The Gist

The Paradox of Shaving

Maria Konnikova returns to take on one of life’s great mysteries: When you shave a lot, does your hair grow back faster?

A San Diego Comic-Con fan gets a shave in on July 10, 2015.

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New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova returns for another round of everyone’s favorite game, “Is That Bulls–t?” Konnikova takes on a long-held theory about hair growth: The more often you shave, the faster it grows back. Konnikova’s most recent book is The Confidence Game.

In the Spiel, the Megyn Kelly backlash begins.

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