SGU Episode 949
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SGU Episode 949 |
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September 16th 2023 |
Sci-fi futuristic robot |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Guest |
CH: Christian Hubicki, |
Quote of the Week |
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. |
Isaac Asimov, American writer |
Links |
Download Podcast |
Show Notes |
Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Guest Rogue
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Dragon Con reflections (3:25)
Steve on the UFO panel (7:43)
Special Report: The Future of Robots (19:43)
Live from Dragon Con 2023 (40:26)
Christian and Robotics (45:19)
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Exploding Batteries to Deorbit Satellites (49:10)
Dark Stars (58:10)
AI Drone Racing (1:08:15)
Settling Mars (1:16:59)
- Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims [4]
Stress Patches (1:27:32)
Science or Fiction (1:32:39)
Theme: Robotics
Item #1: According to the International Federation of Robotics, in 2023 there are 35 million industrial robots, and 43 million service robots worldwide.* [6]
Item #2: The first robot-assisted surgery was in Vancouver in 1984, with the Arthrobot, which assisted in arthroscopic procedures.[7]
Item #3: Arguably the oldest robots include water-powered, clock-driven figurines dating from 3,000 BCE, and a steam-powered pigeon that could actually fly, dating from 400 BCE.[8]* The shownotes page for this episode on the SGU website did not have a link for any article to be referenced for this item.
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | 35/43M robots worldwide |
Science | Robot-assisted surgery |
Science | Oldest robots |
Host | Result |
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Steve | sweep |
Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Robot-assisted surgery |
Jay | Robot-assisted surgery |
Bob | Oldest robots |
Christian | Robot-assisted surgery |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Jay's Response
Bob's Response
Christian's Response
Audience's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:12)
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
– Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American writer and professor of biochemistry
Signoff
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
(applause)
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
- ↑ TS2: Using Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions to Deorbit Satellites
- ↑ Scientific American: JWST Might Have Spotted the First Dark Matter Stars
- ↑ Nature: Champion-level drone racing using deep reinforcement learning
- ↑ Live Science: Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims
- ↑ Yahoo Life: Is Meghan Markle's stress patch legit? Here's what experts say.
- ↑ International Federation of Robotics (IFR): IFR Presents World Robotics Report 2022
- ↑ Surgrob Blog: World's First Surgical Robot
- ↑ Ancient Origins: The Steam-Powered Pigeon of Archytas – The Flying Machine of Antiquity
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]