The Skeptics Guide #910 - Dec 17 2022
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella MD
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🗓️ 17 December 2022
⏱️ 112 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:06.5 | Your escape to reality. |
| 0:09.3 | Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:12.9 | Today is Saturday, September 24th, 2022, and this is your host, Steven Novella. |
| 0:18.1 | Joining me this week are Bob Novella. |
| 0:20.0 | Everybody, Cara Santa Maria. |
| 0:22.0 | Howdy. |
| 0:23.0 | Jan Novella. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein. |
| 0:26.0 | Good afternoon folks. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Bob Novella. |
| 0:55.0 | So we're going to get right to some bits for you guys. |
| 1:05.0 | Yes, so I came across something really fun that I think you guys will enjoy. |
| 1:09.0 | It is a website that was started by a man named Jesse Shiedler. |
| 1:16.0 | I think I'm pronouncing that correctly. |
| 1:18.0 | He created the historical dictionary of science fiction. |
| 1:23.0 | It went live during the pandemic because he was home a lot and he was bored. |
| 1:27.0 | I think he used to work for the Oxford English Dictionary. |
| 1:31.0 | It's got 1,800 entries. |
| 1:33.0 | I think it's always growing. |
| 1:35.0 | And it has information about where these terms, these science fiction terms were first coined. |
| 1:41.0 | He has the passage from where they were used and a little bit of background about the author. |
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