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Skeptics Guide #994
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #994 July 24th 2024 Segment #1. What’s the Word Calculus Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Water Harvesting https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240723182005.htm News Item #2 – Chimp Conversation Speed https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/chimpanzees-gestures-speed/ News Item #3 – Dark Oxygen https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5049587/scientists-dark-oxygen-without-photosynthesis News Item #4 – Nuclear Clock https://www.iflscience.com/we-just-took-a-step-closer-to-building-the-first-nuclear-clocks-69115 News Item #5 – New Creationism Poll https://news.gallup.com/poll/647594/majority-credits-god-humankind-not-creationism.aspx Segment #3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Name That Logical Fallacy Dr. Steve - You’ve had emails conversations in the past with a Tim Dowling. That’s my dad. 🙂 Long time listener, first time writer. Thanks for all you do. You’ve beee a big influence in my life and how I look at the world. But to the point. I had a big religious conversation with my sister this evening. Much of the discussion was about if God (evangelical Christian interpretation) is logical. She was back and forth, but eventually settled on God being logical. She then qualified that by saying, “we just don’t always understand it.” The example we were anchoring one was how God could be in control of everything yet let things happen that are not of his will. That sounds illogical to me. You’re either in control of everything, and everything that happens is your will, or you aren’t and it’s not. But that’s a discussion for another day. First question, but not the real one I’m asking, what logical fallacy is “we just don’t understand it?" Maybe moving the goal posts? Now for the real question. It seems to me that she is really just conflating the words “logic” and “reasons.” I'm 100% happy with the statement “we just don’t understand the reason God does things.” But “God is logical, we just don’t always understand it” doesn’t sit right. Isn’t the very nature of logic knowable? If you don’t follow someone’s logic, it isn’t because it’s a mystery or unknowable. You just need more info to understand it. Granted, we can’t ask God questions, but we can look at the Bible and get that knowledge - to a degree at least. I don’t think my sister would say, “we can’t know God’s logic because there isn’t enough information in the Bible.” Bottom line - what is the nature of logic? Can it be unknowable? I know there is probably a lot of unstated baggage with this question. I’m not trying to ask a religious question. For the record, I’m a diest at best. And I don’t find the Christian God terribly logical. Or if he is, it’s not a logic I want any part of. Thanks! Tim. Segment #5. Your Questions and E-mails Hey gang, I really enjoyed episode 993 but I wanted to make a small correction to something that was said regarding piling up regolith on top of lunar habitats to protect from space radiation: "...if you made a protective structure on a moon base with two to three feet of mooncrete on the outside, that would go a long way towards protecting you from radiation." It turns out that when incoming radiation enters shielding around a habitat, it can react with atoms in the shielding and produce secondary radiation. The counter-intuitive thing is that this secondary radiation can actually be more penetrating and harmful to the occupants of the habitat than the original primary radiation. So in order to effectively shield a habitat, you don't just need sufficient shielding to stop incoming cosmic rays and what-not, but you also need enough shielding to shield against the spallation neutrons and other secondary nasties that the cosmic rays generate within the shielding. Some folks working on NASA's In Situ Resource Utilization efforts estimated that the *break-even* point for piled up lunar regolith (where the effective dose within the habitat was the same as if there were no habitat shielding at all) could be as high as 7-9 METERS of regolith. After that, your shielding starts to actually be effective. GO LAVA TUBES! Thanks for everything you do, -Mouser Nuclear Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory Segment #6. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Item 1: A recent analysis finds that the teeth of Komodo dragons are coated with iron to help maintain their strength and cutting edge. Item 2: An extensive study finds that for about half of the sites analyzed, the cost per ton of carbon removal is lower when just letting the land naturally regenerate than planting trees. Item 3: A recent study finds that the ability to recognize a previously heard piece of music significantly decreases with age in older adults. Segment #7. Skeptical Quote of the Week "One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use science that they don't understand to try to justify their stupidity and hate.” ― Forrest Valkai
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #994 July 24th 2024 Segment #1. What’s the Word Calculus Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Water Harvesting https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240723182005.htm News Item #2 – Chimp Conversation Speed https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/chimpanzees-gestures-speed/ News Item #3 – Dark Oxygen https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5049587/scientists-dark-oxygen-without-photosynthesis News Item #4 – Nuclear Clock https://www.iflscience.com/we-just-took-a-step-closer-to-building-the-first-nuclear-clocks-69115 News Item #5 – New Creationism Poll https://news.gallup.com/poll/647594/majority-credits-god-humankind-not-creationism.aspx Segment #3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Name That Logical Fallacy Dr. Steve - You’ve had emails conversations in the past with a Tim Dowling. That’s my dad. 🙂 Long time listener, first time writer. Thanks for all you do. You’ve beee a big influence in my life and how I look at the world. But to the point. I had a big religious conversation with my sister this evening. Much of the discussion was about if God (evangelical Christian interpretation) is logical. She was back and forth, but eventually settled on God being logical. She then qualified that by saying, “we just don’t always understand it.” The example we were anchoring one was how God could be in control of everything yet let things happen that are not of his will. That sounds illogical to me. You’re either in control of everything, and everything that happens is your will, or you aren’t and it’s not. But that’s a discussion for another day. First question, but not the real one I’m asking, what logical fallacy is “we just don’t understand it?" Maybe moving the goal posts? Now for the real question. It seems to me that she is really just conflating the words “logic” and “reasons.” I'm 100% happy with the statement “we just don’t understand the reason God does things.” But “God is logical, we just don’t always understand it” doesn’t sit right. Isn’t the very nature of logic knowable? If you don’t follow someone’s logic, it isn’t because it’s a mystery or unknowable. You just need more info to understand it. Granted, we can’t ask God questions, but we can look at the Bible and get that knowledge - to a degree at least. I don’t think my sister would say, “we can’t know God’s logic because there isn’t enough information in the Bible.” Bottom line - what is the nature of logic? Can it be unknowable? I know there is probably a lot of unstated baggage with this question. I’m not trying to ask a religious question. For the record, I’m a diest at best. And I don’t find the Christian God terribly logical. Or if he is, it’s not a logic I want any part of. Thanks! Tim. Segment #5. Your Questions and E-mails Hey gang, I really enjoyed episode 993 but I wanted to make a small correction to something that was said regarding piling up regolith on top of lunar habitats to protect from space radiation: "...if you made a protective structure on a moon base with two to three feet of mooncrete on the outside, that would go a long way towards protecting you from radiation." It turns out that when incoming radiation enters shielding around a habitat, it can react with atoms in the shielding and produce secondary radiation. The counter-intuitive thing is that this secondary radiation can actually be more penetrating and harmful to the occupants of the habitat than the original primary radiation. So in order to effectively shield a habitat, you don't just need sufficient shielding to stop incoming cosmic rays and what-not, but you also need enough shielding to shield against the spallation neutrons and other secondary nasties that the cosmic rays generate within the shielding. Some folks working on NASA's In Situ Resource Utilization efforts estimated that the *break-even* point for piled up lunar regolith (where the effective dose within the habitat was the same as if there were no habitat shielding at all) could be as high as 7-9 METERS of regolith. After that, your shielding starts to actually be effective. GO LAVA TUBES! Thanks for everything you do, -Mouser Nuclear Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory Segment #6. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Item 1: A recent analysis finds that the teeth of Komodo dragons are coated with iron to help maintain their strength and cutting edge. Item 2: An extensive study finds that for about half of the sites analyzed, the cost per ton of carbon removal is lower when just letting the land naturally regenerate than planting trees. Item 3: A recent study finds that the ability to recognize a previously heard piece of music significantly decreases with age in older adults. Segment #7. Skeptical Quote of the Week "One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use science that they don't understand to try to justify their stupidity and hate.” ― Forrest Valkai
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×The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1026 March 5th 2025 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Atlantic Shutdown https://phys.org/news/2025-02-simulations-nightmare-atlantic-current-shutdown.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Measles Outbreak https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/health/texas-measles-outbreak-kennedy.html News Item #2 – Reintroducing Wolves https://tinyurl.com/expusrnx News Item #3 – TIGR-Tas Gene Editing https://theness.com/neurologicablog/the-new-tigr-tas-gene-editing-system/ News Item #4 – Blood Donor Who Saved Millions Dies https://gizmodo.com/james-harrison-the-man-with-the-golden-arm-is-dead-at-age-88-2000570772 News Item #5 – Star Mergers https://phys.org/news/2025-03-theory-star-mergers-universe-highest.html Segment 3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Intricate Web I agree with Steve's assessment about the fragility of this beautiful crystal we call human society. Which is one of the reasons I went to school to learn about food production when I was a young man. A resilient society has local food (etc.) capability. A resilient society is much less efficient than the large corporate model - I grow enough fruit on our small farm for only about 3 or 4 dozen households. But, if I go down, there is another orchard 10 miles away that can take up the slack, disperse scion wood, offer classes in fruit tree care. I am certain the value of community resilience will continue to gain traction as time goes on. Thanks for what you do. Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Hydrogen Item 1: Hydrogen makes up about 10% of the human body by mass. Item 2: Only about 10% of global hydrogen production is considered green hydrogen. Item 3: There are about 17,000 hydrogen-powered cars on US roads, but more than 50,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric forklifts operating in the US. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Dictators seek to control men’s thoughts as well as their bodies and so they attempt to dictate science, education and religion. But dictated education is usually propaganda, dictated history is often mythology, dictated science is pseudoscience." — Edwin Grant Conklin, 1937…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1025 February 26th 2025 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Congestion Pricing https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-widening-highways-doesnt-fix-traffic-but-congestion-pricing-can/ News Item #2 – AI Therapists https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/health/ai-therapists-chatbots.html News Item #3 – Redefining Dyslexia https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/redefining-dyslexia/ News Item #4 – Small Modular Reactors for Cargo Ships https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/korean-smr-powered-container-ship-design-revealed Segment 2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Interview with Adam Russell Segment #4. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: Researchers successfully used mRNA which produces a tardigrade protein to protect surrounding tissue from radiation damage during cancer treatment. Item 2: Studying a new database of 8.9 million observations of 445 mammalian species found that only 39% had correct diel classification (what time of day they are active). Item 3: A new analysis finds that the vast majority of rogue planetary mass objects form as ejected planets rather than failed stars. Segment #5. Skeptical Quote of the Week "One of the few universal characteristics is a healthy skepticism toward unverified speculations. These are regarded as topics for conversation until tests can be devised. Only then do they attain the dignity of subjects for investigation." Edwin Hubbel, The Realm of the Nebulae (Yale University Press: 1936)…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1024 February 19th 2025 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Bird Brain Evolution https://theness.com/neurologicablog/birds-separately-evolved-complex-brains/ News Item #2 – Air Pollution Inside Homes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250213144623.htm News Item #3 – Abortion Bans Drive Infant Deaths https://undark.org/2025/02/18/some-states-claim-zero-abortions-is-that-possible/ https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/us-abortion-bans-have-driven-a-surge-in-infant-deaths-study-finds News Item #4 – Black Holes without Singularities https://phys.org/news/2025-02-singularities-physicists-creation-black-holes.amp News Item #5 – Anti-Chemtrail Bill https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/house-gop-seeking-more-answers-as-they-advance-anti-chemtrails-bill Segment 2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Asteroid Hitting the Moon I was reading up on asteroid 2024 YR4, and I came across this on its Wikipedia page: ''Calculations using the observation arc of 55 days as of 18 February 2025 find that 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-32 (3.1%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 around 14:02 UT and a smaller possibility of impacting the Moon about an hour later around 15:19 UT.'' I know you've talked about this asteroid before and the potential consequences if it were to hit Earth - not great, not terrible. Given the timeframe, there would at least be some opportunity to evacuate affected areas. But what about the Moon? Since the Moon is much smaller, could a direct hit pose a greater risk of destabilizing Earth's tides, for example? Is this something to be concerned about, and what kind of consequences might we expect if it actually happens? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, and thanks for all the skeptical work you do! Best, Stefan Magnusson Segment #4. Swindlers List Tax Scams Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: GMOs Item 1: According to the USDA, 55% of US cropland grows genetically modified crops, while worldwide the figure is 13.4%. Item 2: Although frequently a target of anti-GMO efforts, there is currently no GMO wheat variety on the market. Item 3: Scientists have developed a “scorpion cabbage” that produces scorpion venom in its leaves, but this has yet to gain approval in any country. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week "The kneading of memory makes the dough a fiction which as we know can go on yeasting forever." A beautifully poetic way to phrase the rewriting nature of memory and recall.…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1023 February 12th 2025 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Demographics of Misinformation https://theness.com/neurologicablog/who-believes-misinformation/ News Item #2 – The Toll of Fake Research https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/fake-studies-are-slowing-slowing-lifesaving-medical-research-all-while-fraudsters-are-getting-rich-investigation-reveals News Item #3 – Dangerous Street Drugs https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-never-been-a-more-dangerous-time-to-use-street-drugs-heres-why News Item #4 – Nearby Habitable Exoplanet https://phys.org/news/2025-02-exoplanet-potentially-capable-sustaining-life.html News Item #5 – Reverse Engineering Alien Technology https://www.ft.com/content/7b83f0f5-4d03-40c4-b79d-36cc4e247d54 Segment #2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Science Quiz Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Starlink Reentries One of the items in last week's Science or Fiction was space junk. Just before I heard that, I read that 4-5 Starlink satellites de-orbit *every day*. That's nuts. I hope they are de-orbited purposefully. https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=07&month=02&year=2025 Bill Wohler Menlo Park, CA SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Software engineer for Kepler, SOFIA, TESS, Ziggy. Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: Biologists have engineered a bacteria that can continuously deliver drugs into the intestine and demonstrated its effectiveness in treating chronic inflammation and obesity. Item 2: In a recent study adults were able to learn absolute pitch after 8 weeks of training to a >90% accuracy. Item 3: Astronomers announce the detection of a super high energy “cosmogenic” neutrino that is the most energetic elementary particle ever detected at 120 PeV. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “One of the problems with anecdotes is that they tend to be provided by the satisfied customers, not the unsatisfied or dead ones.” ― Robert Carroll, Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed!…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1022 February 5th 2025 Segment #1. Quickie https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-x-rays-deflect-earth-asteroids Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Asteroid Chance of Hitting Earth https://www.space.com/180-foot-asteroid-1-in-83-chance-hitting-Earth-2032 News Item #2 – Does the Internet Affect Our Memory https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00292-z News Item #3 – The Growing Rat Problem https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/rats-numbers-are-skyrocketing-across-us-cities-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse News Item #4 – Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind https://theness.com/neurologicablog/do-apes-have-a-theory-of-mind/ News Item #5 – NASA Harassed by Aliens https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/nasa-astronauts-are-harassed-by-125ft-aliens-with-wings-who-peek-into-space-shuttles Segment 3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: Scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of a medicine that prevents and reverses inguinal hernia. Item 2: Archaeologists have identified 4,000 year old writing that likely represents proto-Indo-Anatolian, the language that gave rise to all Indo-European languages. Item 3: Researchers calculate that the probability of reentering space junk entering busy airspace is about 26% annually. Segment #5. Skeptical Quote of the Week "The most important thing that illusions can teach us is that it is possible, at least some of the time, to find in being wrong a deeper satisfaction than we would have found being right.” ― Kathryn Schulz, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1021 January 29th 2025 Segment #1. What’s the Word Geyser Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Self Replicating AI https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-can-now-replicate-itself-a-milestone-that-has-experts-terrified News Item #2 – DeepSeek https://theness.com/neurologicablog/the-skinny-on-deepseek/ News Item #3 – PEPFAR Freeze https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/health/trump-pepfar-freeze.html News Item #4 – Chemical Looping https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02643 News Item #5 – Giant Clams and Tiny Algae https://phys.org/news/2025-01-tiny-algae-evolution-giant-clams.amp Segment 3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: More On Telepathy Tapes Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: The Moon Item 1: The Moon is the densest moon in our solar system. Item 2: A recent analysis finds evidence of geological tectonic activity on The Moon as recently at 160 million years ago, suggesting it might still be active. Item 3: The Moon has a weak magnetic field, measured at the Apollo 16 site at 0.31 microtesla (compared to Earth’s 50 microtesla field). Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.” ― Richard Wiseman…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1020 January 22nd 2025 With Guest Rogue, Andrea Jones Rooy Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Unexpected Scientific Results https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00161-9 News Item #2 – Trust In Scientists https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5 News Item #3 – FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/why-did-the-fda-ban-red-dye-3/ News Item #4 – Andromeda Mosaic https://www.sciencealert.com/hubbles-2-5-billion-pixel-mosaic-reveals-andromeda-in-breathtaking-detail News Item #5 – Telepathy Tapes https://inews.co.uk/culture/radio/telepathy-tapes-pseudoscience-autism-3474277 Segment 2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: A cross-national analysis finds that the presence of climate action policy is a stronger predictor of anti-climate action groups than national economic self-interests. Item 2: A recent study of the diet of coyotes in San Francisco found domestic cat remains in almost half the scat analyzed. Item 3: A new framework for simulating optimal pandemic responses finds that in 42% of scenarios it is better to vaccinate high exposure groups prior to high risk groups (as was done during COVID). Segment #4. Skeptical Quote of the Week "We live in an enlightened age, however, an age that has learned to see and to value other living things as they are, not as we wish them to be. And the long and creditable history of science has taught us, if nothing else, to look carefully before we judge to judge, if we must, based on what we see, not what we would prefer to believe." Robert Charles Wilson…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1019 January 15th 2025 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Does Fact-Checking Work https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00027-0 News Item #2 – Nuclear Electric Propulsion https://phys.org/news/2024-12-strategic-alliance-high-energy-nuclear.amp News Item #3 – The LA Fires https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/climate/wildfire-smoke-risks.html and https://www.sciencealert.com/dumping-seawater-on-la-fires-is-an-experiment-scientists-are-closely-watching and https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/11/24340913/watch-duty-wildfire-tracking-app-los-angeles-nonprofit News Item #4 – Building Materials for Storing Carbon https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq8594 Segment 2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Interview with Nick Tiller https://www.nbtiller.com/ Segment #4. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Death Item 1: The WHO reports that over 5 million snake bites occur each year, resulting in over 100,000 deaths. Item 2: It is estimated that over half a million deaths globally in 2024 can be attributed to extreme weather events. Item 3: In 2021, COVID-19 was the second leading cause of death, just behind ischemic heart disease. Segment #5. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Knowledge is a paradox. The more one understands, the more one realizes the vastness of his ignorance." Spoken by Viktor (also known as the Herald) in season 2 of the hit Netflix show: Arcane - League of Legends.…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1017 January 2nd 2025 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve Primate Twins https://www.livescience.com/animals/our-ancient-primate-ancestors-mostly-had-twins-humans-dont-for-a-good-evolutionary-reason Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Mars Sample Return https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-overhauls-mars-sample-return-plan-rcna186400 News Item #2 – Unique Microbiome https://phys.org/news/2025-01-scientists-unique-microbiome-planet-roof.html News Item #3 – Transatlantic Tunnel https://www.drivingeco.com/en/nyc-londres-48-minutos-podria-ser-posible-gracias-tunel-transatlantico-e20-trillones-segun-elon-musk/#google_vignette News Item #4 – Alcohol Advisory https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/surgeon-general-alcohol-warning/ Segment 3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Bird Flu Vaccine I have a basic question. If we already know bird flu is so dangerous, and that it only takes one mutation to begin to spread person-to-person, then what are we waiting for? Why not sequence the dominant strains in livestock and spin up mRNA vaccines (or old fashioned egg-based vaccines) and start a mass-vaccination program? Sure, the vaccine may not be an exact match for the strain(s) that does leap to humans, but it should be close. Heck, the COVID vaccines we receive are never an *exact* match for the strains that are circulating (i.e., they're always mutating and therefore are always different, ever so slightly, from the vaccine targets at a point in time). So why not head off this bird flu threat and nip it in the bud with vaccines? Thanks for all your great work. Best wishes for 2025! Joshua Banta Tyler, TX Question #2: Cryptid Mascots On a recent segment about Bigfoot, Evan divided people who perpetuate the existence of cryptids into two groups: True believers, and people who profit off of the myth. But I'm hesitant to think in such stark, binary terms. Here in Portland bigfoot is very much a mascot or symbol of the Pacific Northwest regional identity. I don't believe he's literally real, and I don't know anyone who does. But the forest ape shows up again and again in local art, on t-shirts, and as a Portland Trailblazers mascot. My more outdoorsy friends will describe less-travelled trails and camping areas as "bigfoot country," even though they don't actually believe in bigfoot at all. He's a symbol of the wilderness, but not a literal inhabitant of it. What are your thoughts on cryptids as local mascots and regional symbols by people who don't believe they're real? Do you think that practice is wholly negative, or is it okay for a guy in a bigfoot costume to perform during halftime during Blazer games? Big fan of the show. You're far and away my favorite podcast! Best, Joe Streckert Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: CES2025 Item 1: The EcoFlow is a solar-powered hat capable of charging two devices at once. Item 2: The Spicerr is an automatic spice dispenser that holds up to six spices in proprietary sealed (unrefillable) capsules. Item 3: A Japanese manufacturer introduced an electric spoon that it claims will make food taste more salty and savory. Item 4: Swippitt is about the size and shape of a toaster, into which you place a smartphone to swap out its internal battery for a fresh one. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “Those among us who are unwilling to expose their ideas to the hazard of refutation do not take part in the scientific game.” ― Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery…
Segment #1: Psychic Predictions 2024 Segment #2: News Items Item #1: Space Exploration in 2025 https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025?utm_s... Item #2: Most Likely Emerging Diseases https://theconversation.com/which-infectious-disease-is-likely-to-be-t... Item #3: Dark Energy May Not Exist https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/536/2/1752/7890815 Item #4: Bigfoot Deaths https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-portland-men-die-while-234906572.html Segment #3: Who's That Noisy Segment #4: Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Commonwealth Fusion Systems Question #2: In Memoriam Amended Daniel Dennett, Jimmy Carter Segment #5: Science or Fiction Item #1: Anguiculus dicaprioi, or DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake, was named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio because he helped discover the species while on safari. Item #2: A new species of clearwing moth, Carmenta brachyclados, was discovered in South Wales based upon a picture taken by an amateur and posted on Instragram then seen by an amateur lepidopterist. Item #3: Myloplus sauron is a new species of vegetarian piranha discovered in Brazil and named after Sauron from Lord of the Rings. Segment #6: Skeptical Quote of the Week “Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me...and still is.” - Hedy Lamarr…
2024 Year End Review; Best of 2024; Science Hero and Jackass of the Year; In Memoriam; Science or Fiction
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1015 December 7th 2024 Live from DC Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – The Science of Tipping https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-reveals-how-pressure-to-tip-can-unexpectedly-backfire News Item #2 – JonBenet Ramsey Case https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/us/jonbenet-ramsey-killing-netflix-documentary/index.html News Item #3 – Primordial Black Holes https://theness.com/neurologicablog/finding-small-primordial-black-holes/ News Item #4 – Oldest Alphabet https://phys.org/news/2024-11-oldest-alphabet-unearthed-ancient-syrian.html News Item #5 – Food Distribution https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/08/food-supply-chain-networks-why-sustainable-practices-fail-and-approaches-to-improve-them/ News Item #6 – Goop Spiral https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-12-02/is-gwyneth-paltrows-business-empire-nearing-its-end-goop-ends-2024-with-lawsuits-and-layoffs.html Segment #2. Live Q&A The Rogues answer several live questions. Segment #3. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Winter Item 1: Lightning is just as common during snowstorms as rainstorms, but is harder to see and hear due to the dense snow. Item 2: Although rare, snow has fallen in recent times near sea level in the Sahara desert and the Atacama desert. Item 3: Aomori City in Japan is the snowiest city in the world with an average annual snowfall of about 26 feet. Segment #4. Skeptical Quote of the Week America's leadership must be guided by learning and reason, or else those who confuse rhetoric with reality and the plausible with the possible will gain popular ascendancy, with their seemingly swift and simple solutions to every world problem. John Fitzgerald Kennedy…
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1014 December 11th 2024 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Have We Achieved AGI https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/10/ai-openai-sora-video-new-frontier News Item #2 – Bird Flu https://www.livescience.com/health/flu/a-single-gene-mutation-could-enable-h5n1-to-spread-between-people-study-finds News Item #3 – Weekend Warrior https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/health-benefits-of-the-weekend-warrior/ News Item #4 – Potential Technosignature https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18595 News Item #5 – Simulation Again https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63118352/52-million-lives-a-simulation/ Segment 2. Who’s That Noisy Segment #3. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Blood Thicker than Water Segment #4. Interview with Noah Lugeons https://audioboom.com/channels/4829847-the-scathing-atheist Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: A new analysis finds that if existing plans to achieve worldwide net zero carbon emissions were implemented, it would use an area of land larger than the United States. Item 2: Scientists have discovered a new class of magnetism called altermagnetism, and find that it can potentially increase the speed of memory devices up to a thousand times. Item 3: Paleontologists describe a species of flying reptile that is not a pterosaur and is 15 million years older than the oldest pterosaur, making it the oldest known flying vertebrate. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn." attributed to Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanac, 1755)…
Quickie with Bob: Atomic Scale Precision; News Items: Innate Morality, New Space Station, Climate Hot Spots, Orcas Wearing Hats, Evidence Against Water on Venus; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Fisher Scream, CT UFO; Science or Fiction
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1012 November 30th 2024 Recorded at CSICon 2024 Special guest: Brian Wecht Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Near Earth Microquasars https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Near_Earth_Microquasar_found_to_emit_powerful_gamma_radiation_999.html News Item #2 – How To Watch Researcher Misconduct https://retractionwatch.com/2024/10/21/reflecting-on-research-misconduct-whats-next-for-the-watcher-community/ News Item #3 – Genetically Modifying Brains https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/could-a-new-medical-approach-fix-faulty-genes-before-birth/2024/10 News Item #4 – Largest Prime Number https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 News Item #5 – Magic Amulets https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/this-magical-amulet-claims-to-protect-you-from-electromagnetic-radiation-why-are-john-tavares-rj/article_11074054-8c9e-11ef-9b50-b35db3c16997.html News Item #6 – Atlantic Current Climate Tipping Point https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/key-atlantic-current-could-collapse-soon-impacting-the-entire-world-for-centuries-to-come-leading-climate-scientists-warn Segment #2. Interview with Andrea Love https://www.immunologic.org/ Segment #3. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: 19th Century Pseudoscience Item 1: Although discredited in the late 18th century, mesmerism survived throughout the 19th century, giving rise to hypnosis and even psychology as an academic discipline. Item 2: Hydropathy was the belief that water could cure most diseases, and involved wrapping patients in wet cloth, cold or hot baths, and drinking vast amounts of water. Item 3: A popular movement applied phrenology to the arts of painting and sculpture as a method of understanding and representing the human form, and was a significant early influence of Picasso. Segment #4. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality." Paul Kurtz…
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