Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals he was once a doomsday prep who escaped to the Blue Mountains

Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki has spent most of his career clearing up errors in facts.

However, the doctor and TV personality nicknamed the “popular scientist” has been the victim of conspiracy theories in the past.

In an interview with The Australian on Saturday, the 74-year-old admitted that he fled Sydney in the early 1970s in fear of a tsunami.

He and a group of “hippie” friends hid in the Blue Mountains – armed only with rice, water and kerosene – in anticipation of a disaster that would never come.

“I believed it because my friends told me. That was enough; I saw him as a very high authority because my friends were so convinced,” he said.

Thanks to this experience, the doctor says, he understands how people get caught up in wild conspiracy theories.

Fears: In an interview with The Australian on Saturday, the 74-year-old admitted that he fled Sydney in the early 1970s in fear of the tsunami.

Memories: He and a group of “hippie” friends hid in the Blue Mountains – armed only with rice, water and kerosene – in anticipation of a disaster that would never come. In the photo from that period

‘I didn’t think. Trust a friend’s information [rather than an expert] It’s a well-known factor in psychology,” he told the paper.

‘This is why peer referrals are more persuasive than advertisements. Because we are social animals and we need to be together to survive.

“I was also a smoker at the time and had heard the general surgeon’s health warning, but didn’t accept the science until a friend advised me to quit.”

“I believed it because my friends told me. That was enough; I saw him as a very high authority because my friends were so convinced,” said the doctor. The experience helped him understand how people fell in love with wild conspiracy theories, the doctor says.

Dr. Known for bringing scientific knowledge to the layman, Karl was active in exposing Covid conspiracies in popular TikTok videos.

It’s also gone viral recently, with videos showing no-nonsense tips for warding off a hangover and why you should never flush the toilet seat with the toilet seat open.

Dr. While drinking one more drink will alleviate symptoms in the short term, Karl says time is the greatest and safest healer.

The media personality, who is also a graduate of medicine and biomedical engineering, said rinsing with the cap also released “a smoke contaminated with bacteria and water vapor.”

‘I didn’t think. Trust a friend’s information [rather than an expert] a well-known factor in psychology,” he told the newspaper.