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Robot Child Destiny

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We’ve had a bunch of feedback to the last newsletter, rightly calling out an article on UV that relied on weak evidence. The resulting conversation, continued in this episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast, revolves around how (if at all) we publish articles that aren’t on solid ground when it comes to the level of evidence for their claims. We also wonder whether robot vacuums are secretly spies living in our houses, talk about how child sponsorships don’t always deliver what you’ve been promised, and try to figure out why people think their destinies are being stolen.

About this episode

• Articles we talk about:
  • Response to Lance Kennedy’s UV article
  • Are the Robot Vacuums out to get us?
  • Making cents of charity: Child Sponsorship
  • Making cents of charity: Child Sponsorship, Part 2
  • Destiny Swapping
• Newsletter issues these articles appear in:
  • 2026-08-31
  • 2026-09-14