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* [https://neurosciencenews.com/children-belief-21393/ Children Don't Believe Everything They Are Told]<ref>[https://neurosciencenews.com/children-belief-21393/ Neuroscience News: Children Don't Believe Everything They Are Told]</ref>
   
   
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* [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/is-your-gas-stove-bad-for-your-health/ Is your gas stove bad for your health?]<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/is-your-gas-stove-bad-for-your-health/ Ars Technica: Is your gas stove bad for your health?]</ref>


=== Neanderthal Brains <small>(46:55)</small> ===
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* [https://phys.org/news/2022-09-complex-synthetic-microbiome.html Researchers construct most complex, complete synthetic microbiome]<ref>[https://phys.org/news/2022-09-complex-synthetic-microbiome.html From Cell: Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome]</ref>


... encephalized <ref group=v>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/encephalize Wiktionary: encephalize]</ref>
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* [https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axn8p/navy-says-all-ufo-videos-classified-releasing-them-will-harm-national-security Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them ‘Will Harm National Security’]<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axn8p/navy-says-all-ufo-videos-classified-releasing-them-will-harm-national-security Vice: Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them ‘Will Harm National Security’]</ref>


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SGU Episode 897
September 17th 2022
897 skulls.jpg

By comparison, Neanderthals needed more brain to control their larger bodies.

SGU 896                      SGU 898

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

If I want to know how we learn and remember and represent the world, I will go to psychology and neuroscience.
If I want to know where values come from, I will go to evolutionary biology and neuroscience and psychology, as Hume and Aristotle would have, were they alive.

Patricia Churchland, Canadian-American analytic philosopher

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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Black Mirror reflections

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Cheating at Tournament Chess (1:09)

Is It Real: Ear Snake (16:08)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

What Children Believe (21:18)

Health Effects of Gas Stoves (35:18)

Neanderthal Brains (46:55)

Synthetic Microbiome (58:43)

... encephalized [v 1]

UFO Videos Classified (1:10:03)

Who's That Noisy? (1:23:35)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Jaw harp, specifically an Indian morchang (morsing)


New Noisy (1:28:51)

[whooshing and deep woodwind-like tones and vibrations]

... some of you are going to get this,

Announcements (1:29:54)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:33:06)

Email #1: Climate Change Nihilism

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with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –

Science or Fiction (1:44:11)

Theme: 2022 Golden Goose Awards

Item #1: The development of laser LASIK surgery was inspired by a case of accidental laser injury to the eye, producing precise perfectly circular damage.[8]
Item #2: Researchers developed a powerful microscope out of paper that folds like origami, with total material costs less than $1.[9]
Item #3: While examining the properties of cone snail venom, researchers accidentally discovered that it is a potent inhibitor of HIV replication.[10]

Answer Item
Fiction Snail venom inhibits hiv
Science Powerful origami microscope
Science
Lasik from laser eye injury
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Lasik from laser eye injury
Cara
 Lasik from laser eye injury
Bob
 Lasik from laser eye injury
Jay
 Snail venom inhibits hiv

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:57:48)

If I want to know how we learn and remember and represent the world, I will go to psychology and neuroscience. If I want to know where values come from, I will go to evolutionary biology and neuroscience and psychology, just as Aristotle and Hume would have, were they alive.

–Canadian-American analytic philosopher Patricia Churchland, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute

Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

Notes

References

  1. ↑ NY Post: Huge chess world upset of grandmaster sparks wild claims of cheating — with vibrating sex toy
  2. ↑ Snopes: Does Video Show Snake’s Head in Woman’s Ear?
  3. ↑ Neuroscience News: Children Don't Believe Everything They Are Told
  4. ↑ Ars Technica: Is your gas stove bad for your health?
  5. ↑ Neurologica: Neanderthal Brains
  6. ↑ From Cell: Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome
  7. ↑ Vice: Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them ‘Will Harm National Security’
  8. ↑ Golden Goose Award: How a Lab Incident Led to Better Eye Surgery for Millions of People
  9. ↑ Golden Goose Award: Foldscopes and Frugal Science: Paper Microscopes Make Science Globally Accessible
  10. ↑ Golden Goose Award: Tiny Snail, Big Impact: Cone Snail Venom Eases Pain and Injects New Energy into Neuroscience
  11. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: encephalize
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