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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #495 - Jan 3 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2015

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

SGU Live from Auckland with guest rogue George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: Lick Observatory; News Items: Alternative Cancer Treatments, ESPN Twitter Kerfuffle, The Deep Web, Jet lag Pseudoscience, Gender in Education, Orion Capsule Test, Seeing Infrared; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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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

Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.

0:18.6

Today is December 7th, 2014 and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

0:22.9

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

0:24.6

Hey everybody.

0:25.6

Rebecca Watson.

0:26.6

Hello everyone.

0:27.6

Welcome to the universe, Bella.

0:30.6

Wow, wow, this is a great thanks guys.

0:33.6

Thank you.

0:34.6

Evan Bernstein and we have a special guest road with us, George Rob.

0:42.6

Awesome, this is the best audience ever.

0:47.6

They are way too enthusiastic for 9am, very obedient and terrified of the MC of the conference.

0:55.6

The best way an audience can be.

0:58.6

Good start.

0:59.6

So we have been touring around down under as we like to say.

1:03.6

In Australia and New Zealand we have been having an absolute blast in New Zealand.

1:07.6

As you can see by the photo behind me, we visited Hobbiton earlier in the week.

1:12.6

That's us standing in front of Frickin Baguette.

1:16.6

I mean, that's where Frodo and Bilbo lived.

1:20.6

They're behind us in the picture.

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