The Skeptics Guide #372 - Sep 1 2012

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 30 August 2012

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This Day in Skepticism: Passenger Pigeon; News Items: Neil Armstrong Dies, Naked Darth Vader, Homeopathic Candy, Hearing Voices; Who's That Noisy; Special Report: Conspiracy Conference; 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.
0:12.7	Today is Monday, August 27, 2012, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.5	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:22.3	Hello everyone.
0:23.5	Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.8	Kuta, which is Inuit for Hello.
0:31.0	Hey Evan, and Happy Birthday.
0:32.8	Oh, Happy Birthday.
0:34.2	Happy Birthday.
0:35.2	I don't know how to say that in Inuit.
0:37.4	Isn't it Inuit?
0:38.4	I think it's Inuit, not Inuit.
0:40.2	And doesn't Inuit encompass a huge number of different people?
0:45.3	I didn't realize it was one language.
0:47.6	It's indigenous people inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and the United
0:52.6	States and Russia.
0:53.9	Right, it can't really be considered.
0:55.4	Like, what I'm saying is that I don't think it's right to say, you know, you've just said
1:00.5	good evening in Inuit because I don't think that Inuit is one language.
1:04.5	I think there are many languages that fall within what we would consider Inuit.
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