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{{anchor|results-jay}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | {{anchor|results-jay}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | ||
<big>'''Jay's results'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 913#predictions-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|results-steve}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | {{anchor|results-steve}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | ||
<big>'''Steve's results'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 913#predictions-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|results-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | {{anchor|results-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | ||
<big>'''Cara's results'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 913#predictions-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|results-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | {{anchor|results-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | ||
<big>'''Evan's results'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 913#predictions-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|results-bob}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | {{anchor|results-bob}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results --> | ||
<big>'''Bob's results'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 913#predictions-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode --> | ||
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{{anchor|predictions-jay}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | {{anchor|predictions-jay}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | ||
<big>'''Jay's predictions'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 1017#results-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|predictions-steve}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | {{anchor|predictions-steve}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | ||
<big>'''Steve's predictions'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 1017#results-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|predictions-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | {{anchor|predictions-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | ||
<big>'''Cara's predictions'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 1017#results-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | ||
{{anchor|predictions-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | {{anchor|predictions-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here --> | ||
<big>'''Evan's predictions'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 1017#results-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | ||
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<big>'''Bob's predictions'''</big> | |||
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | [[SGU Episode 1017#results-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode --> | ||
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== Rogues each make one science news prediction <small>(31:13)</small> == | == Rogues each make one science news prediction <small>(31:13)</small> == | ||
[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#The_Wizard | '''E:''' ... [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#The_Wizard "pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!"] | ||
== News Items == | == News Items == | ||
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|item1 = | |item1 = The US has the highest rate of automobile accidents, at 5,938 per million people in 2019. | ||
|item2 = | |item2 = El Salvador has the highest murder rate in the world at 52 per 100 thousand people per year, while the US ranks 76th. | ||
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|item3 = | |item3 = The country with the greatest income inequality is Brazil, with a Gini index of 52.9. (Gini index – 0 is perfect equality, while 100 is maximal inequality.) | ||
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|science1 = El Salvador has highest murder rate | |||
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<big>'''Jay's Response'''</big> | |||
<big>'''Evan's Response'''</big> | |||
<big>'''Cara's Response'''</big> | |||
<big>'''Bob's Response'''</big> | |||
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== Signoff | == Signoff <small>(1:43:44)</small> == | ||
'''S:''' —and until next week, this is your {{SGU}}. <!-- typically this is the last thing before the Outro --> | '''S:''' —and until next week, this is your {{SGU}}. <!-- typically this is the last thing before the Outro --> | ||
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SGU Episode 965 |
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January 6th 2024 |
An innovative design can double energy output from solar updraft towers and works in hot and dry conditions.[1] |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Quote of the Week |
Civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable. |
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Introduction, predictions from 1924
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
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B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Psychics' predictions for 2023 (4:05)
The Rogues review others' predictions and then their own for 2023.
Rogues' predictions for 2023 (14:23)
Jay's results
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Steve's results
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Cara's results
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Evan's results
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Bob's results
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Rogues' predictions for 2024 (25:13)
The Rogues make their own predictions for 2024.
Jay's predictions
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Steve's predictions
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Cara's predictions
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Evan's predictions
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Bob's predictions
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Rogues each make one science news prediction (31:13)
E: ... "pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!"
News Items
Dosing Gene Expression (34:16)
Solar Tower (39:20)
Alzheimer's Virus (46:30)
Quark Matter (57:27)
Scientology RICO (1:05:11)
- "Criminal Enterprise" Scientology Should Face RICO Charges, Danny Masterson Accusers Say – Update [5]
Who's That Noisy? (1:16:53)
New Noisy (1:21:14)
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Announcements (1:22:05)
Science or Fiction (1:25:14)
Theme: The worst countries
Item #1: The US has the highest rate of automobile accidents, at 5,938 per million people in 2019.[6]
Item #2: El Salvador has the highest murder rate in the world at 52 per 100 thousand people per year, while the US ranks 76th.[7]
Item #3: The country with the greatest income inequality is Brazil, with a Gini index of 52.9. (Gini index – 0 is perfect equality, while 100 is maximal inequality.)[8]
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | US has highest rate of automobile accidents |
Science | El Salvador has highest murder rate |
Science | Brazil has greatest income inequality |
Host | Result |
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Steve | sweep |
Rogue | Guess |
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Jay | El Salvador has highest murder rate |
Evan | El Salvador has highest murder rate |
Cara | El Salvador has highest murder rate |
Bob | El Salvador has highest murder rate |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Jay's Response
Evan's Response
Cara's Response
Bob's Response
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #1
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:38:15)
Civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
– Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023), U.S. Supreme Court justice
Signoff (1:43:44)
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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interesting Engineer: New twin-tech solar tower generates twice the power, 24/7
- ↑ Nature: Control of mammalian gene expression by modulation of polyA signal cleavage at 5′ UTR
- ↑ ScienceAlert: A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer's Again And Again
- ↑ Interesting Engineering: The likelihood of quark matter cores in massive neutron stars
- ↑ MSN: "Criminal Enterprise" Scientology Should Face RICO Charges, Danny Masterson Accusers Say – Update
- ↑ No reference given
- ↑ Data Pandas: Murder Rate by Country
- ↑ World Population Review: Wealth Inequality by Country 2024
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]