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| SGU Episode 445 |
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| January 25th 2014 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
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'On my 70th birthday, I was asked how I felt about mankind’s prospects. This is my reply: We are behaving like yeasts in a brewer’s vat, multiplying mindlessly while greedily consuming the substance of a finite world. If we continue to imitate the yeasts, we will perish as they perish, having exhausted our resources and poisoned ourselves in the lethal brew of our own wastes. Unlike the yeasts, we have a choice. What will it be?' |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
- January 25, 1945: Grand Rapids MI, first city to fluoridate their drinking water
News Items
Cosmic Web ()
Exorcism Deaths ()
Ball Lightening ()
Kepler Update ()
Creationism in Texas ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: mushroom
Name That Logical Fallacy ()
What kind of logical fallacy is it when a person argues against something on the basis of what the consequences would be as a result of the point being true?Say for example, Donald tells his physician that hamburgers can't be bad for him, since hamburgers are tasty and it would suck for hamburgers to make him chubby-wubby.JulianOhio
Karen Stollznow ()
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new study finds that even positive civil comments can undermine the effectiveness of online public service announcements. Item #2: Scientists find that taking fever-reducing medication when sick with the flu increases the spread of the disease and leads to more flu-related deaths. Item #3: A new analysis concludes that US carbon emissions can be reduced by 40% if all passenger vehicles by 2050 were fully electric.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
'On my 70th birthday, I was asked how I felt about mankind’s prospects. This is my reply: We are behaving like yeasts in a brewer’s vat, multiplying mindlessly while greedily consuming the substance of a finite world. If we continue to imitate the yeasts, we will perish as they perish, having exhausted our resources and poisoned ourselves in the lethal brew of our own wastes. Unlike the yeasts, we have a choice. What will it be?” ~ Farley Mowat
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