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A podcast dedicated to the uncomfortable but fascinating art of unlearning the 'facts' we are all absolutely sure of. Based on the 'fighting assumptions' newsletter. -- Educational, informative, podcast, learning, assumptions, truth, unlearning fightingassumptions.substack.com

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episode Lightning does strike twice (and thrice, and a million times) artwork

Lightning does strike twice (and thrice, and a million times)

Today, we are tackling a phrase you’ve probably used to comfort a friend: “Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.” We use it to reassure people. Survived a freak round of corporate layoffs? Don’t worry, lightning never strikes twice. Dealt with a bizarre plumbing disaster? Relax, lightning never strikes twice. It is a linguistic pat on the back, implying that the universe operates on a strict quota system for bad luck. Once you’ve paid your dues to statistical improbability, you are safe. It is a lovely sentiment. But as a scientific rule of thumb? It is dangerously, objectively wrong. In fact, lightning loves to strike twice. And three times. And sometimes a hundred times. It’s time to retire this assumption. Read more… [https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/p/lightning-does-strike-twice-and-thrice] Get full access to Fighting Assumptions at fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe [https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

10 de abr de 2026 - 4 min
episode The election deception: why the founders of democracy used a lottery instead artwork

The election deception: why the founders of democracy used a lottery instead

We have been conditioned to believe that the “ballot box” is the ultimate symbol of freedom. We are taught that the right to vote is the finish line of democratic progress. But if you could transport an ancient Athenian, the very people who invented demokratia, to a modern polling station, they wouldn’t congratulate us on our “freedom.” To the Greeks, the root of democracy wasn’t the vote. It was the lottery. Read more… [https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/p/the-election-deception-why-the-founders] Get full access to Fighting Assumptions at fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe [https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

30 de mar de 2026 - 6 min
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