Richard Wiseman

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83 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 1 Aug

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And my office was one of them.

And what they would do is place either control people or visually impaired people at the end of the corridor.

And they had to go along and tap the white stick against the ground and work out which office doors were open.

And that was the study.

And so many times I'd turn around, there was somebody in my office.

And that was about 20 years ago, but it's amazing to see.

Because the vision in paper, extremely accurate.

They go along and I guess it's the same type of thing as you're just hearing a reflection of sound.

These are sighted people that have learned to echolocate.

Yeah, where does it fit in, Bob?

The risk analysis is a nice idea, but it depends where you draw the boundaries on the risk.

Because if I eat beef, it seems to me that's very risky for the cow.

I've met quite a few cows.

I have a...

a robot vacuum cleaner.

And it doesn't do the edges.

And until they get that sorted, I'm not... That's a good point.

Okay, and Richard?

Well, I'll get to this in a moment.

I wanted to recommend Starry, Starry Heist as another wonderful book by my good friend Karen.

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