The Skeptics Guide #563 - Apr 23 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 23 April 2016

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Geodesic; News Items: Neural Bypass, Dinosaur Extinction, Universe in the Lab, Genetic Superheroes; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; 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.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.6	Today is Wednesday, April 20th, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.3	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.9	Hey everybody, Kara Santa Maria.
0:20.7	Howdy.
0:21.7	Jane Novella.
0:22.7	Hey guys.
0:23.7	And Evan Bernstein.
0:24.7	Good evening folks.
0:25.7	We're going to start with what's the word Kara.
0:29.0	Ooh, I love starting.
0:31.0	Oh, she got so excited.
0:32.0	I know.
0:33.0	I'm like, oh, that's me.
0:35.3	OK, so the word this week is another frustrating word that is pronounced two different
0:40.7	ways.
0:41.7	I'm going to go with the consensus pronunciation, which is geodesic, although I personally would
0:46.8	like to say geodesic, which you can say too.
0:49.7	I have learned.
0:50.9	So what do you guys know about that word?
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