SGU Episode 376
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| SGU Episode 376 |
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| 29th September 2012 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
PG: Pamela Gay |
| Quote of the Week |
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. 'Can they be brought together?' This is a practical question. We must get down to it. 'I despise intelligence' really means: 'I cannot bear my doubts.' |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism (0:33)
- September 29, 1954: CERN is created
News Items
Ig Nobels 2012 (2:18)
GM Corn Rat Study (13:45)
HIV and Faith Healing (24:22)
Emoticon Turns 30 (34:22)
CSICon Private Recording (38:19)
Who's That Noisy (39:42)
- Answer to last week: Warp core from Enterprise TNG
Interview with Pamela Gay (42:00)
Science or Fiction (58:16)
Item #1: Astronomers may have solved the "missing baryon problem" with the discovery of a halo of hot gas surrounding the Milky Way galaxy. Item #2: This year's peak Arctic ice melt is the greatest since records have been kept, and likely the greatest in a million years. Item #3: Physicists have built a 4-dimensional "space-time crystal" that can be used to keep perfect time until the end of the universe.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:12:10)
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. 'Can they be brought together?' This is a practical question. We must get down to it. 'I despise intelligence' really means: 'I cannot bear my doubts.'
Albert Camus
Announcements (1:13:40)
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