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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #154 - Jul 2 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2008

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Dr Dean Edell; News Items: Darwin-Wallace Anniversary, Tunguska Remembered, Creationst Bill Passes in Louisana, Nanowire Battery, SGU on Youtube; Your Questions and E-mails: Collective Skeptics, Body Fruit; Randi Speaks: Speaker Cables; 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.

0:12.0

Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

0:15.0

Today is Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008, and this is your host, Stephen Novella, president

0:20.8

of the New England Skeptical Society.

0:22.7

Joining me this evening are Bob Novella.

0:25.0

Hey everybody.

0:26.0

Rebecca Watson.

0:27.0

Hello everyone.

0:29.0

Hey Novella.

0:30.0

Hey hey.

0:31.0

And Evan Bernstein.

0:32.0

And it was 165 years ago.

0:34.6

Today, July 2nd, 1843, that we lost Mr. Samuel Haneman, creator of Homeopathy.

0:43.0

What a sad day that I was.

0:46.0

How do you die?

0:47.0

Drown?

0:48.0

Right.

0:49.0

Now there were actually a couple of important anniversaries this week, not quite on July

0:57.0

2nd, the day that we're recording, but who knows what happened 150 years ago July 1st?

1:03.0

Yeah.

1:04.0

It's big.

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