Podcasts Other Geek Counterpoint -- Your antidote to soundbite science! GC003 Lemmings, Irony, and Mindsets

GC003 Lemmings, Irony, and Mindsets

Published: Oct. 15, 2005, 11:56 p.m.

While the myth of lemmings taking mass suicidal plunges off cliffs was disproven years ago, it stubbornly persists in popular culture. Let's take a look at the history of the myth, the evidence disproving it, and what it has to teach us about the danger of "received wisdom."