Roots of Reality @_RootsofReality

Podcast: Historian Ben Baumann uses history from the formation of the universe to the present, to show how our world came to be. -Billions of years led to you rootsofreality.com/podcast Joined April 2019

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10 hours ago

Some may forget that tribes are not just an aspect of American history, but the history of the entire world. Unfortunately, historically many tribes around the globe were conquered by various empires like the Roman Conquests of European tribes.

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12 hours ago

The show Ancient Aliens promotes the idea that extraterrestrials influenced human history, a claim that started with the 1968 book Chariots of the Gods; in reality, evidence shows that ancient societies were developed by people using the tools and knowledge available at the time.

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13 hours ago

Surrounding yourself with sycophants, a term that originated in ancient Athens, where even leaders like the tyrant Peisistratos were flattered and shielded from criticism, has long been a sign of incompetence, not strength.

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13 hours ago

The idea of helping others in hopes of a future reward, as encouraged by many religions througout history, is less moral than helping out of shared humanity with no expectation of return as pointed out by philosopher Immanuel Kant.

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23 hours ago

The belief that immigration is harmful, emerged in 19th-century Europe and the U.S. during industrialization, due to fears over jobs and social change, however history shows immigrants consistently boost economic growth, and innovation.

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2 days ago

The idea that blaming a gun for violence is like blaming a car for accidents originated in late 20th-century U.S. gun debates as a defense of gun rights, however guns are designed to inflict harm, cars are for transportation, making the comparison misleading and oversimplified.

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3 days ago

Populism, which originated in the late 19th-century U.S. as the People’s Party advocating agrarian interests, is often a simplistic appeal to “the people” versus “the elite,” ignoring the complexities of governance and reducing political discourse to emotionally charged binaries.

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4 days ago

While many countries have pledged to address climate change under the Paris Agreement, no country has fully met all its commitments, often falling short due to economic, political, or logistical challenges, thus showing most nations are not serious about climate change.

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5 days ago

The claim that it’s better to wait until retirement to travel comes from the mid-20th-century, when steady post-career income first made retirement a major stage of life, but it’s flawed because many people lose health, energy, or freedom before then.

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5 days ago

Slap fighting, which originated in Eastern Europe as a viral spectacle in the 2010s, is not a real sport, but a dangerous stunt that glorifies repeated head trauma without defense.

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5 days ago

Ivermectin does not kill COVID-19 or cancer; this myth originated from early, low-quality studies and social media claims, but large, controlled clinical trials show it is ineffective against both.

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6 days ago

NFTs are digital tokens representing ownership of online files that anyone can still copy. They originated around 2017 with projects like CryptoPunks, and are widely criticized for speculative value, environmental harm, and frequent scams.

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6 days ago

The idea that life is meaningless arose from nihilism in the 19th century, however in reality the meaning of our lives is up to us to determine. Thus, it is only meaningless if you want it to be.

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6 days ago

The raw food diet, rooted in early 20th-century “nature cure” movements, is misguided because cooking improves nutrient availability and strict raw diets can cause nutrient deficiencies and digestive issues. Eating raw meat also carries risk of bacterial and parasitic infections.

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6 days ago

The idea that fluoride in water is bad is a misconception: introduced in the 1940s, fluoridation safely reduces tooth decay, while fears of harm stem from 1950s Cold War conspiracies and later alternative health movements.

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6 days ago

The belief that “wisdom comes with age” stems from ancient Greek and Confucian traditions that revered elders as keepers of knowledge, but in reality age alone doesn’t guarantee wisdom, which depends more on reflection and openness than years lived.

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6 days ago

Reiki, a practice claiming to heal through “energy transfer” from practitioner to patient, originates from early 20th-century Japan and is considered pseudoscientific, as studies show no effects beyond placebo.

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7 days ago

Gambling is often seen as a quick path to wealth, in reality it statistically ensures long-term losses for most players. Rooted in ancient games of chance like Mesopotamian dice around 5,000 years ago to Roman betting, it creates the illusion of luck triumphing over probability.

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Clairvoyance, the claimed ability to perceive events or information beyond normal sensory contact—originates from ancient spiritual and mystical traditions, and the belief persists despite lacking any scientific evidence.