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SGU Episode 841
August 21st 2021
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SGU 840                      SGU 842

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

The goal of science is to make the wonderful and complex understandable and simple – but not less wonderful.

Herbert A. Simon, American economist, political scientist and cognitive psychologist 


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Show Notes
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Introduction

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

COVID-19 Update ()

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

News_Item_1 ()

  • [link_URL title][1]

News_Item_2 ()

  • [link_URL title][2]

News_Item_3 ()

  • [link_URL title][3]

News_Item_4 ()

  • [link_URL title][4]

Who's That Noisy? ()


New Noisy ()

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short_text_from_transcript

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

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Email #1: Animals that Cook ()

Science or Fiction (1:29:37)

Answer Item
Fiction Saturn has a rocky core
Science Auditory cortex's process
Science
Covid college drinking
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Jay
Saturn has a rocky core
Bob
Auditory cortex's process
Evan
Saturn has a rocky core
Cara
Saturn has a rocky core

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

Item #1: Neuroscientists find that the auditory cortex processes linguistic and non-linguistic sound in parallel, rather than serial hierarchical processing as previously believed.[5]
Item #2: A study of seismic activity within Saturn that ripples through its gas layers indicates that Saturn has a large, mostly solid rocky core.[6]
Item #3: A new survey finds that alcohol drinking among college students actually decreased during the COVID pandemic.[7]

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #3

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

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

Notes

References

  1. [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
  2. [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
  3. [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
  4. [url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]
  5. [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  6. [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  7. [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
  8. [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary


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