The Skeptics Guide #720 - Apr 27 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Energy Free Cooling, First Molecule, Reviving Pig Brains, Fake Miracle Cure; Who's That Noisy; Your questions and E-mails: Journal Reliability; 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.
0:12.8	Today is Monday, April 22nd, 2019 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.3	Joining me in this week are Bob Novella, Hey everybody, Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan
0:22.0	Bernstein.
0:23.0	Good evening friends.
0:24.0	Tara is once again busy working because she has a new project that she's working on.
0:31.0	So guys, you all heard about Lorraine Warren, right?
0:35.0	Yep.
0:36.0	She had her earthly coil.
0:39.0	Yeah, so Lorraine Warren, part of the Warren's duo, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
0:45.4	She died on Friday at the age of 92.
0:49.0	Nice run.
0:50.0	Good run.
0:51.0	Her husband Ed died in 2006 at the age of 79.
0:56.2	So she outlived him by 13 years, not uncommon for women to outlive their husbands.
1:00.9	So yeah, so we had a little bit of a to do with the warrants.
1:04.3	We were first getting started with the Connecticut at that time, Connecticut skeptical society,
1:08.8	then the New England skeptical society.
1:11.2	Because Ed and Lorraine Warren are probably the, were the most famous ghost hunters, you
1:15.9	know, gullible ghost hunters probably in the world.
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