The Skeptics Guide #504 - Mar 7 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2015

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Guest Rogue: Alan Melikdjanian aka Captain Disillusion; Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Oswald Avery; News Items: Dress Color Hubbub, Ranking Websites by Factual Accuracy, Reverse Eyeball Evolution, Dawn at Ceres; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; 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.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.5	Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.2	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.8	Hey everybody, Jane Novella, hey guys, Evan Bernstein, Good evening folks, and we have
0:24.6	a special guest rogue this week, Alan Mellikajanian.
0:28.3	And Alan, welcome back to the Skeptics Guide.
0:30.6	Greetings children or middle aged adult dudes in this case.
0:35.5	Alan may be better known by members of our audience as Captain Disillusion.
0:40.7	Oh, no way.
0:42.3	That's me, but don't tell anybody.
0:44.4	I'm fully ready.
0:45.6	As Jane instructed me, I'm wearing my screen accurate costume of rogue from X-Men today.
0:50.6	Is that not part of the rogue thing?
0:52.8	Oh, of course.
0:53.8	Oh, of course.
0:54.8	Good, good.
0:55.8	There's one everyone to envision me in that the whole time as we talk, just so that
0:59.5	you have to make up on, right?
1:01.7	Oh, absolutely.
1:02.7	I can't give that up.
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