Skeptics Guide #196 - Apr 22 2009

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Paranormal, Skepticism, Science, Fringe-science, Skeptic, Psuedoscience

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2009

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Seth Shostak; News Items: Cassini Pictures, Smallest Exoplanet, Huffington Post Pseudoscience, Personal Attacks from Age of Autism, Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe today is Wednesday April 22nd,
0:17.0	2009.
0:18.5	And this is your host, Stephen Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:23.1	Joining me this evening are Bob Novella.
0:25.4	Everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:27.2	Hello everyone.
0:28.9	And it was on April 25th back in 1990 that the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed
0:39.1	in space.
0:40.1	From the space you're all just going to be able to believe it.
0:43.1	That was 19 years.
0:45.1	Oh my god.
0:46.1	19 years.
0:47.1	Remember what a cluster that was when they determined that they had this spherical
0:52.6	operation?
0:53.6	Starpluss.
0:54.6	Yeah.
0:55.6	Right.
0:56.6	We all the late night comedians were just totally ragging on it for weeks.
1:01.9	It was horrific.
1:02.9	You know where that lens was made?
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