The Skeptics Guide #291 - Feb 9 2011

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 12 February 2011

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Jeff Ainslee; News Items: Processed Food and IQ, Bacterial Intelligence, Skin Cell Spray Gun, Treating Trauma with Herbs, Jerusalem UFO; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe. You're escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe. Today is Wednesday of February 9th, 2011.
0:15.5	And this is your host, Steven Novella. Join me this week or Bob Novella.
0:19.5	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson. Hello everyone.
0:23.0	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein. Happy birthday Charles Darwin born this day. February 12th, 1809.
0:33.0	So how old would he be right now if he were so alive?
0:35.0	200 and two years old.
0:38.0	Yeah.
0:39.0	He'd have some hip and joints.
0:41.0	Yeah, just yesterday.
0:42.0	But he'd be even sharper than ever.
0:44.0	He'd have some incredibly short telemiers.
0:47.0	Bob.
0:49.0	He's getting to his personal life like that.
0:51.0	Good. Good.
0:52.0	Good.
0:53.0	Good old Charlie Darwin.
0:54.0	Chuck. Chuck to his friends.
0:55.0	So let's go on to some news items. The first news item is about processed food and IQ.
1:02.0	This is one of those stories that we get a tons of email on. It's been making its way around
1:06.5	the mainstream media. Often reported as eating a healthful diet increases IQ.
1:13.0	Or the other way around that processed foods reduces IQ.
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