SGU Episode 667: Difference between revisions

From SGUTranscripts
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(initial creation)
 
m (tiny tweaks)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 33: Line 33:
|transcription = y
|transcription = y
|proofreading = <!-- please only activate when some transcription is present. -->
|proofreading = <!-- please only activate when some transcription is present. -->
|time-stamps = y <!-- delete when all time-stamps have been added -->
|formatting = y
|formatting = y
|links = y
|links = y
Line 40: Line 39:
|segment redirects = y <!-- redirect pages for segments with head-line type titles -->
|segment redirects = y <!-- redirect pages for segments with head-line type titles -->
|}}
|}}
{{ThisOutline}} <!-- Remove when all the episode's segments are outlined -->
{{UseOutline}} <!-- Remove when transcription is complete -->
{{UseOutline}} <!-- Remove when transcription is complete -->
{{InfoBox
{{InfoBox
Line 48: Line 46:
|verified = <!-- leave blank until verified, then put a 'y'-->
|verified = <!-- leave blank until verified, then put a 'y'-->


|episodeIcon =File:SAMPLE_icon.jpg <!-- search the gallery of uploaded files (see the caption field below) for the episode icon pulled from the show notes page -->
|episodeIcon = File:667 Yttrium.jpg


|caption = [[Special:NewFiles|Click for the gallery of uploaded files]]<br>Add an appropriate caption here for the episode icon
|caption = "A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo."&nbsp;<ref name=rare>[https://www.science.org/content/article/global-trove-rare-earth-metals-found-japans-deep-sea-mud Science: Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud]</ref>
<!--
 
Clear this above parameter to add your caption. You can use [_link_URL_ _caption_or_short_blurb_for_link_text_] to make all or part of the caption have a weblink. Alternatively, replace this parameter with the one below for a caption for a "hidden" image; note that you can't put a weblink inside the transclusion [[ ]], so you'd have to make a separate part of the caption be the text for a URL. You could use a <ref> reference_here </ref> tag instead, of course.
 
-->
<!--
*** You can delete the episodeIcon line and transclude Media:FILENAME
*** in a caption like the one below for an image that might be a bit icky to look at,
*** as in Episodes 664, 851, and 890.  
 
You can add the "hiddenIcon" line and put the FILENAME. This will generate a generic "hidden image" icon that will link to the same icon as in the caption. Example:
 
|hiddenIcon = File:890_monkeypox_smaller.jpg
|caption = Monkeypox rashes<br>[[Media:890 monkeypox smaller.jpg|<span style="color:green">'''Click to view image'''</span>]]
-->
 
|bob = <!-- leave blank or delete if absent -->
|cara = <!-- leave blank or delete if absent -->
|jay = <!-- leave blank or delete if absent -->
|evan = <!-- leave blank or delete if absent -->
|george = <!-- leave blank or delete if absent -->
|guest1 = <!-- ZZ: First Name Last Name - with {{w|wikipedia title|name}} if possible - or leave blank or delete if no guest -->
|guest2 = <!-- leave blank or delete if no second guest -->
|guest3 = <!-- leave blank or delete if no third guest -->
|multiplequotes = <!-- very rarely is there more than one quote. *IF* two or more are used, put a 'y' here (see eps. 778 and 886) to change the infobox section header text to "Quotes of the Week"; otherwise, leave blank or delete -->


<!-- if multiple quotes, use <br><br> to space them apart from each other and from the Authors field -->
|bob =y
|cara =y
|jay =y
|Evan =y


|qowText = QUOTE
|qowText = If a kid ever asks you why the sky is blue, you look them right in the eye and say, <br><br>"It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."&nbsp;<ref name=plait>[https://slate.com/technology/2014/03/blue-skies-how-to-explain-why-the-sky-is-blue.html Slate: Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue]</ref>
|qowAuthor = AUTHOR, _short_description_ <!-- use a {{w|wikilink}} or use <ref name=author>[URL PUBLICATION: TITLE]</ref>, description (Use a first reference if there's an article attached to the quote. The second article reference is in the QoW section. See Episode 762 for an example.) -->

|qowAuthor = {{w|Phil Plait}}, [https://www.youtube.com/@badastronomy "the Bad Astronomer"]
|downloadLink = {{600s|667|download}} <!-- inserts the date-specific variables for the DownloadLink template; the link will be created for the correct mp3 audio -->
|downloadLink = {{600s|667|download}} <!-- inserts the date-specific variables for the DownloadLink template; the link will be created for the correct mp3 audio -->


Line 89: Line 65:


-->
-->
== Introduction ==
== Introduction, tech issues, Art Bell dead ==
''Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''<!--  
''Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''<!--  


Line 112: Line 88:
'''E:''' Good evening folks! ''(applause)''-->  
'''E:''' Good evening folks! ''(applause)''-->  


{{anchor|fss}}
=== Alex Jones sued <small>(4:15)</small> ===
{{anchor|wih}}  <!-- leave these anchors directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Forgotten Superheroes of Science <small>(m:ss)</small> ==
{{Page categories
|Forgotten Superheroes of Science =
|Women in History =
<!--
 
search for "PERSON/PEOPLE (nnnn)" to create a redirect page, where "(nnnn)" is the episode number, then edit that page with:
 
#REDIRECT
[[SGU_Episode_NNNN#_fss_OR_wih_]]
_and_as_appropriate_one_or_both_of_these_categories_
[[Category:Forgotten Superheroes of Science]]
[[Category:Women in History]]
 
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in the "page categories" template above -->
}}
* _Person_People_Group_ <!--
 
** We recommend using an in-line link to the Wikipedia entry: {{w|_Person_People_Group_}} -->
 
{{anchor|510}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== "5 to 10 Years" <small>(m:ss)</small> ==
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
}}
 
{{anchor|wtw}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== What's the Word? <small>(m:ss)</small> ==
{{Page categories
|What's the Word? = <!--
 
search for "WORD (nnnn WTW)" to create a redirect page, where "(nnnn)" is the episode number, then edit that page with:
 
#REDIRECT
[[SGU_Episode_NNNN#wtw]]
[[Category:What's the Word?]]
 
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in the "page categories" template above -->
}}
* Word_Topic_Concept<!-- (delete this parenthetical and the preceding markup wiki code to use the Vocabulary ref group) <ref group="v">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/WORD Wiktionary: WORD]</ref> <!--
 
** We recommend having an in-line link to the Wikipedia or Wiktionary entry in addition to the Wiktionary vocab group reference. So, before the Wikitionary reference, put either {{w|word_topic_concept}} or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/WORD WORD] -->
<!--
** start section transcription here **
-->
 
<blockquote> _consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_ </blockquote>
 
{{anchor|number}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Your Number's Up <small>()</small> ==
* _Number_Topic_Concept_ <!--
 
** We recommend using an in-line link to the Wikipedia entry: {{w|_Number_Topic_Concept_}} -->
 
{{anchor|quickie}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Quickie with _Rogue_ <small>(m:ss)</small> ==
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
}}


== News Items ==
== News Items ==
Line 200: Line 112:


{{anchor|news#}} <!-- leave this news item anchor directly above the news item section that follows -->
{{anchor|news#}} <!-- leave this news item anchor directly above the news item section that follows -->
=== News_Item_1 <small>(m:ss)</small> ===
=== Communicating Without Speaking <small>(10:06)</small> ===
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
}}
 
==== Sub_section_1 <small>()</small> ====
 
=== News_Item_2 <small>()</small> ===
{{shownotes
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|weblink = https://www.sciencealert.com/silent-voice-headset-subvocalisation-computer-interface-mit
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|article_title = MIT Researchers Have Created a Bizarre Headset That Lets You Communicate Without Speaking
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
|publication = Science Alert
}}
}}


=== News_Item_3 <small>()</small> ===
=== Nutrition Pseudoscience <small>(19:55)</small> ===
{{shownotes
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|weblink = https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2018/04/18/wealthy_americans_more_likely_to_be_influenced_by_nutrition_misinformation_110615.html
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|article_title = Wealthy Americans Are More Likely to Be Influenced by Nutrition Pseudoscience
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
|publication = Real Clear Science
}}
}}


=== News_Item_4 <small>()</small> ===
=== Rare Earths <small>(26:11)</small> ===
{{shownotes
* [https://www.science.org/content/article/global-trove-rare-earth-metals-found-japans-deep-sea-mud Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud]<ref name = rare/>
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
}}


=== News_Item_5 <small>()</small> ===
=== Eating Plastic <small>(33:26)</small> ===
{{shownotes
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|weblink = https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43783631
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|article_title = Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
|publication = bbc
}}
}}
{{top}}{{anchor|interview}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Interview with ___ <small>()</small> ==
{{Page categories
|Interview = <!--
search for NAME interview: TOPIC (nnnn), where "(nnnn)" is the episode number, then edit that page with:
#REDIRECT
[[SGU_Episode_NNNN#interview]]
[[Category:Interview]]
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in the "page categories" template above.
We suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup. -->
}}
* _Interviewee_Topic_Event_ <!--
We recommend using an in-line link to the Wikipedia entry: {{w|_Interviewee_}}
You could also add or substitute a website and reference:
* [LINK_URL _article_title_or_webpage_name_]<ref>[LINK_URL PUBLICATION: _article_title_or_webpage_name_]</ref>
-->
<!--
** start section transcription here **
-->


{{anchor|futureWTN}} <!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor used by the "wtnAnswer" template, which links the previous "new noisy" segment to its future WTN, here.
{{anchor|futureWTN}} <!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor used by the "wtnAnswer" template, which links the previous "new noisy" segment to its future WTN, here.
-->
-->
== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small> ==
== Who's That Noisy? <small>(47:33)</small> ==
{{wtnHiddenAnswer
{{wtnHiddenAnswer
|episodeNum = NNN <!-- episode number for previous Noisy -->
|episodeNum = 666
|answer = _brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_
|answer = Slowed-down quote from the Bible, [https://youtu.be/x2WK_eWihdU?t=61 famously stated by Samuel L. Jackson in ''Pulp Fiction '']
|}}
|}}
<!--  
<!--  
Line 274: Line 147:
-->
-->


{{anchor|previousWTN}} <!-- keep right above the following sub-section ... this is the anchor used by wtnHiddenAnswer, which will link the next hidden answer to this episode's new noisy (so, to that episode's "previousWTN") -->
=== Noisy from 665 <small>(53:00)</small> ===
=== New Noisy <small>()</small> ===
{{wtnHiddenAnswer
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
|pastnoisy = 665
|answer = [https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/tv/video-shows-the-bizarre-sound-of-a-lynx-screaming-match Two lynxes in a territorial dispute]
|}}


{{wtnAnswer|NNNN|short_text_from_transcript}} <!-- "NNNN" is the episode number of the next WTN segment and "short_text_from_transcript" is the portion of this transcript that will transclude a link to the next WTN segment, using that episode's anchor, seen here just above the beginning of this WTN section. -->


== Announcements <small>()</small> ==
{{anchor|previousWTN}} <!-- keep right above the following sub-section ... this is the anchor used by wtnHiddenAnswer, which will link the next hidden answer to this episode's new noisy (so, to that episode's "previousWTN") -->
 
=== New Noisy <small>(56:38)</small> ===
{{anchor|dumbest}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
[Background scraping/crackling with foreground intermittent mechanical buzzing]
== Dumbest Thing of the Week <small>()</small> ==
{{shownotes
|weblink = <!-- must begin with http:// -->
|article_title = <!-- please replace ALL CAPS with Title Case or Sentence case -->
|publication = <!-- enter nn for Neurologica :-) -->
}}
<!--
** start section transcription here **
-->


{{anchor|ntlf}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
'''J:''' ... So, if you heard any cool Noisies this week, if you want to say hi, or if you want to guess at {{wtnAnswer|668|what the answer is}}, email me at WTN@theskepticsguide.org.
== Name That Logical Fallacy <small>()</small> ==
{{Page categories
|Name That Logical Fallacy = <!--


search for "FALLACY/TOPIC (nnnn)" to create a redirect page, where "(nnnn)" is the episode number, then edit that page with:


#REDIRECT
== Announcements <small>(57:24)</small> ==
[[SGU_Episode_NNNN#ntlf]]
[[Category:Name That Logical Fallacy]]
 
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in the "page categories" template above -->
}}
* _Fallacy_Topic_Event_ <!--
 
We recommend using an in-line link to the Wikipedia entry: {{w|_Fallacy_}}
 
You could also add or substitute a website and reference:
 
* [LINK_URL _article_title_or_webpage_name_]<ref>[LINK_URL PUBLICATION: _article_title_or_webpage_name_]</ref>  
-->
<blockquote><p style="line-height:115%"> _consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_<br> with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –</p></blockquote>
<!--
** start section transcription here **
-->


{{anchor|followup}}
{{anchor|followup}}
{{anchor|correction}} <!-- leave these anchors directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
{{anchor|correction}} <!-- leave these anchors directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups <small>()</small> ==
== Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups <small>(57:51)</small> ==
=== Question #1: Acidic Food ===
<blockquote><p style="line-height:115%"> _consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_<br> with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p style="line-height:115%"> _consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_<br> with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –</p></blockquote>


=== Question_Email_Correction #1: _brief_description_ <small>()</small> ===
{{top}}{{anchor|sof}} <!-- leave these anchors directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
 
== Science or Fiction <small>(1:03:10)</small> ==
=== Question_Email_Correction #2: _brief_description_ <small>()</small> ===
 
{{top}}{{anchor|sof}}
{{anchor|theme}} <!-- leave these anchors directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Science or Fiction <small>(h:mm:ss)</small> ==
<!--  
<!--  
** begin transcription below the following templates, including host reading the items **
** begin transcription below the following templates, including host reading the items **
-->
-->
{{Page categories
|SoF with a Theme = <!--
search for "THEME (NNNN SoF)" to create a redirect page, where "NNNN" is the episode number, then edit that page with:
#REDIRECT
[[SGU_Episode_NNNN#theme]]
[[Category:SoF with a Theme]]
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in the "page categories" template above -->
}}
{{SOFinfo
{{SOFinfo
|theme = <!-- delete or leave blank if no theme -->
|item1 = Researchers have discovered how to make diamonds flexible and stretchy.
|hiddentheme = <!-- delete or leave blank if no "hidden theme", e.g. Ep. 883 -->
|link1web = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419141514.htm
 
|link1title = How to bend and stretch a diamond
|item1 = _item_text_from_show_notes_
|link1pub = Science Daily
|link1web = url_from_SoF_show_notes <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link1title = _article_title_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link1pub = _publication_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
 
|item2 = _item_text_from_show_notes_
|link2web = url_from_SoF_show_notes <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link2title = _article_title_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link2pub = _publication_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->


|item3 = _item_text_from_show_notes_
|item2 = Engineers have developed a new technique for streaming video 10,000 times faster than the current best algorithms.
|link3web = url_from_SoF_show_notes <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link2web = https://www.techexplorist.com/researchers-achieve-hd-video-streaming-10000-times-lower-power/13669/
|link3title = _article_title_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link2title = Researchers achieve HD video streaming at 10,000 times lower power
|link3pub = _publication_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link2pub = Tech Explorist


|item4 = _item_text_from_show_notes_ <!-- delete or leave blank if no 4th item -->
|item3 = A new analysis finds that humans are responsible for a mass extinction of large mammals over the last 120 thousand years.
|link4web = url_from_SoF_show_notes <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link3web = https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/mammals-are-smaller-than-they-used-to-be-and-its-our-fault/
|link4title = _article_title_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link3title = Mammals are smaller than they used to be, and it’s our fault
|link4pub = _publication_ <!-- delete or leave blank if none -->
|link3pub = Ars Technica
|note= The shownotes page reuses the links referenced by episode 665's SOF items; these links had to be found/matched independently.
|}}
|}}
{{SOFResults
{{SOFResults
|fiction = <!-- short word or phrase representing the item -->
|fiction = streaming 10,000x faster
|fiction2 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent; rarely does a host amend a "science" item -->
|science1 = flexible, stretchy diamonds
<!--
|science2 = cause of mass extinction
** Very rarely the game is flipped into two or more fiction items and one science item. If so, change the template title from {{SOFResults to {{FOSResults .. see Episode 903
-->
|science1 = <!-- short word or phrase representing the item -->
|science2 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
|science3 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
 
|rogue1 = <!-- rogues in order of response -->
|answer1 = <!-- item guessed, using word or phrase from above -->


|rogue2 =
|rogue1 =Cara
|answer2 =
|answer1 =streaming 10,000x faster


|rogue3 =
|rogue2 =bob
|answer3 =
|answer2 =streaming 10,000x faster


|rogue4 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
|rogue3 =evan
|answer4 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
|answer3 =cause of mass extinction


|rogue5 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
|rogue4 =jay
|answer5 = <!-- delete or leave blank if absent -->
|answer4 =streaming 10,000x faster


|host =steve <!-- asker of the questions; change name if other than steve -->
|host =steve
<!-- for the result options below,  
<!-- for the result options below,  
     only put a 'y' next to one. -->
     only put a 'y' next to one. -->
|sweep = <!-- all the Rogues guessed wrong -->
|sweep = <!-- all the Rogues guessed wrong -->
|clever = <!-- each item was guessed (Steve's preferred result) -->
|clever = <!-- each item was guessed (Steve's preferred result) -->
|win = <!-- at least one Rogue guessed wrong, but not them all -->
|win = y<!-- at least one Rogue guessed wrong, but not them all -->
|swept = <!-- all the Rogues guessed right -->
|swept = <!-- all the Rogues guessed right -->
}}
}}
Line 407: Line 221:
-->
-->


=== _Rogue_'s Response ===
=== Cara's Response ===


=== _Rogue_'s Response ===
=== Bob's Response ===


=== _Rogue_'s Response ===
=== Evan's Response ===


=== _Rogue_'s Response ===
=== Jay's Response ===


<!--
=== Steve Explains Item #1 ===
If there was a live audience, make sure to add a subsection: === Audience's Response ===
-->
=== Steve Explains Item #_n_ === <!-- change host's name if other than steve -->


=== Steve Explains Item #_n_ ===
=== Steve Explains Item #2 ===


=== Steve Explains Item #_n_ ===
=== Steve Explains Item #3 ===
 
=== Steve Explains Item #_n_ === <!-- delete if no 4th item -->


{{anchor|qow}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
{{anchor|qow}} <!-- leave this anchor directly above the corresponding section that follows -->
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:25:09)</small> ==
<!--  
<!--  


Line 434: Line 243:
-->  
-->  
{{qow
{{qow
|text =
|text = If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving {{w|Rayleigh scattering}} combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."
|author = <!-- {{w|_try_to_use_a_wikipedia_article_title_here_|_alternate_display_text_for_name_}} -->
|author = {{w|Phil Plait}}
|lived = _birth_year_-_death_year_ <!-- replace death year with "present" if author is still alive -->
|lived = 1964-present
|desc = <!-- _usually_author's_nationality_then_short_description_ -->  
|desc = [https://www.youtube.com/@badastronomy "the Bad Astronomer"]
|note = Phil discusses this quote in the article [https://slate.com/technology/2014/03/blue-skies-how-to-explain-why-the-sky-is-blue.html Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue]<ref name=plait/>
}}
}}
<!--  
<!--  
Line 443: Line 253:
-->
-->


== Signoff/Announcements <small>()</small> ==  
{{tnote|Steve's comments line up well with {{w|Instructional scaffolding|scaffolding}} and Lev Vygotsky's {{w|zone of proximal development}}.}}
== Signoff/Announcements <small>(1:28:17)</small> ==  
<!-- ** if the signoff includes announcements or any additional conversation, it would be appropriate to include a timestamp for when this part starts
<!-- ** if the signoff includes announcements or any additional conversation, it would be appropriate to include a timestamp for when this part starts
-->
-->
'''S:''' —and until next week, this is your {{SGU}}. <!-- typically this is the last thing before the Outro -->  
'''S:''' —and until next week, this is your {{SGU}}. <!-- typically this is the last thing before the Outro -->  
<!-- ** and if ending from a live recording, add
''(applause)''
-->


{{Outro664}}{{top}}
{{Outro664}}{{top}}
Line 479: Line 287:
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in this "page categories" template. Make sure the redirect has the appropriate categories. As an example, the redirect "Eugenie Scott interview: Evolution Denial Survey (842)" is categorized into
Instead of adding an entire episode to a category, once redirects have been created, we suggest typing "redirect(s) created for" in front of the text you hide in the markup that follows the category name, seen in this "page categories" template. Make sure the redirect has the appropriate categories. As an example, the redirect "Eugenie Scott interview: Evolution Denial Survey (842)" is categorized into
[[Category:Interview]] and [[Category:Nature & Evolution]] -->
[[Category:Interview]] and [[Category:Nature & Evolution]] -->
|Guest Rogues = <!-- search for NAME (nnnn) to create a redirect page -->
<!-- also note, not all guests are guest rogues; interviewees who don't feature beyond the interview are just guests -->
|Live Recording = <!-- search for TITLE (nnnn) to create a redirect page,
then edit that page with:
#REDIRECT
[[SGU_Episode_nnnn]]
[[Category:Live Recording]] -->


|Alternative Medicine =  
|Alternative Medicine =  

Latest revision as of 19:06, 4 June 2023

  Emblem-pen-green.png This transcript is not finished. Please help us finish it!
Add a Transcribing template to the top of this transcript before you start so that we don't duplicate your efforts.
  Emblem-pen-orange.png This episode needs: transcription, formatting, links, 'Today I Learned' list, categories, segment redirects.
Please help out by contributing! 		How to Contribute

You can use this outline to help structure the transcription. Click "Edit" above to begin.


SGU Episode 667
April 21st 2018
667 Yttrium.jpg

"A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo." [1]

SGU 666                      SGU 668

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

If a kid ever asks you why the sky is blue, you look them right in the eye and say,

"It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae." [2]

Phil Plait, "the Bad Astronomer"

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, tech issues, Art Bell dead[edit]

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

Alex Jones sued (4:15)[edit]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Communicating Without Speaking (10:06)[edit]

Nutrition Pseudoscience (19:55)[edit]

Rare Earths (26:11)[edit]

Eating Plastic (33:26)[edit]

Who's That Noisy? (47:33)[edit]

Answer to previous Noisy:
Slowed-down quote from the Bible, famously stated by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction

Noisy from 665 (53:00)[edit]

Two lynxes in a territorial dispute


New Noisy (56:38)[edit]

[Background scraping/crackling with foreground intermittent mechanical buzzing]

J: ... So, if you heard any cool Noisies this week, if you want to say hi, or if you want to guess at what the answer is, email me at WTN@theskepticsguide.org.


Announcements (57:24)[edit]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (57:51)[edit]

Question #1: Acidic Food[edit]

_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_
with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –

[top]                        

Science or Fiction (1:03:10)[edit]

Item #1: Researchers have discovered how to make diamonds flexible and stretchy.[6]
Item #2: Engineers have developed a new technique for streaming video 10,000 times faster than the current best algorithms.[7]
Item #3: A new analysis finds that humans are responsible for a mass extinction of large mammals over the last 120 thousand years.[8]

* The shownotes page reuses the links referenced by episode 665's SOF items; these links had to be found/matched independently.

Answer Item
Fiction Streaming 10,000x faster
Science Flexible, stretchy diamonds
Science
Cause of mass extinction
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Cara
 Streaming 10,000x faster
Bob
 Streaming 10,000x faster
Evan
 Cause of mass extinction
Jay
 Streaming 10,000x faster

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

Cara's Response[edit]

Bob's Response[edit]

Evan's Response[edit]

Jay's Response[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:25:09)[edit]


If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."

 – Phil Plait (1964-present), "the Bad Astronomer"

Phil discusses this quote in the article Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue[2]


(Transcriptionist's note: Steve's comments line up well with scaffolding and Lev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development.)

Signoff/Announcements (1:28:17)[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.

[top]                        

Today I Learned[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Science: Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Slate: Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue
  3. ↑ Science Alert: MIT Researchers Have Created a Bizarre Headset That Lets You Communicate Without Speaking
  4. ↑ Real Clear Science: Wealthy Americans Are More Likely to Be Influenced by Nutrition Pseudoscience
  5. ↑ BBC: Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme
  6. ↑ Science Daily: How to bend and stretch a diamond
  7. ↑ Tech Explorist: Researchers achieve HD video streaming at 10,000 times lower power
  8. ↑ Ars Technica: Mammals are smaller than they used to be, and it’s our fault
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
Navi-previous.png Back to top of page Navi-next.png
Retrieved from "https://www.sgutranscripts.org/w/index.php?title=SGU_Episode_667&oldid=17990"