Skeptics Guide #239 - Feb 10 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2010

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Special Guest: Brian Dunning; News Items: Enceladus Update, Synthetic Organisms, Spray On Glass, Gasoline from Carbon, Oral Conception; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy: False Analogy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:11.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.
0:13.4	Today is Wednesday, February 10, 2010, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:20.5	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:22.5	Hello everyone.
0:23.8	Jane Novella.
0:24.8	Hey guys, Evan Bernstein.
0:26.8	Good evening, good evening.
0:28.4	And special guest rope this week is Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.
0:33.0	You don't have to take drugs to be cool.
0:35.4	I have an albatheed friend.
0:38.5	By the pudding pop.
0:41.5	So Brian, welcome to the Skeptic's Guide.
0:45.3	Thank you, thank you.
0:46.3	We've had you on before, but today you're going to be a guest rope for the whole show.
0:50.5	Long time listener, first time rogue.
0:52.8	Right.
0:53.8	Before we chat, Evan, tell us what the special Skeptical Day of today is.
1:00.1	Yes, on February 10, 1667, classic paleontological paper by Nicholas Steno, ST-E-N-O, was published
1:11.0	by the Royal Society London.
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