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Hannah Predicted a Pandemic
The Rest Is Science·May 20, 2026
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Talking pointsNot enough disagreement in the transcripts to form camps. These are the positions taken by people with demonstrated expertise on this topic first, then by how many people heard them on it, then by VoiceRank. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Plagues are a persistent feature of the human experience that have repeatedly challenged societies throughout history.
“plagues are a part of the human experience”
StarTalk · Jan 2022 · 1 episode · 477K views on this topic
Objective information is more effective than persuasive tactics when trying to influence public behavior.
“I think that Yeah. persuasion just backfires so often that you've got to inform really objectively and sometimes even in in in totally new ways.”
The Rest Is Science · May 2026 · 1 episode · 303K views on this topic
Pandemics are avoidable through human action even though infectious diseases are inevitable.
“Larry brilliant epidemiologists had this great quote which I used a lot but he said infectious diseases are inevitable but pandemics are optional and I think that is right”
TED · Apr 2020 · 1 episode · 54K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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