Skeptics Guide #204 - Jun 11 2009

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 20 June 2009

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Richard Wiseman; News Items: Negative CAM Research, Chiropractors In Retreat, Quantum Mechanics, Flu Pandemic Update; Your questions and E-mails: Youngest Skeptic, Prescient Genes; Science or Fiction; Whos 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.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.4	Today is Thursday June 11th 2009 and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:20.5	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody, Rebecca Watson, and Jane Novella,
0:26.8	and Andrew Bitch.
0:30.8	You guys want to guess what happened on June 19th?
0:33.8	240 BC?
0:36.8	What happened?
0:38.8	Areas Tosthenes.
0:39.8	Do we know that name?
0:40.8	Areas Tosthenes, okay?
0:41.8	That's right.
0:42.8	Guess what he did.
0:43.8	My friend of Steve's.
0:44.8	He estimated the circumference of the Earth.
0:46.8	With a stick at the bottom.
0:47.8	Oh, son of a stick, yeah.
0:48.8	That's right.
0:49.8	That was awesome.
0:51.8	Yeah.
0:52.8	That was awesome.
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