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...the [https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Mirror_of_Erised Mirror in ''Harry Potter'']
 
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SGU Episode 951
September 30th 2023
951 Asteroid Recovery.jpg

The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert.
Credit: Keegan Barber/NASA

SGU 950                      SGU 952

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Josh Billings, American humorist

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Bob gets Covid

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

Discussion: Misinformation (4:42)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Zoom Backgrounds (17:12)

Manifesting Fails (24:38)

...the Mirror in Harry Potter

Tong Test for AI (37:51)

Looking for Service Worlds (54:42)

NASA Recovers Asteroid Sample (1:09:47)

...when we last reported on it[link needed]

Who's That Noisy? (1:17:16)

Answer to previous Noisy:
two glass marbles being knocked together

New Noisy (1:20:55)

[evangelist's screaming speech]

... who this week's Noisy is

Announcements (1:22:07)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:25:14)

Email #1: Natural Gas vs. Coal

[top]                        

Science or Fiction (1:35:38)

Item #1: A series of cognitive studies finds that people tend to make worse decisions when given more information.[6]
Item #2: In the first study of its kind, researchers find that antihydrogen atoms respond the same to gravity as normal matter, ruling out the existence of repulsive antigravity.[7]
Item #3: Engineers have published a method for making thin crystalline silicone solar cells that are one eighth the thickness of existing commercial solar cells with record-breaking efficiencies of 29%.[8]

Answer Item
Fiction Thin crystalline solar cells
Science Worse decision w/ more info
Science
Antihydrogen atoms & gravity
Host Result
Steve clever
Rogue Guess
Cara
 Antihydrogen atoms & gravity
Jay
 Worse decision w/ more info
Bob
 Worse decision w/ more info
Evan
 Thin crystalline solar cells

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

Cara's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:50:30)


I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

 – Josh Billings (1818-1885), pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw, American humorist


Signoff

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[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ PLoS: Your Zoom background might influence the first impression you make
  2. ↑ ScienceAlert: Manifesting More Money Is Linked to Worse Financial Outcomes
  3. ↑ Engineering: The Tong test: A new approach to evaluating artificial general intelligence
  4. ↑ ScienceAlert: Forget Alien Megastructures. New Study Says We Need to Look For 'Service Worlds'.
  5. ↑ NPR: NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter
  6. ↑ Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications volume 8, Article number: Less is more: information needs, information wants, and what makes causal models useful
  7. ↑ Nature: Observation of the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter
  8. ↑ Journal of Photonics for Energy: Investigation on significant efficiency enhancement of thin crystalline silicon solar cells
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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