SGU Episode 978

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SGU Episode 978
April 6th 2024
"New York City could soon have scores of autonomous vehicles (AVs) jockeying their way through bustling streets."
SGU 977                      SGU 979
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
J: Jay Novella
Guest
AJR: Andrea Jones-Rooy, political, social, and data scientist
Quote of the Week
As always in life, people want a simple answer . . . and it's always wrong.
Susan Greenfield, English scientist
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Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, knives, Hawaii, Alaska, snow, treats stories

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Quickie with Bob: Silicon Spikes (9:58)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Havana Syndrome (11:55)

• What to Make of Havana Syndrome

Robo Taxis in NY (34:10)

• NYC takes first step towards unleashing robotaxis on city roads 

B: "Guidelines"

Rebellions and Cultural Memory (48:01)

• Eclipses and the Memory of Revolutions: Evidence from China

Gravitational Waves and Human Life (1:05:30)

• Gravitational waves may have made human life possible

Who's That Noisy? (1:24:58)

Answer to previous Noisy:

_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:29:22)

[Animal? honking/squeaking noises]

short_text_from_transcript

Announcements (1:30:06)

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Science or Fiction (1:33:31)

Theme: Eggs Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:48:25)

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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