The Skeptics Guide #581 - Aug 27 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2016

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Inquiline; News Items: Proxima Centauri b Confirmed, Anthropocene, World Wide Web 25, The Fight Against Pseudoscience, Pew Belief Poll; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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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, August 24th, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.4	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.4	Howdy.
0:22.4	Jane Novella.
0:23.4	Ew.
0:24.4	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.4	Good evening folks.
0:27.3	So guys, next weekend, we will be a Dragon Con.
0:31.0	No point.
0:32.0	And it's a Georgia.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:34.0	A lot of fun.
0:35.0	We haven't been in a few years.
0:36.0	Yeah.
0:37.0	A couple years.
0:38.0	Yeah, what two years ago.
0:39.0	We've been going about every other year.
0:40.0	Well, I've never been.
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