The Skeptics Guide #557 - Mar 12 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2016

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Thixotrophy; News Items: Overconfidence, AI vs Go Champion, Minority Report; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Piloting and Valsava; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic sky to the universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptic sky to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, March 9th, 2016, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.4	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.4	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.2	Howdy.
0:22.2	Jane Novella.
0:23.2	Hey guys.
0:24.2	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.2	Hello everyone.
0:26.2	Cara, welcome back.
0:27.2	It's been basically, it's been a month since we've been...
0:29.2	No, I have more.
0:30.2	Yay.
0:31.2	Three episodes in a row, it's crazy.
0:32.9	What have you been up to?
0:33.9	I have been traveling all over the country for a TV show.
0:38.4	Actually the web companion to a TV show I've been working on called America's Greatest
0:42.1	Makers.
0:43.1	Quick plug, it starts in April on TVS.
0:46.4	But the web companion show has been really fun.
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