{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62df2dc142893c00129e7257/631ff0918826d90012e0320f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sagan Standard ver 1.1.4","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62df2dc142893c00129e7257/1658799026323-72a4b72f386170a9135042d54dceddca.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Sagan Standard has been lauded as expressing the basis of the scientific method, but I don't know. I really like the sound of 'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence' but I'm just not clear on how to qualify claims and evidence as 'extraordinary'. This is my attempt to assume the burden of clarity and get a working patch out there. Also in the spirit of eating my own cooking, in this episode I make claims about the effectiveness of propaganda, for which I proffer <a href=\"https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691178707/not-born-yesterday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'Not Born Yesterday' by Hugo Mercier</a>, see also <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_mass_media\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Influence of Mass Media</a>.</p>","author_name":"tohm curtis"}