The Skeptics Guide #996 - Aug 10 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 10 August 2024

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Forrest Valkai; News Items: Mark Edward, Moon Deep Storage, Pursuit of Happiness, Measuring Blood Pressure, First Complex Life on Earth, Life on Venus Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: AC vs DC; 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.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday August 7, 2024,
0:15.9	and this is your host Stephen Novella.
0:18.0	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.9	Hey everybody.
0:20.5	Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.8	Howdy. Jay novella hey guys and
0:23.9	Evan Bernstein good evening everyone so Bob you know what week it is
0:28.9	it's firsti it's oh yes oh my right it's August.
0:33.0	Since we broke the curse maybe we'll see it this year.
0:36.0	Yeah, we're gonna have a fricking hurricane this year.
0:39.0	Yeah.
0:40.0	hitting right well at the peak of the perciids so we got that going
0:44.0	well didn't Bob tell you he sold his soul to the devil you guys are never seeing
0:47.0	anything celestial again that was that was the trade-off yeah I should have told you guys
0:52.1	that but yeah we're kind of done for anything interesting in the sky for all of us forever.
0:57.0	I signed nothing.
0:58.0	Remember that morning you woke up and it was a little pinprick on your finger?
1:03.4	Yeah, it was a mosquito or a spider.
1:05.8	Yeah, that's what we wanted you to think.
1:07.8	What?
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