The Skeptics Guide #775 - May 16 2020

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Gerald Posner; COVID-19 Update; News Items: Do Facemasks Work, Carbon Dioxide and the Pandemic, Distrust of Expertise Online, Closest Black Hole; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: R-Naught; 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.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:13.0	Today is Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.6	Hey everybody.
0:20.6	Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.6	Howdy.
0:22.6	Jane Novella.
0:23.6	Uncle Bob.
0:24.6	And Evan Bernstein.
0:26.6	Good evening folks.
0:29.7	So Bob, I got so many emails about, yes, so we had a live stream last Friday and my
0:36.4	kids come bustin' into the room and Olivia comes up my daughter, who's four years old,
0:41.2	comes up to the screen and looks and sees everybody on Zoom, right?
0:44.8	So she could see everybody and then she does like this weird, funny, adorable dance for
0:49.5	Uncle Bob.
0:50.5	She's like, Uncle Bob!
0:51.5	And she's like moving around it was awesome.
0:54.4	That made my week.
0:56.0	Made my week.
0:57.0	She's such a beautiful kid.
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