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== Introduction ==
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SGU Episode 666
April 14th 2018
666 number 666.jpg

666, the so-called "number of the beast"

SGU 665                      SGU 667

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

There is no such thing as the devil, just as there is no such thing as fairies, imps, or goblins. The two largest religions in the world — Christianity and Islam — teach that there is a devil. And they are wrong. There is no evidence for such a thing. Not a shred. It is simply something that germinated from the unscientific, irrational minds of early humans who tried their best to explain why bad things happen to good people, why good people sometimes do bad things, and why there is so much needless suffering in the world.

Phil Zuckerman, professor of sociology of substantial secularity

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Introduction, Number of the Beast[edit]

Creepy, "evil" voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality. Ah ha ha ha ha ha haa...

What's the Word? (1:56)[edit]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

History of 666 (7:28)[edit]

Buzz Aldrin and Aliens (19:49)[edit]

AI, Good and Evil (29:37)[edit]

The Business of Exorcism (41:39)[edit]

The Power of Satan (47:00)[edit]

Special Who's That Noisy? (1:03:29)[edit]

J: ... If you think you know the answer, you can email me the regular way. Here is this week's Noisy.

[super fast speech with bell chiming in the background]

That was made evil for you, Bob.

B: It's rats fleeing a church!

(Rogues laugh.)

C: That's really funny!

Reflecting after 666 episodes (1:04:16)[edit]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:05:27)[edit]

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Email #1: Acidic vs Alkiline diet[edit]

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Science or Fiction (1:10:45)[edit]

Theme: Serial killers

Item #1: Dr. Harold Shipman killed 250 people, forged their wills to inherit their money, and had their bodies cremated to hide the evidence.[6]
Item #2: Pedro Lopez was convicted of murdering over 300 girls after a flash flood uncovered a mass grave of his victims.[7]
Item #3: Robert Ressler was a police officer who confessed to the rape and murder of 61 prostitutes he had previously arrested.[8]

Answer Item
Fiction Police officer rapist
Science Forged wills, cremations
Science
Flash flood → mass grave
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Bob
 Forged wills, cremations
Cara
 Police officer rapist
Evan
 Police officer rapist
Jay
 Police officer rapist

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

Bob's Response[edit]

Cara's Response[edit]

Evan's Response[edit]

Jay's Response[edit]

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:29:05)[edit]


There is no such thing as the devil, just as there is no such thing as fairies, imps, or goblins. The two largest religions in the world — Christianity and Islam — teach that there is a devil. And they are wrong. There is no evidence for such a thing. Not a shred. It is simply something that germinated from the unscientific, irrational minds of early humans who tried their best to explain why bad things happen to good people, why good people sometimes do bad things, and why there is so much needless suffering in the world.

 – Phil Zuckerman (1969-present), American professor of sociology of substantial secularity


Signoff/Announcements (1:29:58)[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.

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Today I Learned[edit]

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Huffpost: Who 666 Might Have Actually Stood For
  2. ↑ Live Science: The Story Claiming Buzz Aldrin Saw Aliens in Space Is Utter Nonsense
  3. ↑ Quartz: We can train AI to identify good and evil, and then use it to teach us morality
  4. ↑ The Guardian: Vatican to hold exorcist training course after 'rise in possessions'
  5. ↑ Scientific American: The Psychological Power of Satan
  6. ↑ List25.com: 25 Of The Most Evil Serial Killers You Have Ever Known
  7. ↑ List25.com: 25 Of The Most Evil Serial Killers You Have Ever Known
  8. ↑ Wikipedia: Robert Ressler
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary[edit]

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: demon
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