Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole

平行世界:跟随兔子洞之旅

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2025-02-21

35 分钟

第 23 季 第 2 集

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Episode 2: After reporter Zach Mack accepts a bet with his father over 10 politically apocalyptic predictions, he sets out on a journey to change his dad's mind.To listen to this series sponsor-free and get early access, sign up for Embedded+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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  • So Mark Twain had a famous quote.

  • He said, if voting really mattered, they wouldn't let us do it.

  • Isn't that great?

  • I mean, it's a good quote.

  • After my dad and I started this year long experiment, this bet, he and I began talking a lot more.

  • But the more we talked, the harder both of us clung to the idea that only one of us was right.

  • Can I read you a Mark Twain quote that I was thinking about just this weekend?

  • Yeah, absolutely.

  • And I was thinking about it in relationship to conspiracy theorists.

  • Mark Twain said this.

  • It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled.