The Skeptics Guide #440 - Dec 21 2013

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 21 December 2013

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This Day in Skepticism: HMS Challenger; News Items: Geysers on Europa, Regulation in Genetic Code, Jade Rabbit, Aspartame Safe, Cell Phones on Planes; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Reverse Speech; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic sky to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.6	Today is Monday, December 16, 2013, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.9	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.7	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:21.4	Hello everyone.
0:22.4	Jane Novella.
0:23.4	Rare and wonderful, huh?
0:26.2	And Evan Bernstein.
0:28.9	I love everyone.
0:30.5	Rare and wonderful, what does that mean?
0:33.9	Okay, so it was the Hobbit animated movie from I think this late 70s, right?
0:40.9	Yeah.
0:41.9	Ranking and bass.
0:42.9	Yeah.
0:43.9	And the dragon was Leonard B. Boy in that.
0:47.4	No, that's something else.
0:49.4	No, that's something else, more embarrassing than the animated one.
0:54.8	Yeah, so that's what the dragon says to build.
0:58.8	Bob, when he is saying, wow, your hide is amazing.
1:03.1	Like, you know, your scales and everything are so awesome because he's trying to sweet talk
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