SGU Episode 538
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| SGU Episode 538 |
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| October 31st 2015 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()
- Alice Hamilton: Was a pathologist who was instrumental in causing sweeping changes in the safety of people exposed to dangerous industrial metals and chemical compounds in the workplace.
News Items
Red Meat and Cancer ()
Mega Poop ()
Tractor Beam ()
Whole Body Cryotherapy ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: 3D Printer
What's the Word ()
- Canonical
Questions and Emails ()
Interview with Dr. Dean Edell ()
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: New evidence supports the theory that climatic change, specifically progressive desertification, was largely responsible for the extinction of Australian megafauna about 30 thousand years ago. Item #2: New research finds that humans can subconsciously hear a sound delay as brief as 40ms and use that delay to judge the distance of objects. Item #3: Researchers find that the electric eel uses short runs of electrical pulses to cause the muscles of fish prey to contract, thereby giving away their location.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
"Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics." - Steven Pinker
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