The Skeptics Guide #1008 - Nov 2 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Quickie with Bob: Predicting Earthquakes; News Items: Cell Phones and Brain Cancer, Gold from Earthquakes, Plastic in the Brain, Quantum Neural Network, Marmosets have Names; Your questions and E-mails: Beetles; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the Skeptus Guide to the Universe.
0:12.6	Today is Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.5	Hey, everybody.
0:20.1	Kara Santa Maria. Howdy. Jay Novella. Hey, this week are Bob Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.5	Howdy.
0:22.0	Jay Novella.
0:22.9	Hey, guys.
0:23.4	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.1	Good evening, everyone.
0:26.2	Don't worry.
0:26.9	This is the correct episode you're looking for.
0:29.0	We're recording this on September 4th because we have to put an extra episode in the
0:35.0	can, as we like to say, for when we are going to Saigon at the end of October.
0:39.9	So, yes, this is the latest episode if you're downloading in October, even though we're
0:43.2	recording it so much earlier. And we tried to make this episode a little bit evergreen. So it's
0:49.9	not going to be all dated news items by the time it comes out. That's the magic of podcasting.
0:54.3	It involves some time travel.
0:55.6	A lot of time travel.
0:56.6	So I was showing Jay this earlier today, but this is the first time this has happened in my yard.
1:02.9	My wife and I noticed that there are these plants growing in our front yard, you know, but by where we have, by where we have like the shrubs, you know, by the porch in the front of the house.
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