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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #929 - Apr 29 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2023

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Starship Launch, False Belief Systems, Ashwagandha and other Herbal Drugs, The Evolution of Eukaryotes, Blue Holes; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: P-Values vs Effect Sizes; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Your escape to reality.

0:09.0

Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Today is Thursday April 27, 2023, and this is your host, Ivan Novela.

0:17.0

Do you want to see me this week or Bob Novela?

0:19.0

Hey everybody.

0:20.0

Kara Santa Maria.

0:21.0

Patty.

0:22.0

Jane Novela.

0:23.0

Hey guys. And Evan Bernstein.

0:25.0

Good evening everyone.

0:26.0

So this is the end of our 18th year recording the SG. I think what?

0:34.0

The last of 18.

0:36.0

Yeah, next week is our first episode of our 19th year.

0:40.0

We kick off the 19th year next week.

0:43.0

Do we get a prize?

0:44.0

What do we get?

0:45.0

We're one year away from 20 years.

0:47.0

I mean, 20 years.

0:49.0

And that's just a podcasting.

0:51.0

I mean, we were skeptical activists a dozen years prior to that.

0:55.0

Do we celebrate the 20th year at the beginning of the 20th year or at the end of the 20th year?

1:00.0

Yeah, I think when we complete 20 years, there's two more years until we complete 20 years.

1:04.0

Or do we just celebrate the whole year?

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