The Skeptics Guide #431 - Oct 19 2013

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 19 October 2013

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This Day in Skepticism: Johnnetta Cole; News Items: Money Predicts Apocalypse, Herbal Supplements, Politics and Dogma, Singularity vs Bridge; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Cooling Drinks; Name That Logical Fallacy; 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 Wednesday of October 16, 2013 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody.
0:20.9	Rebecca Watson, hello everyone.
0:23.3	Jay Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.4	Good evening my friends, how are you?
0:28.0	Evan, how are you doing?
0:30.0	You all look really good, you all look really good tonight.
0:33.0	I don't think we've ever said that before in 400 something episodes.
0:36.4	Not over our computer stage.
0:37.4	Normally look terrible, so.
0:40.2	We finally cleaned up good enough for video.
0:42.7	We should mention to our podcast listeners that we are using video for this chat so we
0:48.3	can see each other.
0:49.3	Yeah, they'd figure it out eventually.
0:51.0	It's different because when we're at a live show, you know we have to turn to see each other
0:54.8	and it's not the same.
0:58.3	I am literally looking at everybody's faces right now as we talk.
1:01.3	This is the reason why like video phone didn't take off because-
1:04.8	Yeah, I don't want to stare at you while I talk to you.
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