Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, "Pseudoscience" is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Bigfoot, astrology, and the existence of aliens.
Nate Pedersen is an award-winning nonfiction writer and anthologist living in southern Minnesota. In addition to Pseudoscience, he and Lydia Kang, MD have co-authored "Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything" and "Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases," all published by Workman / Hachette.
Views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, "Pseudoscience" is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Bigfoot, astrology, and the existence of aliens.
Nate Pedersen is an award-winning nonfiction writer and anthologist living in southern Minnesota. In addition to Pseudoscience, he and Lydia Kang, MD have co-authored "Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything" and "Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases," all published by Workman / Hachette.
Views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
