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J: So that was apparently a problem with the original lipstick formula, right? It just wore off very quickly? | J: So that was apparently a problem with the original lipstick formula, right? It just wore off very quickly? | ||
R: Yeah and some lipsticks today too. There's differences in different lipsticks but yeah and she said at the time that she was partially inspired by the fact that at the time, women were entering the workforce in droves and she thought that it would be important for them to not have to constantly have to worry about reapplying their lipstick throughout the day when they're at the office or the factory or wherever they might be. So yeah. That's why she did it and it sold for a dollar a tube and her company did extremely well. Unfortunately she was forced out of her own company just a couple of years later and luckily though | R: Yeah and some lipsticks today too. There's differences in different lipsticks but yeah and she said at the time that she was partially inspired by the fact that at the time, women were entering the workforce in droves and she thought that it would be important for them to not have to constantly have to worry about reapplying their lipstick throughout the day when they're at the office or the factory or wherever they might be. So yeah. That's why she did it and it sold for a dollar a tube and her company did extremely well. Unfortunately she was forced out of her own company just a couple of years later and luckily though she went on to do a bunch of other cool stuff. She was obviously super smart and very adaptable. And so she, from there she became a financial analyst for companies who were interested in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. | ||
J: Multi-talented. | |||
R: Yeah and then later, in 1978, she left Wall Street and she took a job teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York where she taught about chemistry and cosmetology. | |||
S: Where NECSS is held, at least this year and probably last year. | |||
R: That's right, yeah. | |||
J: She sounds awesome. | |||
R: She was pretty awesome. | |||
S: Rebecca, I understand your soft spot for successful scientific women, but you did pass over a lot of really cool stuff for August 17. | |||
R: Such as? | |||
E: Here we go. | |||
S: You want me to list some things? Well it's also the birthday of Thomas Hodgkin who discovered {{w|Hodgkin's lymphoma}}, a cancer. | |||
J: Yeah but if he didn't discover it then nobody would have it today so I think he's a jerk. | |||
S: Pierre de Fermat, Fermat's last theorem? Come on. | |||
E: Oh yeah. | |||
S: A lot of probing and space exploration going on on August 17th. | |||
R: Also Paul Camera who I was considering talking about because he is one of the guys who claimed to have scientific evidence to prove {{w|Lamarckian inheritance}}. The reason why I didn't choose it as the main item is because it's kind of depressing. He was accused of dummying his results and he later got depressed and shot himself. So. | |||
J: Yikes. | |||
E: Wow. | |||
S: That is depressing. | |||
== News Items == | == News Items == | ||
=== Near Death Experiences Explained <small>()</small>=== | === Near Death Experiences Explained <small>(4:58)</small>=== | ||
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23672150 | * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23672150 | ||
S: Alright well Jay, apparently there was a study recently which has explained once and for all near death experiences. | |||
J: Oh come on. I wouldn't say once and for all. This would probably be one of the | |||
=== TV Watching <small>()</small>=== | === TV Watching <small>()</small>=== | ||
* http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/08/10/study-childrens-poor-motor-social-skills-linked-to-too-much-television-watching/ | * http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/08/10/study-childrens-poor-motor-social-skills-linked-to-too-much-television-watching/ | ||
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| SGU Episode 422 |
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| 17th August 2013 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
It’s funny when people accuse science of being narrow merely because it asks for proof. Science expanded the number of elements from four to over 100. It expanded treatment options from bloodletting, herbs and purgatives to the untold riches we have today. It expanded the universe from a series of armillary spheres to the current, nigh-endless void. It expanded the number of worlds from two to billions upon billions. It expanded the age of the universe from 7,000 to 13.5 billion. Science expanded our senses from a tiny range of sound and light to an endless modulation of wavelengths revealing whole worlds we knew nothing about. It extended our senses from millimeters to angstroms, from kilometers to light years. Science discovered volcanoes under the oceans, terrible lizards who ruled our murine predecessors, asteroids that shattered the world, glaciers that circled the globe, the origins of man in ape rather than god. Science exposed the lie of vitalism, extended lives, cured cancer, discovered vitamins, discovered radiation (then found it was bad for us). And in the last group of discoveries, quacks were poised to kill the discoveries and loot their corpses. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S: Hello and welcome to he Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Today is Wednesday August 14th 2013 and this is your host Steven Novella. joining me this week are Rebecca Watson.
R: Hello everyone.
S: Jay Novella.
J: Hey Guys.
S: And Evan Bernstein.
E: Good evening everybody.
J: Hey Ev.
R: Where's Bob?
S: Bob is apparently busy with work. Occasionally he has to work through the night on, he calls it "deploy" I guess they're getting a software package out there and he's got to be available to do it.
E: Wow that CIA terminology is very...
S: Yeah. I'm sure it's code for something nefarious. And we just couldn't move the record day this week, we were just locked in, so.
J: To substitute for Bob we're going to have my son Dylan. Now hold on I'll turn on his baby monitor so he can join us.
(cooing noise)
J: You hear that? Alright he's very skeptical about many things.
R: And just about as concise as bob.
J: Exactly (laughs).
S: And more coherent.
R: Aw.
J: And he doesn't talk as long.
This Day in Skepticism (1:12)
- August 17: Birthday of Hazel Bishop, chemist who invented long-lasting lipstick http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bishop.html
R: Hey, happy birthday to Hazel Gladys Bishop.
J: Hazel!
R: Hazel, born August 17th 1906. Have you guys ever heard of Hazel Bishop.
S: Not until tonight.
E: Uh, yeah.
J: Never.
R: Neither had I.
E: Neither has anyone.
R: Bishop was a chemist and she started her career working for oil companies. She actually, apparently she helped discover the cause of "deposits affecting superchargers of aircraft engines" during World War 2. But after World War 2, she decided to go into the cosmetics industry in her kitchen which she refitted as a lab, she developed the world's first long-lasting lipstick.
S: Wow.
R: She found the formula for lipstick that would actually dye your lips the colour that you wanted instead of just smearing stuff on top of them.
E: How long is long-lasting?
R: Well just the kind that doesn't immediately wipe off on glasses and men's collars, things like that.
J: So that was apparently a problem with the original lipstick formula, right? It just wore off very quickly?
R: Yeah and some lipsticks today too. There's differences in different lipsticks but yeah and she said at the time that she was partially inspired by the fact that at the time, women were entering the workforce in droves and she thought that it would be important for them to not have to constantly have to worry about reapplying their lipstick throughout the day when they're at the office or the factory or wherever they might be. So yeah. That's why she did it and it sold for a dollar a tube and her company did extremely well. Unfortunately she was forced out of her own company just a couple of years later and luckily though she went on to do a bunch of other cool stuff. She was obviously super smart and very adaptable. And so she, from there she became a financial analyst for companies who were interested in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
J: Multi-talented.
R: Yeah and then later, in 1978, she left Wall Street and she took a job teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York where she taught about chemistry and cosmetology.
S: Where NECSS is held, at least this year and probably last year.
R: That's right, yeah.
J: She sounds awesome.
R: She was pretty awesome.
S: Rebecca, I understand your soft spot for successful scientific women, but you did pass over a lot of really cool stuff for August 17.
R: Such as?
E: Here we go.
S: You want me to list some things? Well it's also the birthday of Thomas Hodgkin who discovered Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer.
J: Yeah but if he didn't discover it then nobody would have it today so I think he's a jerk.
S: Pierre de Fermat, Fermat's last theorem? Come on.
E: Oh yeah.
S: A lot of probing and space exploration going on on August 17th.
R: Also Paul Camera who I was considering talking about because he is one of the guys who claimed to have scientific evidence to prove Lamarckian inheritance. The reason why I didn't choose it as the main item is because it's kind of depressing. He was accused of dummying his results and he later got depressed and shot himself. So.
J: Yikes.
E: Wow.
S: That is depressing.
News Items
Near Death Experiences Explained (4:58)
S: Alright well Jay, apparently there was a study recently which has explained once and for all near death experiences.
J: Oh come on. I wouldn't say once and for all. This would probably be one of the
TV Watching ()
Labor and Autism ()
Magenta Planet ()
Spontaneous Baby Combustion ()
Special Report: Onionated ()
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week: Richard Feynman
Name That Logical Fallacy ()
Clinical observation by experienced practitioners with a discerning mind frequently occurs decades before the sheep mentality of specific collective academic fraternities is able to satisfy itself with these new theories.
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new study finds that medical testimonials that contain irrelevant information may lead to inappropriate medical decision making. Item #2: A recent study finds that listening to an emotional sermon can induce an out-of-body experience in susceptible people. Item #3: A new paper warns against “chemophobia,” the irrational fear of the ubiquitous and non-toxic chemicals found in our food and environment.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
It’s funny when people accuse science of being narrow merely because it asks for proof. Science expanded the number of elements from four to over 100. It expanded treatment options from bloodletting, herbs and purgatives to the untold riches we have today. It expanded the universe from a series of armillary spheres to the current, nigh-endless void. It expanded the number of worlds from two to billions upon billions. It expanded the age of the universe from 7,000 to 13.5 billion. Science expanded our senses from a tiny range of sound and light to an endless modulation of wavelengths revealing whole worlds we knew nothing about. It extended our senses from millimeters to angstroms, from kilometers to light years. Science discovered volcanoes under the oceans, terrible lizards who ruled our murine predecessors, asteroids that shattered the world, glaciers that circled the globe, the origins of man in ape rather than god. Science exposed the lie of vitalism, extended lives, cured cancer, discovered vitamins, discovered radiation (then found it was bad for us). And in the last group of discoveries, quacks were poised to kill the discoveries and loot their corpses.
J: William Lawrence Utridge!
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