The Skeptics Guide #302 - Apr 27 2011

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 30 April 2011

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Seth Shostak; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: A Skeptic in Oz, More Creationism in Texas, Higgs Rumor; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.3	Today is Wednesday, April 27, 2011, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.6	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:21.7	Hello everyone.
0:22.9	Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.6	Dobriviak, do you have one?
0:28.9	What?
0:29.9	Dobriviak, do you have a butchering of Italian?
0:33.1	No, that was last week.
0:34.9	This week is Polish.
0:35.9	Good evening everyone.
0:37.9	Evan, tell us about today's skepticism.
0:41.6	April 30, 1878, Louis Pasteur lectured at the French Academy of Science in support of
0:48.0	his germ theory of disease.
0:49.7	Oh, that'll never survive.
0:52.0	That's a passing fad.
0:54.7	Go back to bloodletting.
0:56.9	In which he held that many diseases were caused by tiny little organisms.
1:02.2	Since he was still met with opposition from some scientists, he called their contrary
1:07.5	opinions fatal to medical progress.
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