The Skeptics Guide #579 - Aug 13 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 13 August 2016

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Guest Rogue: David Gorski; What's the Word: Hypnagogia; News Items: Now You Don't See It, Piltdown Case Closed, Black Hole Back Door, Cupping at the Olympics, Other Olympic Pseudoscience; Dumbest Thing of the Week; 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.
0:10.2	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, August 10, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.6	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody, Kara Santa Maria, Evan Bernstein, Good
0:23.2	Evening Folks, and we have a special guest rogue this week, David Gorsky.
0:28.0	Dave, welcome back to the skeptics guide.
0:29.6	Hey, thanks for inviting me.
0:31.2	Hey Dave.
0:32.2	Jay is on vacation this week because it's his birthday tomorrow, tomorrow as you record
0:36.8	this.
0:37.8	So we had Dave on to take his place.
0:39.3	So Dave, you have to take Jay's place this week.
0:42.0	Oh, you know that no one can ever take Jay's place, but I will do my best.
0:47.1	Do you have a, do you have a machine that makes Star Wars blaster and lightsaber effects?
0:52.4	No, I want a vacation from that for a week.
0:55.3	So for those who don't know, David is the managing editor of Science Based Medicine and a regular
1:00.2	contributor to that.
1:01.2	He also runs his own blog under a different name.
1:04.6	Oh, you, you, you, it's the worst cut secret in God knows.
1:09.6	It's been very active in the, as health fraud and science based medicine community for
1:16.8	quite some time, at least over 10, 15 years, correct?
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