The Skeptics Guide #771 - Apr 18 2020

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Covid-19 Update; News Items: Coronavirus Deaths in New York, Sterilizing Masks, Oldest String, Demand Characteristics, Lunar Radio Telescope; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Your Questions and E-mails: Potent Venom; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptic Sky to the Universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptic Sky to the Universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, April 15, 2020, and this is your host, Steven Avella, joining me this
0:18.8	week, Bob Avella.
0:20.2	Everybody, Cara Santamaria.
0:22.2	Howdy, Jane Avella.
0:23.7	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.2	Hello, good evening everyone.
0:27.7	Happy not tax day, everyone.
0:29.9	That's right, tax day, not tax day.
0:33.0	The ghost of tax day.
0:34.8	Okay, so this has never happened before in the history of our country, tax day for as
0:40.9	long, I think since 19, well, since they adopted April 15 as the tax day, there's never,
0:48.0	it's never been postponed until this year.
0:50.4	Yeah, it's officially, it's never been moved.
0:52.2	It's always been April 15th.
0:54.8	And we're talking wars, you know, we're talking all anything and everything you can think
0:58.1	of for the last 70 years.
1:00.1	That is, that has happened.
1:01.8	But this virus did it.
1:03.0	Wow, I know it's amazing.
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