In his 1974 graduation speech at Caltech, Richard Feynman said words that every scientist should always live by: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” Watch what happens when our host, George, forgets this first principle and does the scientific equivalent of stepping on a rake, while trying to determine if there are microplastics in gum.
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