We took a skeptical look at an executive training firm called NXIVM (pronounced nexium), run by a charismatic leader named Keith Raniere.

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One problem with taking a skeptical look at a Dr. Oz show is that he packs each episode with scientific claims, coming at you thick and fast, and it would take hours to critique them all.

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People usually look at Africa in a skeptical way, a place that needs to be helped.

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Rather, look for a company whose employees have a healthy, skeptical respect for neuroscience.

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