SGU Episode 926

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SGU Episode 926
April 8th 2023
Martin Cooper, father of the cell phone
SGU 925                      SGU 927
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
Guest
DS: Dan Scheffer, SGU patron
Quote of the Week
The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is humanity's crew.
Bill Nelson, Administrator of NASA
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Guest Rogue

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

Quickie with Bob (17:27)

• Using quantum fluctuations to generate random numbers faster 

News Items

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Interview with ___ ()

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Who's That Noisy? ()

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New Noisy ()

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Dumbest Thing of the Week ()

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Name That Logical Fallacy ()

• _Fallacy_Topic_Event_

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

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Science or Fiction (h:mm:ss)

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Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

Signoff/Announcements ()

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
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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