Curiosity Daily Podcast: Tracking and Adventuring 101 (w/ Forrest Galante) and Plagiarizing Without Realizing It

Forrest Galante, host of “Extinct or Alive” on Animal Planet, explains how to become an adventurer, survive extreme conditions, and find extinct animals. Then, you’ll learn about how “cryptomnesia” can make you plagiarize without realizing it.

November 13, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how cryptomnesia can make you plagiarize without realizing it: https://curiosity.im/32Nmsll

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