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An Indian Atheist on Hinduism: Vimoh on Karma, Castes, and how to be a better atheist in India

This is my interview with an atheist podcaster and Youtuber Vimoh or Vijayendra Mohanty. He discusses his story of becoming an atheist and his perspective on the Hindu religion. We also discuss some handy tips on discussing Hinduism with believers and the books you should read as an atheist to be more informed about Hinduism.

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Scamming Autistic People: Exposing Facilitated Communication

Janyce Boynton used to be a facilitator who helped non-verbal autistic people communicate in a method called facilitated communication. She soon discovered that facilitated communication was a horrible scam taking advantage of these vulnerable people and their families. Now, it also goes by names like Rapid Prompting Method, Assisted Typing, Spelling to Communicate, and many more. So she set to work exposing the whole deal. This is her story.

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Interview: Dr Sumaiya Shaikh – Part 1: The Fascinating science of pain

Dr Sumaiya Shaikh and I had a fantastic interview where we talked about a variety of topics including pseudoscience, alternative medicine, religion, extremism and the neurological tendency of us human beings to be violent. The interview went on for quite a while so it has been split into three parts so that you can take it in one bite at a time.

In the first part, we open the conversation with her work in the study of the neurophysiology of pain. There’s a lot more to pain than you may think, and we get a fascinating glimpse of that today.

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Drinking Water and Garlic don't provide coronavirus protection

A forward has been appearing on WhatsApp and Facebook claiming drinking water and keeping garlic in your mouth can offer coronavirus protection.

Of course, all this information is completely false. No evidence has been found to confirm any of these claims. Let’s fact-check each claim one by one and see why these claims are wrong.

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