The Skeptics Guide #542 - Nov 28 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 28 November 2015

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Homeostasis; News Items: Universe Resolution, Scientific Consensus, Hobbit Update, Gene Drive in Mosquitoes, A Century of General Relativity; Your Questions and E-mails: Political Questions; Science or Fiction

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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.
0:12.3	Today is Tuesday, November 24th, 2015, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.3	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.3	Good evening, folks.
0:24.6	Jay is actually better this week, but he is traveling. He is in Colorado for the holidays,
0:31.0	and he's trying to get his crappy laptop to work.
0:34.1	It's called the Crap Top.
0:37.6	He'll join us if and when he gets his computer to actually work so that we can hear him.
0:43.0	So we're recording a little bit early this week because Thanksgiving is coming up in the
0:46.6	United States if you're an American.
0:49.1	Everyone celebrates Thanksgiving, right?
0:51.9	There's no one gets the day.
0:52.9	It doesn't matter what your religion or your traditions are.
0:56.6	It's like Halloween in that regard.
0:58.4	Yeah.
0:59.4	Oh, except some super religious people are afraid of Halloween.
1:02.1	Are they?
1:03.1	They're afraid of Halloween?
1:04.1	Yeah.
1:05.1	They get all saints stay the next day.
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