The Skeptics Guide #115 - Oct 3 2007

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2007

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Jon Blumenfeld; News Items: Tom Cruise Bunker, The View of a Flat Earth, Fly Boy Follow up, Martial Arts Woo, Vaccine follow up; Your Questions and E-mails: 30 Year Battery, Orthomolecular Medicine; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.2	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:15.0	Today is Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007.
0:18.3	And this is your host, Stephen Novela, president of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:22.6	Joining me this evening are Rebecca Watson.
0:25.0	Hello everyone.
0:26.4	Jane Novela.
0:27.4	Hey guys.
0:28.4	And Evan Bernstein.
0:29.4	Hi everyone.
0:30.4	You know what happened 50 years ago tonight?
0:32.9	Something to do with Sputnik, right?
0:35.0	Yes.
0:36.0	Yes, butnik launched into space by the Soviet Union.
0:39.6	Big cost.
0:40.6	Officially beginning the space race.
0:43.4	The space race.
0:44.4	And it actually sparked an increase in interest in this country in science education that
0:50.4	led plausibly to a lot of the science and technological innovations that came to fruition
0:55.3	in later decades.
0:56.3	So do you guys each remember where you were when Sputnik was launched?
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