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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #263 - Jul 29 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2010

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Jim Underdown; News Items: Homeopathy in the UK, Cosmology with no Big Bang, Ghost Ship, Meat and Weight Control; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Biodynamic Farming, Orgel's Laws; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

0:07.3

Your escape to reality.

0:10.0

Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

0:13.3

Today is Thursday, July 29, 2010, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

0:19.2

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

0:20.9

Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.

0:22.9

Hello everyone.

0:23.9

And, Shane Novella.

0:24.9

Hey guys, Evan is going to be joining us a little bit later in this show.

0:29.3

I wasn't able to make it at the beginning.

0:31.9

I've decided to step in and take over Evan's early show duties concerning this day in history.

0:39.5

So, does anybody know what happened today?

0:43.6

July 29, 1964.

0:46.6

It's hard to remember that far back.

0:49.4

Nothing, I think it was the only day of the world.

0:53.0

Nothing happened.

0:54.0

Well, your consequence.

0:55.8

You're close.

0:56.8

You're very close.

0:57.8

But the actual fact is that Skeptic Steve Novella was born on this day in 1994.

1:06.8

Steve Novella, he's like a neurologist or something at Harvard or, I don't know, somewhere.

1:13.7

And I think he's on that Skepticality podcast.

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