The Skeptics Guide #592 - Nov 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 November 2016

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Xerophile; News Items: Wireless Brain-Spine Interface, Arctic Ice, Quantum Time, Hydrinos and Cold Fusion, Male Birth Control Study; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Democratization of Knowledge; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic's guide to the universe. Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptic's guide to the universe. Today is Wednesday, November 9, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.0	Everybody, Karris and Maria.
0:21.0	Howdy.
0:22.0	Jane Novella. Hey guys.
0:23.0	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.0	Good evening folks.
0:26.0	So guys, what's up? Anything new happened? Anything new?
0:29.0	Yes, slow news, right?
0:30.0	Slow news, right?
0:31.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:32.0	No, I slept.
0:33.0	I slept.
0:34.0	Yeah.
0:35.0	I, you funny Evan, I didn't sleep.
0:37.0	I was, I was up waiting for the results, freaking out just, you know, not knowing what to feel.
0:44.0	Yeah.
0:45.0	And then I just kind of, you know, stumbled off into a non-sleep type of weird thing all night. I was freaking out.
0:52.0	Yeah, I definitely, I stayed up super late last night, but I took a bit of a mental health day today.
0:56.0	So I caught up on my sleep.
0:58.0	So obviously there was a surprising result in the American presidential election last night.
1:04.0	But we are not a political show. Sometimes it's a good thing that we're not a political show.
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