the King of the Internet Skeptics - VICE</a></li><li><a title="Project Alpha - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Alpha">Project Alpha - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Chris Ramsay - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPUg54jUy1T_wII9jgdRbg">Chris Ramsay - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Xavior Spade - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Aaysw0-njB9xH8uvNFvvg">Xavior Spade - YouTube</a></li></ul>]]>
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