Episode #314

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Science

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Mike dives into a 2017 study on whether placebos require deception to work, and Alice looks at new research on the COVID-19 lateral flow tests and whether they’re better than we thought. Plus some disappointing news about QED.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

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0:00.0	It is Thursday the 28th of October 2021 and you're listening to Skeptics
0:18.8	with a K. The podcast for Science, Reason and Critical Thinking. I only knew it was October because I
0:23.2	happened to be looking at my phone at the time because I completely blanked on the
0:26.5	as I often do you always blanked it as I often do when we're recording the show just
0:30.0	totally blanked on the date but my phone happened to be in front of me and so it was like
0:34.0	shit shit what's the month what's the month oh I can see that it's October few I got away with that I'll
0:39.5	mention that that's a bit. good.
0:43.0	Well you've managed to remember it's October just in time for it to basically not be.
0:46.0	To not be October anymore.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:48.0	So I'm your host Mike Hall with me today is Marsh.
0:50.0	Hello and Alice.
0:52.0	Hooray. here we go.
0:53.0	All sorted.
0:54.0	The fast version of the, like the Space Balls's wedding.
0:57.0	Do you, do you, good, you married Kisser?
0:59.0	Is that Space Balls?
1:00.0	I don't think I've ever seen Space Balls.
1:01.0	Space Balls is actually quite good.
1:03.0	Is it actually quite good?
1:04.0	It is quite good.
1:05.0	Yeah. I'm not a big fan of that kind of parody, pastiche kind of slapstick take on a set of other different films.
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