The Skeptics Guide #149 - May 28 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2008

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Interview with JPL Scientist Diana Blaney; News Items: Wi Fi Ban, New Zealand Considering CAM, Scientology Free Speech Follow Up, Medical Science Reporting; Your Questions and E-mails: Tasmanian Tiger Corrections; Least Skeptical; Science or Fiction

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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.
0:14.6	Today is Wednesday, May 28, 2008.
0:18.0	This is your host, Stephen Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:22.1	Joining me this evening are Bob Novella.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, we're up back at Watson.
0:26.5	Hello everyone.
0:28.0	I'm Bob Novella, I'm Kevin Burstein.
0:31.8	Wishing Stanley cruise in there.
0:34.8	Very happy birthday today.
0:36.4	Stanley.
0:37.4	Yeah, he's the best.
0:39.4	American neurologist and biochemist.
0:41.6	Okay, you all fail.
0:43.4	We all fail.
0:44.4	Director of the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, he discovered
0:50.2	pre-ons.
0:51.2	Am I pronouncing that right?
0:52.2	They don't you study neurodegenerative diseases?
0:55.6	Isn't that your whole thing?
0:57.0	I thought that Thucydides found pre-ons.
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