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* [https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/please-please-like-me-social-media-poses-unique-danger-to-kids-experts-say Please, Please Like Me! Social Media Poses Unique Danger to Kids, Experts Say]<ref>[https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/please-please-like-me-social-media-poses-unique-danger-to-kids-experts-say Discover: Please, Please Like Me! Social Media Poses Unique Danger to Kids, Experts Say]</ref>


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<blockquote> Trust in science has a critical role to play with respect to increasing public support for science funding, enhancing science education and separating trustworthy from untrustworthy sources. However, trust in science does not fix all evils and can create susceptibility to pseudoscience if trusting means not being critical<br>– {{w|Dolores Albarracín}}, director of the Science of Science Communication Division and the [https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/social-action-lab Social Action Lab] at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.</blockquote>
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SGU Episode 854
November 20th 2021
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SGU 853                      SGU 855

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

GH: George Grab, American musician & podcaster

Quote of the Week

Trust in science has a critical role to play with respect to increasing public support for science funding, enhancing science education, and separating trustworthy from untrustworthy sources. However, trust in science does not fix all evils and can create susceptibility to pseudoscience if trusting means not being critical.

Dolores Albarracín, American psychologist

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Introduction

Voice-over: 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 Saturday, September 4, 2021, and this is your host, Steven Novella. (applause) Joining me this week are Bob Novella...

B: Hey, everybody!

S: Cara Santa Maria...

C: Howdy.

S: Jay Novella...

J: Hey, guys.

S: ...and Evan Bernstein.

E: Hello, everyone!

S: And, we have a special in-studio guest with us, George Hrab!

COVID-19 Update (6:59)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Kilometers-Long Spaceship ()

Social Media and Kids ()

Bionic Arms ()

Embryo Research ()

Trust in Science ()

Quickie with Bob: Caves on Mars ()

Mystery Quotes ()

Science or Fiction (1:22:35)

Answer Item
Fiction Yuzu largest culinary fruit
Science Jabuticaba berries
Science
Pawpaw: rotting flesh, neurotoxic
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Bob
 Yuzu largest culinary fruit
Jay
 Yuzu largest culinary fruit
George
 Jabuticaba berries
Cara
 Yuzu largest culinary fruit
Evan
 Yuzu largest culinary fruit

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

Theme: Fruit

Item #1: Jabuticaba berries, native to Brazil, are the size of plums but taste like grapes and grow directly on the trunk of the jabuticaba tree.[6]
Item #2: The pawpaw is a sought-after tropical fruit relative native to the eastern United States with flowers that smell like rotting flesh and fruit that contains a high concentration of neurotoxin.[7][8]
Item #3: The Yuzu is an Asian tree fruit that is the largest culinary fruit in the world, with long tubular fruit weighing over 80 pounds.[9]


Bob's Response

Jay's Response

George's Response

Cara's Response

Evan's Response

Listeners' Top Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:31:32)

Trust in science has a critical role to play with respect to increasing public support for science funding, enhancing science education and separating trustworthy from untrustworthy sources. However, trust in science does not fix all evils and can create susceptibility to pseudoscience if trusting means not being critical.
– Dolores Albarracín, director of the Science of Science Communication Division and the Social Action Lab at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Signoff/Announcements (1:33:30)

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[10]
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Notes

References

  1. ↑ Phys.org: China wants to build a spaceship that's kilometers long
  2. ↑ Discover: Please, Please Like Me! Social Media Poses Unique Danger to Kids, Experts Say
  3. ↑ Neurologica: Bionic Arms
  4. ↑ Nature: What’s next for lab-grown human embryos?
  5. ↑ Neurologica: Trust in Science May Lead to Pseudoscience
  6. ↑ NatGeo: What are jabuticaba berries? Six things you need to know
  7. ↑ Cornell CALS: Pawpaw – A "Tropical" Fruit for Temperate Climates
  8. ↑ Neurotoxicology: Annonacin in Asimina triloba fruit: implication for neurotoxicity
  9. ↑ White on Rice Couple: What is Yuzu Citrus? Japanese Lemon?
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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