The Skeptics Guide #59 - Sep 5 2006

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2006

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Ed Warren Dies, New ESP claims, Evolution of Superstition; Your E-mails and Questions: Korean fan deaths, New UK Homeopathy law, Science beliefs, Recycling; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.8	Today is Tuesday, September 5, 2006.
0:18.4	This is your host, Steven Ovella, president of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:23.4	And with me this evening, our Rebecca Watson.
0:26.3	Hello everybody.
0:27.9	Mary DeAngeloos.
0:29.5	Monkeys can beat up birds.
0:31.1	And Evan Bernstein.
0:32.1	Hello my friends of Planet Earth.
0:34.7	What kind of greeting is that, Perry?
0:37.5	Well I was just floating here in the ether and I couldn't think of anything witty to say.
0:42.4	Oh I said that.
0:43.6	You're obsessed.
0:44.6	I think you need to get help.
0:47.6	Your bird denial is starting to become disturbing.
0:50.6	Obsessed with the ether, birds.
0:53.0	See I'm a huge monkey fan and yet I have to say you're sounding very birdish.
0:57.8	I'm just a little bit confused and it's disturbing.
1:00.8	It's possible.
1:01.8	It's possible.
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