The Skeptics Guide #711 - Feb 23 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2019

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Warning About Big Data in Science; Live from the AAAS: What Is Scientific Skepticism; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy; Follow Up on Jupiter's Magnetic Field and Insect Apocalypse

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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 Wednesday, February 20th, 2019, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.9	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.7	Hey everybody, Karris Santa Maria.
0:21.7	Howdy.
0:22.7	Jane Novella.
0:23.7	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.2	Ooh, back on our usual night of recording Wednesday.
0:28.0	That's right, we are back from the Triple AS.
0:31.3	I realized that last week when we were talking about the Triple AS, we never said what it
0:35.2	stands for as if all of our listeners know, and probably more than do, but it is the
0:39.6	American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Triple AS.
0:44.8	So it's the first time that we've been there.
0:47.0	Actually, this is the first year they've had podcasting at all at the Triple AS, and
0:51.8	you could kind of tell.
0:53.4	Well, this was sort of their intro to podcasting, so it was kind of funny.
0:59.6	It was going to say it was great.
1:01.4	You're going to hear that show.
1:03.0	That's the bulk of this episode.
1:04.2	It's going to be what we recorded at the Triple AS, and it was very good, made a good
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