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| SGU Episode 899 |
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| October 1st 2022 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
TD: Tim Dodd, American science communicator |
| Quote of the Week |
This job is a great scientific adventure. |
Fabiola Gianotti, Italian experimental particle physicist |
| Links |
| Download Podcast |
| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Hurricane Ian, new SGU Book
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science (14:37)
- Raye Jean Montague, American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship
News Items
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Are Fake Meats Sustainable? (19:39)
Why Go Back to the Moon? (38:08)
Interview with The Everyday Astronaut (53:10)
Science or Fiction (1:24:55)
Theme: Past inventions that utterly failed
Item #1: In 1983, in response to the Sony Walkman craze, Audio Technica released the Sound Burger, a portable record player, complete with earbuds.[4]
Item #2: In 1981 a Swedish company marketed an all-plastic bicycle, the Itera, which turned out to be expensive to produce but failed mostly because the weak frame made it too wobbly to ride.[5]
Item #3: In the 1930s architect Buckminster Fuller designed a pre-fab house designed to be inexpensive, quick to build, and ecofriendly, made mostly out of waste cow bones from the beef industry.[6]
Item #4: In 1964, Claus Scholz of Vienna invented a phone-answering robot; however, its ability was limited to picking up and hanging up the phone.[7][8]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Cow bones pre fab house |
| Science | Portable record player |
| Science | All-plastic bicycle |
| Science | Phone-answering robot |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | All-plastic bicycle |
Bob | Portable record player |
Jay | Cow bones pre fab house |
Cara | Cow bones pre fab house |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Cara's Response
Viewers' Responses
Steve Explains Item #4
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:32)
This job is a great scientific adventure. But it's also a great human adventure. Mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
– Fabiola Gianotti, Italian experimental particle physicist
Signoff/Announcements
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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
Notes
References
- ↑ Popular Mechanics: NASA's Nuclear Thermal Engine Is a Blast From the Cold War Past
- ↑ Ars Technica: How sustainable are fake meats?
- ↑ Phys.org: Why go back to the Moon?
- ↑ Museum of Failure: Sound Burger – portable vinyl player
- ↑ Museum of Failure: Itera – the plastic bicycle
- ↑ Wikipedia: Dymaxion house
- ↑ British Pathé: Austria: Inventor Shows Robot "Servants"
- ↑ Cybernetic Zoo: 1957-73 – "MM6", "MM7 SELEKTOR" & "MM8 CONTINA" SELEKTOR – CLAUS SCHOLZ (AUSTRIAN)
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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