The Skeptics Guide #322 - Sep 17 2011

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2011

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Sara Mayhew; This Day in Skepticism; New Items: Chinese Scientists Plan to Capture Asteroid, Acupuncture and Acoustic Waves; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:13.1	Today is Friday, September 2nd, 2011 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.2	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Jay Novella, Evan Bernstein, and we have a special
0:26.1	guest road this week, Sarah Makee, who is welcome to the skeptics guide.
0:30.4	Thank you for having me.
0:31.6	Rebecca is unavailable during the recording of this show.
0:35.1	She's just too busy for us this week.
0:37.1	What's she doing anyway?
0:38.1	She's doing her panel right now.
0:40.1	She was doing her nails or her hair or something.
0:43.1	No, she's doing her quiz show right now.
0:45.1	Yes, that's right.
0:46.1	We are recording this show while we are all together in Atlanta at DragonCon.
0:49.9	This isn't our live show, but we are recording a session and episode while we are here.
0:55.5	This show will go out on September 17th, so Evan, tell us what is special about that
1:00.1	day.
1:01.1	In 1822, at the French Academy Royale, they had scriptions.
1:05.5	Jean-François, Champolion, read his famous paper describing his solution to the mystery
1:10.8	of the triple inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone, which had been unearthed in July of 1799
1:17.7	by Napoleon's army near the Rosetta branch of the Nile, hence the name of the famous
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