The Skeptics Guide #620 - May 27 2017

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 27 May 2017

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Julius Youngner; News Items: Nature and Nurture of Numbers, Daryl Bem Follow Up, Smart Meter Hubbub; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Conceptual Penis; 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.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, May 24th, 2017, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.0	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.8	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:22.0	Howdy.
0:23.0	Jane Novella.
0:24.0	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.0	Good evening folks.
0:27.0	Do you guys hear about this guy in New Zealand, Dr. Lance O'Sullivan?
0:33.1	Almost sounds like he did.
0:34.9	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:35.9	Apparently he was the New Zealander of the year in 2014.
0:40.2	So he was at a screening of the movie Vaxed, which is that horrible anti-vaccine propaganda
0:47.2	piece of crap film.
0:48.2	He's not from last year?
0:49.2	He's from Andrew Wakefield.
0:51.0	At the end of the movie, he jumps up on stage and starts berating the audience.
0:54.8	I was supposed to because the audience gave it a second.
0:57.8	Yeah, he's stretching the film.
1:00.0	He says, I come here with a lot of anger and that's because I am adamantly opposed to
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