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=== Driverless Cars <small>(15:18)</small> ===
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SGU Episode 954
October 21st 2023
954 Vlad Țepeș.jpg

Vlad the Impaler was a 15th century prince and military leader who was so terrifying, he's thought to have inspired the creation of the literary vampire, Count Dracula.

SGU 953                      SGU 955

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Our ignorance is profound, forgivable and temporary. There are only two true errors: One is believing that we have no errors left to make, and the other is believing that those errors are permanent and irreversible.

Adam Mastroianni, American experimental psychologist

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Introduction, Annular Eclipse 2023

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

Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023


Swindler's List: The IT Scam (4:59)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [1]

News Items

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Driverless Cars (15:18)


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Dead Whale Mystery (24:06)

Filtering Wildfire Air (33:39)

New Law of Nature Proposed (39:55)


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The Real Count Dracula (47:04)


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_text_about_weeping_blood_(Transcriptionist's note: the Casino Royale (2006) Bond villain, Le Chiffre, had haemolacria)


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Science or Fiction (1:13:46)

Theme: Infectious disease

Item #1: A new study finds that the risk of getting Guillain Barre Syndrome within 6 weeks after COVID increases by six times, and decreases by more than half after getting the BioNTech vaccine.[7]
Item #2: A new study finds that approximately 50,000 deaths per year in the Americas can be attributed to antimicrobial resistance.[8]
Item #3: Since 2010 the number of reported tick-borne infections in the US has increased 10 fold.[9]

Answer Item
Fiction AMR deaths in the Americas
Science GBS risk with/without vaccine
Science
Tick-borne infections increase
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Tick-borne infections increase
Jay
 AMR deaths in the Americas
Bob
 AMR deaths in the Americas
Cara
 AMR deaths in the Americas

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

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:36:58)


Our ignorance is profound, forgivable and temporary. There are only two true errors: One is believing that we have no errors left to make, and the other is believing that those errors are permanent and irreversible.

 – Adam Mastroianni, American experimental psychologist


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[10]
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References

  1. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  2. ↑ Neurologica: Update on Self-Driving Cars
  3. ↑ Science: "Unusual" Mystery of Dead Whales Washing Up on US Coast May Be Solved
  4. ↑ Ars Technica: Air purifiers aren’t enough to clean your home from wildfire smoke
  5. ↑ Reuters: Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution
  6. ↑ American Chemical Society: "Resurrecting" the legendary figure behind Count Dracula
  7. ↑ Neurology: Association Between Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study
  8. ↑ The Lancet Regional Health – Americas: Silent Killer: AMR Linked to Over Half a Million Deaths in the Americas
  9. ↑ National Library of Medicine: Changing paradigms for tick-borne diseases in the Americas
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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