SGU Episode 982

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SGU Episode 982
May 4th 2024
"Running horizontally at self-generated artificial gravity in emulated lunar WoD"
SGU 981                      SGU 983
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
Large complex systems which suppose the existence of an objective reality work very well. Any attempt to throw out the idea of objective reality still has to explain why these things work.
Scotty Hendricks, American writer
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Introduction, May the Fourth, Jay in Ireland

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

Molly Malone statue (8:18)

Molly Malone

Daniel Dennett dies (13:16)

Daniel Dennett

Quickie with Bob: Horizontal Running on the Moon (18:42)

• Horizontal running inside circular walls of Moon settlements: a comprehensive countermeasure for low-gravity deconditioning?  
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News Items

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E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Vampire Facials (21:41)

• CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles 

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Kava and Liver Toxicity (36:43)

• Kava and Liver Damage 

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Chiropractic Strokes (52:01)

• St. Louis County woman says she suffered a stroke after visiting the chiropractor 

Merging Lifeforms (1:02:29)

• For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism 

meatball

_Rogue_mentions_Smaug_

Who's That Noisy? (1:16:00)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Single cicada caught, delivered by a cat

New Noisy (1:20:15)

[Slow revving whir]

what this week's Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:24:35)

Follow-up #1: Rocket Lab Reusable Rockets

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Science or Fiction (1:27:11)

Theme: Deciphering jargon Item #1: Efficient spin-up of Earth System Models using sequence acceleration. Item #2: Multimodal MRI reveals parametric dynamic inhibition of extrapyramidal circuitry. Item #3: Liquid crystal-integrated metasurfaces for an active photonic platform. Item #4: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction	Multimodal MRI
Science	Efficient spin-up
Science	LC-integrated metasurfaces

Host	Result
Steve	clever

Rogue	Guess
Jay	Efficient spin-up
Evan	LC-integrated metasurfaces
Cara	Multimodal MRI
Bob	Multimodal MRI

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

Jay's Response

Cara's Response

...get [swept]...

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:44:58)

Large complex systems which suppose the existence of an objective reality work very well. Any attempt to throw out the idea of objective reality still has to explain why these things work.  – Scotty Hendricks, American writer

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.

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Today I Learned

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