SGU Episode 466
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| SGU Episode 466 |
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| June 14th 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 |
Anyone is entitled to have his hunch, but before a hunch can attain even the modest dignity of an informed guess it needs to be shaped by an understanding of the evidence. |
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Introduction[edit]
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()[edit]
- June 14, 1948: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space
News Items[edit]
Turing Test ()[edit]
Psychic Fails ()[edit]
Origin of the Moon ()[edit]
Dragon V2 ()[edit]
NASA Starship ()[edit]
Smallest Sun ()[edit]
Who's That Noisy ()[edit]
- Answer to last week: River Otters
Questions and Emails[edit]
Question #1: Schizophrenia or Possession ()[edit]
Non-science efforts (alternative med and now here, religion) create their own journals b/c they can't publish in real journals and then promote this absolute CRAP! I can hear Jay absolutely losing his mind about this… which paradoxically is helping me to keep mine… http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/academic-journal-suggests-that-demonic-possession-may-cause-schizophrenia/Just the worst. Rick RiessBostonhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10943-012-9673-y#page-1
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
Item #1: A new study concludes that the internet is not responsible for the decline of the newspaper industry. (submitted by David Brown) Item #2: Scientists have discovered the most ancient fox ancestor, an arctic breed found with gnawed mammoth bones indicating the foxes were scavengers. Item #3: Engineers have developed a method for creating inflatable concrete domed structures and have built the first test structure.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
“Anyone is entitled to have his hunch, but before a hunch can attain even the modest dignity of an informed guess it needs to be shaped by an understanding of the evidence.”Thomas Charles Edwards
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