Skeptics Guide #240 - Feb 17 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2010

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Rom Houben Update, Solar Energy Breakthrough, Psychic Killed; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Gas from Carbon, Thomas Paine, Knocked Out; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:11.2	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:13.3	Today is Wednesday, February 17, 2010, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:19.5	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:21.1	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:23.1	Hello everyone.
0:24.1	Jay Novella.
0:25.1	Hey guys, Edvin Bernstein.
0:27.1	Good evening everyone.
0:28.1	All right, well on this week in 1885, Puckaberry Finn was published.
0:35.1	Huck Finn.
0:36.1	By noted Skeptic Mark Twins, did you guys know he was a big time skater?
0:41.1	Absolutely.
0:42.1	Oh yeah, just a bit.
0:43.1	He's very cold over the clock.
0:44.1	But I think it's not only.
0:45.1	It's not only.
0:46.1	He'll come into his friends though.
0:48.1	It's true.
0:49.1	Not only was he a lover of science, as he showed in some of his sci-fi-ish novels, like
0:57.5	Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur's Court, but also recently, I came across a letter
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