SGU Episode 894
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| SGU Episode 894 |
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| August 27th 2022 |
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SGU book goes to Italy |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
| Quote of the Week |
What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. |
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist & anthropologist |
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| Download Podcast |
| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Steve's family vacation to Italy
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Next trip: Solar Eclipse 2024 (15:22)
Book Update (16:42)
News Items
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Space-Based Solar Power (19:29)
Theory of Decision-Making (32:43)
Urban Crops (52:29)
Protons Have Charm (1:02:07)
Who's That Noisy? (1:11:26)
New Noisy (1:18:57)
[short chime/ditty from a video game]
... Just out of curiosity, does that sound sound familiar to any of you?
Announcements (1:20:09)
Dumbest Thing of the Week (1:21:44)
- Comment about climate change
Science or Fiction (1:26:49)
Theme: Florence, Italy
Item #1: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was named after the city of her birth, Florence, Italy.[5]
Item #2: When the Nazis were fleeing Italy during WWII, Hitler ordered all the bridges of Florence to be destroyed to slow the Allied advance. However, the private tasked with setting the charges on the Ponte Vecchio deliberately failed to make a proper connection, sparing the bridge.[6]
Item #3: In 1527 anti-Medici rioters dropped a bench from a parapet, striking Michelangelo’s David and breaking off his left arm in three pieces.[7]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Nazi private saved bridge |
| Science | Nightingale's namesake |
| Science | Rioters broke m.b.'s David |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Cara | Nazi private saved bridge |
Bob | Rioters broke m.b.'s David |
Jay | Nazi private saved bridge |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Cara's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:42:20)
What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
– Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist & anthropologist (1825-1895), English biologist & anthropologist
Signoff
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
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Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
Notes
References
- ↑ Ars Technica: Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power
- ↑ Neurologica: Do We Need a New Theory of Decision Making?
- ↑ American Geophysical Union: Urban crops can have higher yields than conventional farming
- ↑ Space.com: Weird quantum experiment shows protons have more 'charm' than we thought
- ↑ Wikipedia: Florence Nightingale
- ↑ (No link! This is the fiction item.)
- ↑ Ponte Commedia: David's Broken Arm
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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