The Skeptics Guide #1030 - Apr 5 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: enantiodromia; News Items: AI Protein Sequencing, Solving the Bat Cocktail Party Problem, The Extremely Large Telescope, CIA and the Ark of the Covenant, 23&Me Selling Personal Data; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: RFK Jr and Vaccines, Counterintuitive Math Problem; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:06.3	Your escape to reality.
0:09.7	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.6	Today is Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.9	Hey, everybody.
0:19.6	Kara Santa Maria.
0:20.8	Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria. Howdy.
0:21.5	Jay Novella.
0:22.3	Hey, guys.
0:22.9	And Evan Bernstein.
0:24.5	Good evening, everyone.
0:25.6	Kara, how did your test go last week?
0:27.3	It went well.
0:28.3	I passed the second of two exams that are required to become a licensed psychologist in the state of California.
0:35.2	Achievement to unlock.
0:36.4	Yep.
0:37.0	And so paperwork was delivered today.
0:39.8	I sent it on Monday.
0:41.1	But I got the, you know, I guess notification.
0:43.9	So now it's just up to the board when they want to issue me the license.
0:47.1	Do you level up as well?
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