The Skeptics Guide #179 - Dec 23 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2008

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Jeremy Pivens Mercury Toxicity, Death by CAM, da Vinci Sketches Discovered, Medium Experiments Follow up; Your Questions and E-mail: ET Life, Winter Myths; 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.
0:12.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.3	Today is Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008, and this is your host, Stephen O'Vella, president
0:20.1	of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:22.1	Joining me this evening are Bob Novela.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:26.4	Hello everyone.
0:28.2	Jane Novela.
0:29.2	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:31.6	Hi everyone, on this date in 1954, the first successful kidney transplant was carried
0:37.0	out in Boston, in all places.
0:39.5	In a bathtub, all of a sudden.
0:41.4	That's right.
0:42.4	In Los Angeles.
0:43.4	Your neck of the was at Peter Bend Hospital, now known as Brigham and Women's Hospital.
0:48.6	So who was it done on?
0:50.1	And they still alive, and what do they like to have for dinner?
0:54.0	The kidney was donated to Richard Herrick by his identical twin Ronald.
1:00.7	Richard lived until 1962, so he got by for eight years.
1:04.6	How long did Ronald live?
1:06.6	Oh, let's see, the article doesn't say that, I think it was fine.
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