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SGU Episode 763
February 22nd 2020
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SGU 762                      SGU 764

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

Guest

GH: George Hrab

Quote of the Week

The Seven Social Sins: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.

Frederic Lewis Donaldson, Anglican priest

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Introduction[edit]

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.


COVID-19 Update ()[edit]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

The Oldest Crater and Snowball Earth ()[edit]

The Broomstick Challenge ()[edit]

Hypoallergenic Cats ()[edit]

Betelgeuse, Supernova, and Neutrinos ()[edit]

Genetics of Dating ()[edit]

Science or Fiction ()[edit]

Answer Item
Fiction Sasquatch
Science Dense rainforests
Science
Ice and snow fields
Science
Seahawk mascot
Host Result
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Rogue Guess

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Pacific Northwest
Item #1: The name Sasquatch dervies from the First Nation name, Sasq'et, which did refer to a hairy wild man but by tradition was diminutive in size.[6]
Item #2: The Pacific Northwest contains rainforests with the highest biomass density on Earth.[7]
Item #3: Washington state has over 3,000 perennial ice and snow fields, including 186 named glaciers.[8]
Item #4: The seahawk is not a real bird, and the NFL team uses an African Augur Hawk as their live mascot.[9]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]

The Seven Social Sins: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.
– Frederic Lewis Donaldson (1860-1953), Anglican priest

Signoff/Announcements ()[edit]

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[edit]

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[10]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Reuters: Did asteroid that hit Australia help thaw ancient 'snowball Earth'?
  2. ↑ NBC News: 'It's just physics': NASA responds to #BroomstickChallenge
  3. ↑ Science News: With a litter of tactics, scientists work to tame cat allergies
  4. ↑ Forbes: This Early Warning Signal Could Successfully Predict Betelgeuse's Supernova
  5. ↑ The Telegraph: Japanese sign up for DNA matchmaking as country faces demographic crisis
  6. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  7. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  8. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  9. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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