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| SGU Episode 951 |
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| September 30th 2023 |
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The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert. |
| 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 |
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| 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
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B:
C:
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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]
...(Evan_mentions_cool_NASA_graphics_so_replace_this_with_some_of_his_words_for_the_hyperlink)
Who's That Noisy? (1:17:16)
New Noisy (1:20:55)
[evangelist's screaming speech]
Announcements (1:22:07)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:25:14)
Email #1: Natural Gas vs. Coal
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 |
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| Fiction | Thin crystalline solar cells |
| Science | Worse decision w/ more info |
| Science | Antihydrogen atoms & gravity |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | clever |
| Rogue | Guess |
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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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ PLoS: Your Zoom background might influence the first impression you make
- ↑ ScienceAlert: Manifesting More Money Is Linked to Worse Financial Outcomes
- ↑ Engineering: The Tong test: A new approach to evaluating artificial general intelligence
- ↑ ScienceAlert: Forget Alien Megastructures. New Study Says We Need to Look For 'Service Worlds'.
- ↑ NPR: NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter
- ↑ Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications volume 8, Article number: Less is more: information needs, information wants, and what makes causal models useful
- ↑ Nature: Observation of the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter
- ↑ Journal of Photonics for Energy: Investigation on significant efficiency enhancement of thin crystalline silicon solar cells
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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