Project Anchor: Anatomy of a Hoax

Brian Dunning· Host0:01

[upbeat music] Call it an urban legend, call it an internet hoax, call it a conspiracy theory, call it whatever you want, but the story goes that a confluence of gravitational waves will strike the Earth and cause it to lose all gravity for seven seconds. How do those who claim this think they know? And if it was real, could they actually know in advance? And as for the rest of us, how do we know that it's absolutely not, no way, going to happen, and is for sure just another gravity hoax? And in our extended content for premium members, a pair of gravity hoaxes that I actually perpetrated myself many years ago. All of that and more is coming up right now on Skeptoid. [upbeat music] A quick reminder for everyone, you're listening to Skeptoid, revealing the true science and true history behind urban legends every week since 2006. With over 1,000 episodes, we're celebrating 20 years of keeping it focused and keeping it brief, and we couldn't have done it without your curiosity leading the way. And now we're even offering a little bit more. If you become a premium member, supporting the show with a monthly micro payment of as little as $5, you get more Skeptoid.