The Skeptics Guide #951 - Sep 30 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Discussion about Misinformation; News Items: Zoom Backgrounds, Manifesting Fails, Tong Test of AGI, Looking for Service Worlds, NASA Recovers Asteroid Sample; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Natural Gas vs Coal; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Skeptics Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to The Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:13.0	Today is Wednesday, September 27, 2023, and this is your host, Steven Novela.
0:18.0	Joining me this week are Bob Novela.
0:20.0	Everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:22.0	Howdy.
0:23.0	Jane Novela.
0:24.0	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.0	Good evening everyone.
0:27.0	So Bob, I understand your COVID cherry does pop.
0:31.0	Yes, I'm so disappointed in my immune system.
0:35.0	Your superior genes and immune system have utterly failed.
0:39.0	This is your first time?
0:41.0	Yeah, first timer.
0:43.0	No.
0:44.0	It must have had to have happened in Disney, but thousands of people were there for like five days.
0:49.0	And we did wear our masks quite often when we felt uncomfortable, when you're like shoulder to shoulder with people.
0:54.0	It's just like you just doesn't feel normal anymore, right?
0:57.0	Yeah.
0:58.0	So we still put on our masks, but often we would be with a lot of people and we were outside.
1:02.0	And you usually feel about safer outside.
1:04.0	But yeah, whatever, something happened, we got it.
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