The Skeptics Guide #1023 - Feb 15 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Demographics of Misinformation, The Toll of Fake Research, Dangerous Street Drugs, Nearby Habitable Zone Exoplanet, Reverse Engineering Alien Technology<"br>Who's That Noisy; Science Quiz; Your Questions and E-mails: Starlink Reentries; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
0:09.7	Hello and welcome to the Skeptus Guide to the Universe.
0:12.4	Today is Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.2	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.0	Hey, everybody.
0:19.6	Kara Santa Maria.
0:20.9	Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria. Howdy.
0:21.4	Jay Novella.
0:22.2	Hey, guys.
0:22.9	And Evan Bernstein.
0:24.4	Good evening, everyone.
0:26.4	How's everyone doing?
0:27.5	Getting ready for your fake holiday coming up in a couple days.
0:30.0	Do anybody do anything?
0:32.2	Like, my wife, I don't do anything for Valentine's Day.
0:35.4	Oh, yeah.
0:35.6	Oh, yeah.
0:35.9	Everything's just inflated and expensive.
0:38.3	I know.
0:38.8	The Hallmark holidays, as I call them, are just, you know, consumer excuses for people to spend money on things they, frankly, let's face it, don't need.
0:49.1	And your love and appreciation for a person, I mean, you know, that should be celebrated every day, not on any one day.
0:56.0	It should be, but the unfortunate thing is it's not often.
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