Skeptics Guide #242 - Mar 3 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 6 March 2010

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Special Guest: James Randi; News Items: Chile Earthquake, Darwinius Revisited, Raining Fish, Acupuncture for Depression, Haunted Hotels; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Contrarion vs Skeptic, Personality Tests; 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 today's Wednesday March 3rd,
0:15.4	2010.
0:16.4	And this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.2	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:20.2	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:22.2	Hello everyone.
0:23.2	Jane Novella.
0:24.2	Hey guys, Evan Bernstein.
0:26.8	Hi folks.
0:28.2	And joining us as a guest rogue this week is James Brandy.
0:32.3	Randy welcome back to the Skeptics Guide.
0:34.3	Third to be here.
0:35.3	Steve Oliver is going to be here.
0:37.4	So we're going to start by Evan telling us what is special about today.
0:41.4	Well, today is March 3rd.
0:44.6	And it was back in 1915 that the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded.
0:51.9	NACA, NAACA.
0:52.9	And this is the predecessor to NASA.
0:55.1	I didn't know that.
0:56.4	So why did they change it?
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