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| SGU Episode 802 |
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| November 21st 2020 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
One reason we must have a moral regard for the idea of reasonable communication is that caring passionately about truth, about accuracy, and about the proper relationships of statements, will diminish errors and ignorance and other kinds of foolishness. |
Steve Allen, American television personality |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
COVID-19 Update ()
News Items
S:
B:
J:
E:
C:
(laughs)
(laughter)
(applause)
[inaudible]
Resisting Facial Recognition ()
- [link_URL title][1]
Farming Mars ()
- [link_URL title][2]
Sound Beaming ()
- [link_URL title][3]
Hydrogen from Ammonia ()
- [link_URL title][4]
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_
New Noisy ()
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()
_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_ with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –
Question #1: Rankine Scale ()
Name That Logical Fallacy ()
Science or Fiction ()
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Coherent AI sentences |
| Science | Crispr vs cancer cells |
| Science | Fast-forming diamonds |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Cara | Fast-forming diamonds |
Bob | Coherent AI sentences |
Jay | Coherent AI sentences |
Evan | Coherent AI sentences |
Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Item #1: A study in mice uses a new CRISPR technique called CRISPR-LNP for “lipid nanoparticle” to attack cancer cells, increasing survival by 30% in glioblastoma and 80% in ovarian cancer.[5]
Item #2: A recent test of AI natural language processing (NLP) was able to generate coherent sentences from a list of common nouns and verbs that could not be distinguished from human-generated sentences by test subjects.[6]
Item #3: Scientists report a new technique for forming regular gem diamonds at room temperature in only minutes.[7]
Cara's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Evan's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
One reason we must have a moral regard for the idea of reasonable communication is that caring passionately about truth, about accuracy, and about the proper relationships of statements, will diminish errors and ignorance and other kinds of foolishness.
– Steve Allen (1921-2000), American television personality
Signoff/Announcements ()
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
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
Vocabulary
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