SGU Episode 217

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SGU Episode 217
September 12th 2009
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SGU 216                      SGU 218
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
R: Rebecca Watson
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
'What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.'
Christopher Hitchens
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Show Notes
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Introduction

You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

News Items ()

Charlie Sheen 911 Truther ()

• http://www.prisonplanet.com/twenty-minutes-with-the-president.html

Quantum Amnesia ()

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/aug/26/entropy-time-arrow-quantum-mechanics

Hulda Clark Dead ()

• http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/09/requiem_for_a_quack.php

Golzalez Therapy Fail ()

• http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2009.22.8429v1

What's In Your Wallet ()

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6681923.ecenk in the Show Notes

Exomoons ()

• http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=866

Great Tits Eat Bats ()

• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17749-killer-birds-bite-off-bats-heads.htmlyperlink in the Show Notes

Special Report ()

• Richard Wiseman discusses the famous Yale Study of motivation, which does not exist.

Science or Fiction ()

Item # 1: A new survey shows that in the last 20 years the number of working scientists who have been contacted by journalists about their research has decreased by about 50%. Item # 2: The Chemical Abstracts Service announced that on September 7th it recorded it 50 millionth unique chemical substance. Item # 3: Research reveals that factors that predict recovery from the psychological trauma of 9/11 and similar events include less emotional control.

Live Q&A ()

Live Q&A ()

The SGU takes lives questions from the audience.

Quote of the Week ()

'What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.' - Christopher Hitchens

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