The Skeptics Guide #540 - Nov 14 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 14 November 2015

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Simon Singh; What's The Word: Formication; News items: Low Calories Sweeteners, Making Metals Stronger, JFK Hitman, Fossilized Brains; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Anxiety in Space, How Much Meat; 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.
0:12.4	Today is Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 and this is your host, Steven novella.
0:17.2	Joining me this week are Bob novella.
0:19.1	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria, Jane novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.0	Get evening folks.
0:26.4	So have you guys seen all of the Star Wars movies because we're going to be reviewing them
0:30.0	in a couple weeks?
0:31.0	You know what happened.
0:32.0	Almost.
0:33.0	I just rewatched all of them.
0:35.1	They're going to be like almost brand new to me because the first three travesties,
0:38.9	I think I really haven't even seen them since in the movie theater.
0:42.3	Yeah.
0:43.3	I haven't seen them at all.
0:44.6	Oh boy.
0:45.6	It's going to be brand new to me and I'm going to cry in the fetal position.
0:48.8	Oh my gosh, that's a lot of information.
0:50.6	We won't try to just you just watch them cold.
0:52.7	No, no, no.
0:53.7	I will watch them but Evan, you're right when we discuss them, I'm going to be like,
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