Sadhguru or Why Pseudoscience Persists

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What is the difference between science and pseudoscience? Why do people like Sadhguru enjoy such popularity when much of what they say can be disproven? These are some of the questions I discuss today with Pranav Radhakrishnan.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 - Ayurveda has failed
01:08 - Intro
02:52 - Pranav’s background
07:25 - Pseudoscience in India
12:15 - Sadhguru’s Popularity
16:26 - Are we doomed to always have pseudoscience?
20:03 - Anti-vaccine pseudoscience
24:15 - Pseudoscience vs bad science vs good science (that happens to be wrong)
30:00 - Ayurveda as pseudoscience
34:54 - Replicability Crisis in Science
41:52 - Changing Understanding of Fructose
46:57 - Dunning - Kruger Effect
50:14 - Authority, scientific literacy, and public policy
55:35 - Mandates
1:00:57 - Cultivate scientific literacy
1:04:24 - Sameer’s Story
1:09:54 - The Allure of Easy Answers and Partial Truths