Episode 48 - Christmas Lights, Santa Claus, and the Dangers of Science Mike

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 21 December 2015

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: How could Santa visit every house in one night? How much energy would Clark Griswold’s lights consume? Is there harm in teaching kids about Santa? Is immaculate conception scientifically plausible? Are people better off being atheists than Christians? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Merry Christmas! Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Christmas lights, Santa Claus, and the dangers of Science Mike.
0:03.9	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:07.8	You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway,
0:17.0	a problem, he won't talk there, but I'm talking, talking, talking till to the flu in the face science faith and life
0:26.6	Ask Science Mike.
0:28.6	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about
0:35.8	science, faith, and life, and this week the questions are almost all about
0:40.7	Christmas. We'll also have several Ask Science Mike mini episodes this
0:45.6	week getting ready for the holiday slowdown where we'll be completely shut down
0:51.1	with no new episodes until January 11th, but for now let's get it started.
0:57.0	Also a quick announcement at the top of this show. We do have some Christmas
1:06.5	questions and the first couple are fun and jovial and holiday themed but
1:11.8	then they get more mature and a little darker as we move
1:14.9	through the program so this isn't necessarily an entirely kid-free episode.
1:20.0	The first two questions should be just fine for any child, but after that parents please use discretion and listen before you listen with your kids.
1:31.0	And our first question this week comes from Bro's Bible's Beer on Twitter who says,
1:38.2	my eight-year-old daughter asks, theoretically, how could Santa visit every house on Earth in one night?
1:45.8	H-tag Ask Science Mike.
1:47.9	And this is a really interesting question,
1:50.6	because if you start to do the math, Santa Claus gets even more miraculous because there's
1:58.8	so many homes that would have to be visited even when you compensate for the fact that not
2:05.5	all cultures celebrate Christmas and that even cultures that celebrate Christmas don't
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