SGU Episode 390
|
This is the transcript for the latest episode and it is not yet complete. Please help us complete it! Add a Transcribing template to the top of this episode before you start so that we don't duplicate your efforts. |
|
This episode needs: transcription, time stamps, formatting, links, 'Today I Learned' list, categories, segment redirects. Please help out by contributing! |
How to Contribute |
| SGU Episode 390 |
|---|
| 5th January 2013 |
 |
| (brief caption for the episode icon) |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
M: Massimo Pigliucci |
| Quote of the Week |
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend things which are there. |
| Links |
| Download Podcast |
| SGU Podcast archive |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Wednesday, January 2, 2013, and this is your host, Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella,
B: Hey, everybody.
S: Rebecca Watson,
R: Hello, everyone.
S: Jay Novella,
J: Hey, guys.
S: And Evan Bernstein.
E: I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
J: Evan, can you say that again, but do it twice as corny.
(laughter)
R: Yeah, no.
B: Impossible!
R: You're no Rowdy Roddy Piper.
E: Right? They Live. That movie. Gosh. Is that one of the worst movies ever?
B and R: Worst?
R: It's one of the best movies ever, are you kidding?
B: Oh, god, I love it.
J: It's a cult classic. I mean, yeah, it didn't hold up as good as I would have liked, but it's still
B: Oh, what doesn't hold up?
J: Whatever. It's still great. It's still good.
R: It's awesome.
B: The best bare-knuckled brawl I think in any movie.
E: I'm sorry. Look, I get campy and I get, you know, yes, I get the brawl scene. It was rated like one of the best brawl scenes in movie history and so forth. Rowdy Roddy Piper, John Carpenter directed it and all that. I'm sorry. That movie had so many flaws to it. I mean if we were ever to do a review of that movie, oh man, we could do a whole episode on that.
S: Maybe we should.
E: Maybe we should.
R: Yeah. I will defend that movie with my life.
(laughter)
E: All right. I'm gonna be your Gene Siskel to your Roger Ebert or vice versa, or whatever.
R: Oh, boy.
J: Steve, I'm getting a feeling like in the back of my head. I feel like I'm predicting that we're gonna do a show on predictions.
S: I know, I think you're right, Jay.
B: Damn, you're good.
E: One of these days.
S: It's a high probability hit.
This Day in Skepticism (1:43)
- January 5, 1940: FM radio first commercial broadcast
|
This section is in the middle of being transcribed by banjopine (talk) as of {{{date}}}. To help avoid duplication, please do not transcribe this section while this message is displayed. |
News Items
Psychic Predictions for 2012 (3:51)
- The Rogues review prediction for last year and make some new ones for 2013
Cosmic Rays and Dementia (32:27)
Who's That Noisy? (38:07)
- Whale Makes Human Sounds
- Answer to last week: Glass Harp playing Fur Elise
Interview with Massimo Pigliucci (42:33)
- Author, Answers for Aristotle
Science or Fiction (1:01:19)
Item number one. A study finds that maternal use of anti-depressants during pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Item number two. A new study concludes that babies start learning language in the womb. And item number three. New research finds that for most babies it is better to leave them alone when they cry at night rather than comforting them.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:16:01)
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend things which are there.
Richard Feynman
Announcements
The Yellow Cab of the Universe (1:16:34)
References
|
|
|