The Skeptics Guide #1042 - Jun 28 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Eco; News Items: Vaccinating the World, How Children vs AI Acquire Language, Vera Rubin Observatory, Visible Nova, Effects of Chat GPT on the Brain; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, June 25th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.7	Hey, everybody.
0:20.2	Kara Santa Maria. Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey guys. And Evan
0:24.1	Bernstein. Good evening, everyone. I just want to say as I record this, two days. I have two days left
0:32.5	of work. Oh, wow. Basically, when people are listening to this, you'll be in bed.
0:37.8	Yeah.
0:38.0	All right.
0:42.6	I want to know, Steve, what takes place in the last two days of work?
0:43.5	You're using patients? I have a full day.
0:43.9	I have two full days of patients.
0:45.8	But do they know?
0:47.0	They haven't transitioned yet to another doctor?
0:49.5	No, a lot of my patients have transitioned, but I've scheduled patients to my last day, right?
0:55.6	So, and they just stop scheduling patients for me. They're just, they're making use of my open
1:00.0	slots. Let me put it that way. Whoa. How sad that somebody you're doing coverage for it.
1:03.7	Like the patient sees you and it's like, you're amazing. Finally, I have this doctor. I'm so, and you're like, sorry. It happens every time.
1:11.5	As anyone said yet, well, will you still be my doctor after you retire?
1:16.0	One or two people have sort of asked in that direction.
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