SGU Episode 381
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| SGU Episode 381 |
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| 3rd November 2012 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism (1:28)
November 3, 1957 Sputnik 2 launched
In Memorium
Paul Kurtz (3:45)
- 1925-2012
Leon Jaroff (7:34)
- 1926-2012
News Items
Big Bang Conference at CERN (9:31)
Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted (14:57)
Whale Makes Human Sounds (21:35)
PANDAS Controversy (26:18)
Reporting Ghost Stories (39:44)
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Live Q&A (51:06)
- Questions from the CSICon audience
Science or Fiction (55:19)
S: Item number one. A new study finds that astronauts who spent more than one month in microgravity have a 35% increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. Item number two. Scientists have discovered the first feathered dinosaur in the western hemisphere, and also adds another dinosaur group known to have feathers. And item number three. Researchers find that, at the molecular level, evolutionary changes can be highly predictable.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:08:11)
Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.
J: Paul Kurtz!
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