The Skeptics Guide #712 - Mar 2 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

What's the Word: Plenum; News Items: Expanded DNA Code, Quark Matter, Ancient Mobility, OneWeb Flies, Signature of Consciousness; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; 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.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, February 27th, 2019, and this is your host, Steven novella.
0:18.1	Joining me this week are Bob novella.
0:19.9	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.7	Howdy.
0:22.7	Jane novella.
0:23.7	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.4	Good evening folks.
0:26.9	So did you guys all see John Oliver's segment on psychics?
0:30.7	I am actually...
0:31.7	Let's see it.
0:32.7	So good.
0:33.7	It was awesome.
0:34.7	It was really good.
0:36.0	I love the fact that he starts by saying, now I'm not going to litigate on the show
0:41.8	whether or not psychics are real.
0:43.8	They're not.
0:44.8	We're done.
0:45.8	Oh my god, wonderful.
0:47.8	You don't have to get bogged down and the fact question because there is really no controversy
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