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== Introduction ==<br />
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''<br />
== News Items <small>()</small> ==<br />
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=== Hucka-bee <small>()</small> ===<br />
* www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934276/posts<br/>www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=824<br/>www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=41<br/><br/><br/><br />
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=== Moonbeams in Arizona <small>()</small> ===<br />
* news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071205/sc_nm/moonbeams_dc_1;_ylt=AlH2J7H2OnC8mRO1ARi_KooE1vAI<br/><br/><br/><br />
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=== Chimps Smarter than Humans? <small>()</small> ===<br />
* news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7124156.stm<br/><br/><br/><br />
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=== Anti-vaccine propaganda on Youtube <small>()</small> ===<br />
* www.physorg.com/news116082504.html<br/><br />
== Questions and E-mails <small>()</small> ==<br />
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=== Stem Cell Con <small>()</small> ===<br />
<blockquote>A friend is getting adult stem cells to help with his elderly father. He is desperate so I can understand his willingness to try anything. I included the website listing below.<br/>I am almost certain it is a scam. Someone is trying to replace supplements with these 'stem cell' pills. Not sure if it is any better.<br/>Just curious if there are any papers or sites that might provide a more educated look at this stuff?<br/>Are there stem cell vendors like this popping up all over the country?<br/><br/>stemcell4wellness.org/product.html<br/><br/>Richard Perceful<br/>USA<br/><br/>www.mlmwatch.org/04C/Stemtech/stemtech.html<br/><br/><br/></blockquote><br />
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=== Information Theory <small>()</small> ===<br />
<blockquote>Someone recently posted this on another forum I frequent. I'm curious to know if anyone else here has read it, and what you think about it.<br/><br/>www.cosmicfingerprints.com/iidb.htm<br/><br/>It was difficult to read some of it, because the entire time I was reading I envisioned this guy pointing a finger and screaming at me. Also, I searched before I posted it; I'm sorry if this topic has been covered before.<br/><br/>Channel Lox<br/>From the SGU Forums<br/>skepchick.org/skepticsguide/viewtopic.php?p=147177#147177<br/></blockquote><br />
== Name That Logical Fallacy <small>()</small> ==<br />
* Logical Fallacies<br />
<blockquote>We humans must constantly be aware of the fallacy that 'correlation does mean causation'. Although I understand this fallacy, I'm not sure how the burden of proof is met. How do scientists prove causation? What burden of proof must one meet to satisfy skeptics and scientists?<br/><br/><br/>Brandon Putz<br/>Edwardsville, IL<br/></blockquote><br />
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== Interview with Lawrence Krauss <small>()</small> ==<br />
* www.phys.cwru.edu/~krauss/<br/><br/>www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/21/scicosmos121.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox<br/><br/>Director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University<br/><br/>Author of many popular books including:<br/>Fear of Physics<br/>The Physics of Star Trek<br/>Beyond Star Trek<br/>Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond<br/>Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond<br/><br />
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==<br />
Question #1: Contrary to prior belief, new evidence suggests that southwestern American indians were not introduced to alcohol by Europeans but were fermenting beer from corn for centuries prior to contact.<br />
Question #2: New research shows that young adults who have a close relationship with their parents are actually more independent.<br />
Question #3: New evidence suggests that silicon-based life formed on earth prior to organic life and may have served as a template for the first organic cells.<br />
== Skeptical Puzzle <small>()</small> ==<br />
<blockquote>This Week's Puzzle:<br/><br/>A person does the following things:<br/><br/>Tugs their ear<br/>Puts a pen in their mouth<br/>Passes gas<br/>Induces vomiting<br/>Pulls their tongue<br/>Simulates being drowned<br/>Presses a brass rod against their cheek<br/><br/>What are they trying to accomplish?<br/><br/><br/>Last Week's puzzle:<br/><br/>An enemy of scientology<br/>And a used car salesman to boot<br/>He developed a strange philosophy<br/>Of which Zen mastery was the root<br/><br/>Self-taught with no formal degree<br/>He changed his name, and ran from home<br/>Gullible masses made him rich, you see<br/>He fled the country with money to roam<br/><br/><br/>Answer: Werner Erhard<br/>Winner: Zam<br/></blockquote><br />
== Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==<br />
<blockquote>'No amount of experiments can ever prove me right; a single experiment may at anytime prove me wrong.'- Albert Einstein</blockquote><br />
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