SGU Episode 881

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SGU Episode 881
May 28th 2022
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SGU 880                      SGU 882
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
NRG: Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney, NASA planetary scientist
Quote of the Week
With less critical thinking comes more vaccine hesitancy.
Nedra Rhone, columnist, AJC
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, WETA Doc, AQ6

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]

Monkeypox (13:29)

• Should We Fear the Monkeypox?

NASA Mars Plans (30:45)

• NASA shows off early plans to send astronauts to Mars for 30 days

Linear Bias (37:47)

• The Linear Bias

Who's That Noisy? (52:46)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Water lapping up against metal gutters of pool

New Noisy (56:37)

[Michael Jackson-esque squeals, screams, and scatting]

J: ... If you think you know what this week's Noisy is, or, my God, people, if you have heard a Noisy that you think is cool--you found it on the web, it could be something from your life, at work, at home--as long as it's interesting and doesn't sound like white noise--if it sounds like this, [imitates white noise], don't send that to me.

Interview with Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney (1:13:08)

• Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Howard University

Science or Fiction (1:35:49)

Theme: Which one is older? Item #1: The first cities predate evidence for iron use by about 5,000 years. Item #2: The first dinosaur walked the Earth 40 million years before the emergence of the first true trees. Item #3: The first firearm was invented about 900 years after the first steam engine.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Dinosaur → true tree
Science	Cities → iron use
Science	Steam engine → firearm

Host	Result
Steve	clever

Rogue	Guess
Jay	Dinosaur → true tree
Evan	Steam engine → firearm
Bob	Cities → iron use
Cara	Dinosaur → true tree

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

Jay's Response

J: ... "to blaaave"

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:57:57)

With less critical thinking comes more vaccine hesitancy.
– Nedra Rhone, columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Signoff/Announcements

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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