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The Hygiene Hypothesis

Should you let your kids eat dirt?

Do dirty hands make healthier bodies?

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Do germaphobic parents doom their kids to a lifetime of allergies and irritable bowels? This sounds like a question for our favorite game, “Is That Bullshit?” Returning champion Maria Konnikova helps us sort good bacteria from bad. Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game.

In the Spiel, what should we consider before changing the definition of sexual assault?

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