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Dr. Steven Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

So one other layer here is that the car companies indemnify themselves how, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

What's the way they could not get sued over doing all of this?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

The legal, you know.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

No, the user agreement, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

So they bury it somewhere.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Who the hell reads a 50-page user agreement for a car company?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

It's like you think it's just boilerplate crap.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

No, there's all the privacy stuff is buried in there somewhere, too.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

But what are you going to do?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Not sign it?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

I mean, you cannot buy a car?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

You have no option, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Wait for my lawyer to review this.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Yeah, I mean, you could clip it into ChatGPT and have them tell you what...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

which I've done now 61% chance of being accurate no I well but it's better than nothing like I'm not going to read a hundred page user agreement but you clip it in there and I say highlight anything I should be concerned about and it does it let me consult with my lawyer yeah I've done that before yeah

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

But the thing is, again, there's so much burden on just to live your life, just to get through the day, all these things, all these ways that we are being spied upon and exploited and inconvenienced and everything, and technology just making it ubiquitous and overwhelming.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

And I'm really, really trying hard not to sound like an old curmudgeon about all of this, but it's getting so difficult, you know?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

But your car, you are not safe in your car.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

All right, Bob.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

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