SGU Episode 363

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Introduction

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

S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Monday June 25th 2012 and this is your host, Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

B: Hey everybody.

S: Rebecca Watson.

R: Hello everyone.

S: Jay Novella.

J: Hey Guys.

S: And Evan Bernstein.

E: Hey, hey, hey.

S: (laughs)

B: What's happening!?

(laughter)

E: What's happening!?

J: Hey, rerun.

B: The ectomorph, the endomorph and the mesomorph.

E: Gosh, that must be deeply stored somewhere in my brain, I can't believe I pulled that out.

This Day in Skepticism (0:40)

June 30, 1908 - The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.

News Items

The Science of Prometheus (06:07)

• http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-science-of-prometheus/

Time Slowing Down (42:04)

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9337990/Not-enough-hours-in-the-day-Scientists-predict-time-will-stop-completely.html

Quickie with Bob - Higgs Update (51:11)

Higgs announcement expected

Who's That Noisy? (53:42)

• Answer to last week: Wendy Wright

Questions and Emails

Nessie Disproves Evolution (57:29)

I saw this article today and was just absolutely amazed. I hope you're able to share it with your listeners. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/how-american-fundamentalist-schools-are-using-nessie-to-disprove-evolution.17918511 Michael Denman United States

Science or Fiction (1:02:18)

Item number one. Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Item number two. To know the world feel your body. Item number three. Established in Being, perform action. And item number four. Knowledge is the path to your own positivity. http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:10:11)

Ripley: Ash, can you hear me? Ash? Ash: [speaking in an electronic, distorted voice] Yes, I can hear you. Ripley: What was your special order? Ash: You read it. I thought it was clear. Ripley: What was it? Ash: Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded. Parker: The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch? Ash: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded. Ripley: How do we kill it Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it? Ash: You can't. Parker: That's bullshit. Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker: Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. Ash: [Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts] Last word. Ripley: What? Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.

Scene from the movie, Alien

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