SGU Episode 869

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SGU Episode 869
March 05th 2022
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SGU 868                      SGU 870
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
Keep your identity separate from your opinions. [Your opinions] are objects in a box you carry with you and should be easily replaceable if it turns out they're no good. If you think that the opinions in the box are who you are, then you'll cling to them despite any evidence to the contrary. Bottom line, if you want to always be right, you need to always be prepared to change your mind.
CGP Grey, American-Irish educational YouTuber, podcaster
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Introduction, Ukraine Invasion

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

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

S: Alright. Let's get to some news items.

Quantum Gravity Gradiometer (16:07)

• Sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface

S: Bob, you're going to start with this quantum "gravity-ometeor" thing. (Evan laughs)

Sea Level Rise (29:57)

• Sea Level Rise Will Be Catastrophic—and Unequal

NASA Innovative Projects (43:38)

• NASA Funding Innovative Projects

Biological Sex (1:00:45)

• Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation

"Habitables" & Who's That Noisy? (1:28:47)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Red-bellied Piranha being held out of water

New Noisy (1:35:43)

[Series of human-sounding "ehh"s]

J: ... If you have an idea of what this Noisy is, or if you heard something cool this week, all you've got to do: email me at WTN@theskepticsguide.org.

Science or Fiction (1:36:20)

Theme: Ukraine Item #1: Ukraine produces more sunflowers seeds than the rest of the world combined. Item #2: Ukrainians rarely smile in public, and in fact would find it rude if you smiled at them. Item #3: The world’s deepest metro station is in Kyiv, Arsenalna station at 105.5 meters.

Answer	Item
Fiction	More sunflower seeds
Science	Ukrainians rarely smile
Science	Deepest metro station

Host	Result
Steve	sweep

Rogue	Guess
Cara	Ukrainians rarely smile
Bob	Ukrainians rarely smile
Jay	Deepest metro station
Evan	Ukrainians rarely smile

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:44:52)

Keep your identity separate from your opinions. [Your opinions] are objects in a box you carry with you and should be easily replaceable if it turns out they're no good. If you think that the opinions in the box are who you are, then you'll cling to them despite any evidence to the contrary. Bottom line, if you want to always be right, you need to always be prepared to change your mind.

– CGP Grey, American-Irish educational YouTuber and podcaster

Signoff (1:46:35)

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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