Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains why apocalyptic expert predictions are consistently incorrect.
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fee.org/articles/5-of-the-worst-economic-predictions-in-history
fee.org/articles/rule-by-experts-is-tyranny-shrouded-in-science
fee.org/articles/david-mamet-explains-what-happens-when-the-experts-fail
aei.org/carpe-diem/18-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-the-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-didnt-first-earth-days-predictions-come-true-its-complicated-180958820
reason.com/2023/01/03/60-minutes-promotes-paul-ehrlichs-failed-doomsaying-one-more-time
cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-experts-are-almost-always-wrong-9997024
blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/202006/the-apocalyptic-psychology-mobs-and-media
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin, Emily Slatt, Adam Donk, Jaime, LT Amazil, & Caleb
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains why apocalyptic expert predictions are consistently incorrect.
______________________________
fee.org/articles/5-of-the-worst-economic-predictions-in-history
fee.org/articles/rule-by-experts-is-tyranny-shrouded-in-science
fee.org/articles/david-mamet-explains-what-happens-when-the-experts-fail
aei.org/carpe-diem/18-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-the-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-didnt-first-earth-days-predictions-come-true-its-complicated-180958820
reason.com/2023/01/03/60-minutes-promotes-paul-ehrlichs-failed-doomsaying-one-more-time
cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-experts-are-almost-always-wrong-9997024
blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/202006/the-apocalyptic-psychology-mobs-and-media
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin, Emily Slatt, Adam Donk, Jaime, LT Amazil, & Caleb
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
