# SIO520: My Talk at SkeptiCal - Selective Skepticism Is Not Skepticism

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Published: 2026-06-30T08:52:00+00:00
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## Resource

Thanks so much to the folks at SkeptiCal for inviting me! Though the talk does deal with the Butler shooting, I thought some way different stuff for this including a ridiculously overwrought hypothetical, my favorite kind! And, I found a Young Turks video where they are apparently Joe Rogan now!

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