The Skeptics Guide #517 - Jun 6 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2015

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Margaret Hamilton; News Items: Laser Weapons, Chocolate Science Sting, How Many Species, In Memoriam-Dr. Wallace Sampson, Proton Spin; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Rape Statistics, Charity Effectiveness; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe. Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe. Today is Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.0	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.0	Hey everybody.
0:20.0	Jane Novella.
0:21.0	Hey guys.
0:22.0	And Evan Bernstein.
0:23.0	Evening Lads.
0:24.0	No no.
0:25.0	Guys, how about that last damn episode of Game of Thrones?
0:28.0	Oh, I didn't see it.
0:29.0	Bob, what happened?
0:30.0	Oh my god.
0:31.0	What did I do? I called Bob so I asked what happened to actually see the episode as it aired, which is so unbelievably rare for me with very rare.
0:40.0	Very rare.
0:41.0	Very rare.
0:42.0	So I literally called Bob Bob and I'm like, Bob, Bob did you just see the Game of Thrones episode?
0:47.0	Bob's like, no, no, I didn't. I'm like, oh my god, Bob.
0:50.0	This episode was made for you. You're going to love it. It was so epic. That was, I think, the best game of Thrones episode so far.
0:57.0	And it was funny, Jay, because after you said that to me, I knew, okay, made for Bob, this got to be zombies, white walkers or something like that, or tons of nudity, something like that that he knew I would really like.
1:09.0	Or nanostacks.
1:10.0	So even though even knowing that and going in, I had no real idea that it would be just this epic 20 minute long scene of zombies and white walkers.
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