SGU Episode 952
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SGU Episode 952 |
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October 7th 2023 |
This artist's rendering shows LuSEE-Night atop the Blue Ghost spacecraft scheduled to deliver the experiment to the far side of the Moon. (Firefly Aerospace) |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Guest |
LM: Lars Martin, TRIUMF physicist |
Quote of the Week |
Reality denied comes back to haunt. |
Phillip K. Dick, American sci-fi writer |
Links |
Download Podcast |
Show Notes |
Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Bob's Halloween season
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]
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (4:59)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (12:29)
Nobel Prize in Physics (23:57)
Radio Telescope on the Moon (34:39)
- Mission to Put a Radio Telescope on The Moon Planned to Launch in 2025 [4]
(Note: The SciAlert article from the shownotes page sources the original UT article, which is a bit cleaner and has more multimedia.)
FEMA Alert Conspiracy (41:22)
Who's That Noisy? (54:04)
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New Noisy (1:02:37)
[crackling/clacking, as of a track]
J:...what this week's Noisy is
Announcements
NotaCon (1:02:59)
NZ skeptics 2023 conference (1:05:01)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:05:47)
Email #1: Red Dye and ADHD
Interview with Lars Martin (1:14:49)
- Anti hydrogen experiments with Lars Martin, TRIUMFCanada's national particle accelerator centrephysicist
Science or Fiction (1:32:12)
Theme: The Nobel Prize
Item #1: Four Nobel laureates won their award while they were imprisoned.[6]
Item #2: The 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Johannes Fibiger was the only one ever to be rescinded – he discovered that round worms cause cancer in mice and rats, but a mere three years after the award was given his findings were completely refuted.[7]
Item #3: The Following people never won a Nobel Prize: Dmitri Mendeleev, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Jules-Henri Poincaré, and Mahatma Gandhi.[8]
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | Only Nobel rescinded |
Science | Laureates from prison |
Science | Surprising non-winners |
Host | Result |
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Steve | win |
Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Only Nobel rescinded |
Bob | Surprising non-winners |
Jay | Only Nobel rescinded |
Cara | Only Nobel rescinded |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:45)
Reality denied comes back to haunt.
– Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), American science fiction writer, from Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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
- ↑ Nobel Prize Outreach: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023
- ↑ Nobel Prize Outreach: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023
- ↑ Nobel Prize Outreach: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
- ↑ Universe Today: Mission to Put a Radio Telescope on The Moon Planned to Launch in 2025
- ↑ Rolling Stone: Anti-Vaxxers Think an Emergency Phone Alert Will Cause a Zombie Apocalypse
- ↑ Deccan Herald: Four Nobel Peace laureates who were in jail when they won
- ↑ Histoire des sciences médicales: [A challenged Nobel Prize: Johannes Fibiger, 1926 (article in French)]
- ↑ CNN: Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]