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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #798 - Oct 24 2020

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

RIP James Randi; Interview with Richard Wiseman; News Items: Mapping the Proteome, Room Temperature Superconductivity, Falling Biodiversity; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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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.

0:12.9

Today is Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 and this is your host, Steven Ovella.

0:17.8

Joining me this week are Bob Navella.

0:19.4

Hey everybody, Kaira Santa Maria.

0:21.7

Howdy.

0:22.7

Jane Ovella.

0:23.7

Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.

0:25.7

Good evening folks.

0:26.7

Unfortunately we have to start the show with some very sad news.

0:30.7

We just heard right before we started recording.

0:34.0

Pretty much.

0:35.0

We heard that James, the amazing Randy, has died.

0:39.3

He was 92.

0:40.5

This was announced by the James Randy Educational Foundation.

0:45.4

They're not releasing details.

0:47.1

You know, this is just, news is just hitting us.

0:50.9

Haven't had time to, you know, find out any more information.

0:55.3

But you know, we knew that Randy had survived colon cancer.

0:59.7

He had survived heart attacks before and again, of course, you know, he was 92.

1:06.2

So, you know, we knew this day was coming, but it's still, it's still sad.

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