SGU Episode 157

Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

New Plutoid

 * www.universetoday.com/2008/07/14/newest-dwarf-planet-and-plutoid-makemake/

Detox Diet Causes Brain Damage

 * www.news-medical.net/?id=40197

Amanda Peet Defends Vaccines

 * www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=339 www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=340 www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=174

Barbara Walters Disses Van Praagh

 * www.comcast.net/tv/video/1/800758829/psychicvs.barbarawalters/

Allah Meat

 * news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7520149.stm

Chaos
"Hi, I'm a big fan of your show and while I know this doesn't necessarily have to do with skeptic inquiry, the rogue's perspective on science I take as authoritative due to the simplicity with which you describe complex topics, something that is very important because I likely wouldn't be able understand these topics otherwise. Therefore I want to ask a few questions. What is chaos? What is it's relationship to science? What is it's relationship to organization? Is this a pseudoscience? If it isn't, does chaos appear within order or is order created within chaos? Your views on this would further my education, thank you for your time. Paul Shenkyr AZ, USA"

Interview with George Hrab

 * George Hrab is a skeptical musician and producer of the Geologic Podcast. www.facebook.com/inbox/#/pages/George-Hrab/16542301654

Science or Fiction
Question #1: A new study shows that simply educating older patients about the benefits of regular exercise results in improved quality of life and significantly reduces the risk of heart disease. Question #2: For the first time Astronomers have imaged the accretion disc surrounding a black hole. Question #3: Scientists have discovered a protein in human saliva that greatly speeds wound healing.

Quote of the Week
"'We despise all reverences and all the objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.'- Mark Twain"

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