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* James Randi, 8/7/28 - 10/20/2020
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=== Mapping the Proteome <small>()</small> ===
=== Mapping the Proteome <small>(11:49)</small> ===
* [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-scientists-human-proteome.html Scientists map the human proteome]<ref>[https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-scientists-human-proteome.html Medical Xpress: Scientists map the human proteome]</ref>
* [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-scientists-human-proteome.html Scientists map the human proteome]<ref>[https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-scientists-human-proteome.html Medical Xpress: Scientists map the human proteome]</ref>


=== Room Temperature Superconductivity <small>()</small> ===
=== Room Temperature Superconductivity <small>(19:53)</small> ===
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/room-temperature-superconductor/ Room Temperature Superconductor]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/room-temperature-superconductor/ Neurologica: Room Temperature Superconductor]</ref>
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/room-temperature-superconductor/ Room Temperature Superconductor]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/room-temperature-superconductor/ Neurologica: Room Temperature Superconductor]</ref>


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=== Biodiversity <small>(31:24)</small> ===
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/biodiversity-matters/ Biodiversity Matters]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/biodiversity-matters/ Neurologica: Biodiversity Matters]</ref>
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/biodiversity-matters/ Biodiversity Matters]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/biodiversity-matters/ Neurologica: Biodiversity Matters]</ref>


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SGU Episode 798
October 24th 2020
TAM8-026s.jpg

James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician, author and scientific skeptic, 8/7/1928 - 10/20/2020

SGU 797                      SGU 799

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the best available evidence and always subject to correction and improvement upon discovery of better evidence. What's left is magic. And it doesn't work.

James Randi, Canadian-American co-founder of CSI

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Introduction, James Randi passes

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Special Segment: James Randi memories (1:30)

  • James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician, author and scientific skeptic, 8/7/1928 - 10/20/2020

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Mapping the Proteome (11:49)

Room Temperature Superconductivity (19:53)

Biodiversity (31:24)

Who's That Noisy? ()

Answer to previous Noisy:
Bullet Ant on a microphone

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

short_text_from_transcript

[top]                        

Interview with Richard Wiseman ()

Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: Researchers have developed a motion-capture system that requires only a single chest-mounted camera, not multiple cameras, sensors, or a dedicated studio.[5]
Item #2: A study of the last 125 years of chess tournaments reveals that people are retaining peak cognitive ability about a decade longer than a century ago.[6]
Item #3: Scientists have discovered how pit vipers can seen prey in the dark – by seeing heat with a special pyroelectric organ.[7]

Answer Item
Fiction Chess & cognitive ability
Science Motion capture camera
Science
Pyroelectric organ
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Chess & cognitive ability
Jay
 Motion capture camera
Bob
 Chess & cognitive ability
Cara
 Chess & cognitive ability

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #3

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()


Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the best available evidence and always subject to correction and improvement upon discovery of better evidence. What's left is magic. And it doesn't work.

 – James Randi (1928-2020), Canadian-American stage magician, author, scientific skeptic, and co-founder of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)


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.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description


References

  1. ↑ Medical Xpress: Scientists map the human proteome
  2. ↑ Neurologica: Room Temperature Superconductor
  3. ↑ Neurologica: Biodiversity Matters
  4. ↑ Neurologica: Daryl Bem, Psi Research, and Fixing Science
  5. ↑ Tokyo Tech: MonoEye: A human motion capture system using a single wearable camera
  6. ↑ PNAS: Life cycle patterns of cognitive performance over the long run
  7. ↑ Phys.org: Scientists reveal how snakes 'see' at night
  8. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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