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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #618 - May 13 2017

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2017

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Lillian Gilbreth; News Items: Satellite Broadband, Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience, Measles Outbreak, Giant Gas; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Confabulate; Your Questions and E-mails: Electric Universe; 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

Alone welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

0:12.8

Today is Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 and this is your host, Steven Novella.

0:17.8

Joining him in the sweet car, Bob Novella.

0:19.4

Hey everybody, Karen Santa Maria.

0:21.4

Howdy.

0:22.4

Jane Novella.

0:23.4

Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.

0:25.4

Good evening folks.

0:26.4

How y'all doing?

0:27.4

Steve, how come Evan always goes last?

0:29.8

Everybody asked us to edition how we came up with the order and they were like, is it

0:33.5

by H?

0:34.5

Is it alphabetical?

0:35.5

Like what algorithm are you using?

0:37.5

You're set, you're separating the novella as accordingly.

0:39.9

It's just like cool.

0:40.9

Well, it's actually, actually it's just historical contingency.

0:45.6

If you remember back in the day when both Perry and Rebecca were on the show, we had six

0:49.7

rogues and I only used five every week.

0:52.7

So it was me, Bob, Rebecca and then Jay, Evan and Perry, you guys rotated.

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