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SGU Episode 941
July 22nd 2023
941 Schoningen Stick.jpg

"A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters." [1]

SGU 940                      SGU 942

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Science is not about building a body of facts. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes them feel good.

Terry Pratchett, English humorist

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Cara's and Jay's trips

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

Steve's bear update (5:56)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Early Woodworking (15:31)

Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria (23:56)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [2]

How We Determine What's True? (38:12)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [3]

Killing Bacteria (49:13)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [4]

Nanopatch Pseudoscience (58:32)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [5]

[2020 covid news item about Djokovic][link needed]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Correction #1: Fishercat vs Red Fox (1:07:05)

Email #1: Thorium Reactors (1:09:49)

Who's That Noisy? (1:17:40)

Answer to previous Noisy:
_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:21:18)

[whirring in background, scratching sound fading in foreground]

J: ... what this week's Noisy was

Announcements (1:21:52)

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Science or Fiction (1:26:46)

Theme: Animal sound tropes

Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_[6]
Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_[7]
Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_[8]

Answer Item
Fiction
Science
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Jay
Evan
Cara
Bob

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

Jay's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Other fake, overused (animal) noises

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:35)


Science is not about building a body of facts. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes them feel good.

 – Terry Pratchett (1948-2015), English humorist, from The Science of Discworld 


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[9]
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 University of Reading: Early humans were weapon woodwork experts, study finds
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