The Skeptics Guide #305 - May 18 2011

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 21 May 2011

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Interview with James Randi; This Week in Skepticism; News Items: Rapture, Another Cancer Cure, Gut Bacteria and Behavior, Habitable Exoplanet, Higgs False Alarm; Who's That Noisy; Swindlers List: Bidsell; 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	Lo and welcome to The Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.3	Today is Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
0:15.7	And this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.5	Do you want to hear me speak or Bob Novella?
0:19.3	Hey everybody, Jane Novella.
0:21.1	Hey guys.
0:22.1	And Evan Bernstein.
0:23.1	Who the I taught?
0:24.1	To all our friends in Finland.
0:26.7	Finland.
0:27.7	Finland.
0:28.7	Finland.
0:29.7	Even when you go to read it off a map, it says Finland land, right?
0:35.5	When you're learning it as a kid.
0:36.5	The land of Finns.
0:37.5	Exactly.
0:38.5	Rebecca is not with us this evening.
0:40.9	She is on the west coast celebrating the end of the world.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:46.0	Oh, I wish I could be there.
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