The Skeptics Guide #802 - Nov 21 2020

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

COVID-19 Vaccine Update; News Items: Resisting Facial Recognition, Farming Mars, Sound Beaming, Hydrogen from Ammonia; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Rankine Scale; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.3	Today is Wednesday, November 18, 2020, and this is your host, even novella.
0:16.8	Jordy, me this week, or Bob novella.
0:18.5	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:20.4	Howdy.
0:21.0	Jane novella.
0:21.8	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.8	Good evening folks.
0:24.9	All right guys, I want to get started with some good news.
0:29.2	We talked about COVID all year and everyone's depressed.
0:33.8	This is just a quick follow up to a news item that we talked about a few weeks ago.
0:39.2	This is the one that got Bob so upset.
0:41.7	So I thought I would counteract a little bit.
0:44.2	Remember, we talked about the fact that about 60% of the biodiversity has been lost over
0:51.0	the last 50 years or so.
0:52.6	We're screwed.
0:53.6	Oh, I remember this call for six years.
0:56.2	Yeah.
0:57.2	I think we got an emailer for twelve of them.
0:59.1	Yeah.
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