The Skeptics Guide #176 - Dec 3 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2008

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Early Earth, Turtle Missing Link, Search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Power from Sound; Your Questions and E-mail: DNA from Hair, Magic Water, Starting a Skeptics Group, Carbon Footprint; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.2	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.6	Today is Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008, and this is your host, Stephen Novella, President
0:19.7	of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:21.8	Joining me this evening are Bob Novella.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:26.4	Hello everyone.
0:27.8	Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:31.3	Hi everyone.
0:32.3	How's everyone today?
0:33.3	Pretty good.
0:34.3	Oh, it couldn't be better.
0:36.3	Evan, what is today?
0:37.3	Well, I looked for something a little cheerier than what I actually thought.
0:40.3	I found something though.
0:41.4	Okay, so 1982, Doctors at University of Utah Medical Center removed the respirator of
0:46.7	Barney Clark.
0:47.7	Do you remember who Barney Clark was?
0:49.4	Yeah, artificial heart.
0:50.4	That's right.
0:51.4	Yeah, that guy and the respirator.
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