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Matt McCusker

Matt McCusker is a comedian, writer, author, and podcaster. He has appeared as a guest on podcast programs including Mostly Wise. There are no academic publications listed for him in the provided records.

4 claims checked on air: 2 supported 2 unverified

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0:51:00unverifiedvery lowAndrew Huberman, Matt McCusker & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1

The United States has more surveillance and security cameras than China when private consumer cameras like Ring doorbells are counted.

"There's I think there's more cameras in America than China if you include private Ring doorbells and all this stuff." (said at 0:51:00)

No published record matching the claim that the United States has more surveillance and security cameras than China when private consumer cameras like Ring doorbells are included was located; this does not prove the claim false.

0:53:30supportedmoderateAndrew Huberman, Matt McCusker & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1

Slip and fall legal claims and injuries account for billions of dollars in settlements and payouts each year in the United States.

"If you fall, there's billions of dollars get paid out every year in America for like falling." (said at 0:53:30)

Published economic and epidemiological analyses confirm that fall-related injuries in the United States generate tens of billions of dollars annually in direct medical expenditures, insurance payouts, and related costs. An analysis of national databases and Medicare claims found that direct medical costs for nonfatal fall injuries in older adults alone reached approximately $19 billion in a single year, with billions paid out across hospitalizations, emergency care, and outpatient services.

1:03:48supportedlowAndrew Huberman, Matt McCusker & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1

According to some forensic pathologists, the way and force with which a hyoid bone is broken is more consistent with homicide than suicide.

"The hyoid bone that snapped, if you talk to certain forensic pathologists, they say it's more consistent with a homicide than a suicide. The way the force with which it was broken, right?" (said at 1:03:48)

Forensic pathology literature and forensic guidelines support the statement that the nature and mechanism of a hyoid bone fracture are often viewed by pathologists as more suggestive of manual strangulation (predominantly homicidal) than of suicidal hanging. Autopsy studies distinguish hanging (typically suicidal) from manual or ligature strangulation (predominantly homicidal), noting distinct injury patterns: direct inward compressing forces in manual strangulation frequently produce hyoid fractures and extensive laryngohyoid damage, whereas hangings less frequently fracture the hyoid alone and show different soft tissue and ligature patterns. Forensic experts note, however, that hyoid fractures are not entirely pathognomonic and cannot be used in isolation to rule out suicidal hanging.

2:36:08unverifiedvery lowAndrew Huberman, Matt McCusker & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1

Photons generated by nuclear fusion in the sun's core take approximately 17,000 to 100,000 years to diffuse through the radiative zone to the surface.

"the hydrogen fusion, whatever, that happens in the sun's core, that release that releases gamma rays, which if they went through, they'll just like literally sever your DNA... They bounce around in the sun's core. That original light that's, you know, originated in that reaction bounces around the core for like 17,000 to 100,000 years in the core, then it gets to the surface and shoots out in like 8 seconds if that." (said at 2:36:08)

No published record matching the claim that photons diffuse from the sun's core to the surface in approximately 17,000 to 100,000 years was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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