The Skeptics Guide #839 - Aug 7 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Making Hydrogen, Trouble for Self-Driving Cars, Metaverse, Olympic Medals, Olympic Pseudoscience; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Time; 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.
0:12.7	Today is Monday, August 2nd, 2021, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.0	Hey everybody.
0:20.0	Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.0	Howdy.
0:22.0	Jane Novella.
0:23.0	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:24.0	Hello everyone.
0:25.0	Got a rare Monday recording this week because we're preparing for nothing.
0:29.9	Nexus, which will be this Friday and Saturday, just when the show is coming out.
0:34.3	So if you're downloading this on Saturday, you could probably still squeeze in there and
0:38.0	catch the end of the conference.
0:41.6	But Jay, the whole thing is going to be streaming, right?
0:43.2	Even if you join late, you could just watch it the whole thing.
0:45.7	Yeah, so we're going to have it up for at least a month.
0:49.1	And yeah, you can purchase tickets even after the show has aired because it's recorded.
0:54.3	And it'll be the same exact quality as if you saw it at the real day because it doesn't
0:58.3	make a difference.
0:59.3	Yeah, last year actually, we kept it up longer and people were buying tickets, you know,
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