The Skeptics Guide #706 - Jan 19 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2019

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Microbes on Mars, Memory Works Backwards, Elephants without Tusks, Dunning Kruger and GMOs, Room Temperature Superconductivity; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Your Questions and E-mails: Climate Change Around the World, Dangers of AI; 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	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.8	Today is Tuesday, January 15, 2019, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.5	Joining me to speak our Bob Novella.
0:19.2	Hey everybody.
0:20.2	Karros Santa Maria.
0:21.2	Howdy.
0:22.2	Jane Novella.
0:23.2	Hey guys.
0:24.2	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.2	Blast off.
0:27.1	You guys have seen SpaceX's new rocket, which they're now calling the Starship.
0:33.9	Of course.
0:34.9	This is the also over, it's a steel exterior and it looks like it's right out of the
0:38.5	1950s.
0:39.5	Yeah, it is definitely retro in design.
0:42.3	I would think that my first thought of that rocket was.
0:45.0	You know, aren't there like a lot of design concepts being broken here that, you know,
0:50.5	can you make a rocket look like those cool rockets?
0:53.2	Why not?
0:54.2	It's like the most conserved shape you can think of.
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