The Skeptics Guide #553 - Feb 13 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2016

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Pleochroism; News Items: Robotic Chef, Brain Electrodes, Diagnosing Cancer, Gravitational Waves; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: RFID; 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.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, February 10th, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.4	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.3	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.4	Howdy.
0:22.4	Jane Novella.
0:23.4	Hey guys.
0:24.4	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.4	The evening folks.
0:26.4	Hey Evan.
0:27.4	I wanted to ask you so tax season is approaching.
0:30.6	Oh it's here.
0:31.6	And you're going nuts huh?
0:33.5	With a vengeance.
0:34.5	It's here.
0:35.5	Yeah you know.
0:36.5	I roll with the punches.
0:38.2	So you have to work about 90, 16 hour days throughout the season.
0:43.1	I mean you know, they're people who do worse than that.
0:45.6	Do you ever have people show up with just like, I don't know, like just a massive box,
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