Magic, Skepticism, and Success w/ Dr. Richard Wiseman

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Mar 13, 202501:06:16Science & Medicine

This week, Scott is joined by Dr. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist renowned for his work on magic, illusion, deception, luck, and self-development. As the UK's only Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at t...

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