SGU Episode 450
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| SGU Episode 450 |
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| February 22nd 2014 |
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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 |
Ignorance is nothing shameful; imposing ignorance is shameful. Most people are not to blame for their own ignorance, but if they wilfully pass it on, they are to blame. |
Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
- February 22, 1632: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems
News Items
Genovese Myth ()
Pseudoscience Vandalism ()
Subway and Azodicarbonamide ()
Petawatt Laser ()
AIDS Denialist Silence Critic ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: Atoms moving
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Scientists report new evidence that purports to find the missing mass from galaxy clusters – a previous 40% discrepancy between observations and predictions from cosmological models. Item #2: New research finds that people make better decisions when they believe that outcomes are predetermined by fate. Item #3: Archaeologists report on the oldest human footprints found outside of Africa, from a UK site dated to 0.78 to 1 million years ago, pushing back the earliest known humans in northern Europe by at least 350,000 years.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
'Ignorance is nothing shameful; imposing ignorance is shameful. Most people are not to blame for their own ignorance, but if they wilfully pass it on, they are to blame.' - Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell.
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