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== Introduction ==
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== COVID-19 Update <small>()</small> ==  
== COVID-19 Update <small>()</small> ==  
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/no-benefit-from-hydroxychloroquine-for-covid-19/ Neurologica: No Benefit from Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/no-benefit-from-hydroxychloroquine-for-covid-19/ Neurologica: No Benefit from Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19]</ref>


== News Items ==
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=== News Item 1 <small>()</small> ===
=== Online Symptom Checkers <small>()</small> ===
* [link URL publication: title]<ref>[url-from-news-item-show-notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/low-accuracy-in-online-symptom-checkers/ Neurologica: Low Accuracy in Online Symptom Checkers]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/low-accuracy-in-online-symptom-checkers/ Neurologica: Low Accuracy in Online Symptom Checkers]</ref>


=== News Item 2 <small>()</small> ===
=== Crewed Dragon <small>()</small> ===
* [link URL publication: title]<ref>[url-from-news-item-show-notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-one-week.html Space.com: SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA]<ref>[https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-one-week.html Space.com: SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA]</ref>


=== News Item 3 <small>()</small> ===
=== Robot Boots <small>()</small> ===
* [link URL publication: title]<ref>[url-from-news-item-show-notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://theconversation.com/robo-boot-concept-promises-50-faster-running-134105 The Conversation: Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running]<ref>[https://theconversation.com/robo-boot-concept-promises-50-faster-running-134105 The Conversation: Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running]</ref>


=== News Item 4 <small>()</small> ===
=== Small Modular Reactors <small>()</small> ===
* [link URL publication: title]<ref>[url-from-news-item-show-notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/us-department-energy-awards-two-advanced-reactor-projects-utilizing-bwrx-300-small GE: U.S. Department of Energy Awards Two Advanced Reactor Projects Utilizing the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Design]<ref>[https://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/us-department-energy-awards-two-advanced-reactor-projects-utilizing-bwrx-300-small GE: U.S. Department of Energy Awards Two Advanced Reactor Projects Utilizing the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Design]</ref>
 
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== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small> ==
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== Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups <small>()</small> ==
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=== Question/Email/Correction #1: [brief description] <small>()</small> ===
=== Email #1: V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai misinformation <small>()</small> ===
 
<blockquote><p style="line-height:125%">Could you PLEASE talk about this MIT Ph.D. that has been spreading misinformation about COVID?! This is the description to his latest FB live: "Dr. Shiva LIVE: Hydroxychloroquine - How It Works, Benefits and Side Effects. Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, MIT PhD in Biological Engineering, the Inventor of Email, world-renowned Systems Biologist, Innovator, Scientist will share the molecular systems biology of Hydroxycholorquine on how it works, its benefits and side effects." He also claims he invented email! - Gary W. Candido</p></blockquote>


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<blockquote>'''Theme: Bread'''<br>'''Item #1:''' The US Government banned presliced bread in 1943, but the ban lasted only several months due to widespread protest.<ref>[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/569606/time-us-government-banned-sliced-bread Mental Floss: The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' In the US some products sold as wheat bread are just white bread dyed brown with caramel coloring.<ref>[https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/brown-bread-vs-whole-wheat-9104.html SF Gate: Brown Bread Vs. Whole Wheat]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' A “baker’s dozen” is 13, originally used as a marketing ploy, as 13 is prime and cannot be easily divided, encouraging purchase of the full “dozen.”<ref>[https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/Bakers-dozen.html The meaning and origin of the expression: Baker's dozen]</ref></blockquote>
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SGU Episode 776
May 23rd 2020
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SGU 775                      SGU 777

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

DC: David Cheeseman, CISSP

Quote of the Week

Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.

Ada Lovelace, early computer programmer

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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.


COVID-19 Update ()

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Online Symptom Checkers ()

Crewed Dragon ()

Robot Boots ()

Small Modular Reactors ()

Who's That Noisy? ()

  • Answer to last week’s Noisy: Pet Fox Steals Phone[6]

New Noisy ()

[brief, vague description of Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

Email #1: V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai misinformation ()

Could you PLEASE talk about this MIT Ph.D. that has been spreading misinformation about COVID?! This is the description to his latest FB live: "Dr. Shiva LIVE: Hydroxychloroquine - How It Works, Benefits and Side Effects. Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, MIT PhD in Biological Engineering, the Inventor of Email, world-renowned Systems Biologist, Innovator, Scientist will share the molecular systems biology of Hydroxycholorquine on how it works, its benefits and side effects." He also claims he invented email! - Gary W. Candido

Science or Fiction ()

Answer Item
Fiction Baker's dozen
Science Presliced ban
Science
Dyed brown
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
David
 Dyed brown
Bob
 Dyed brown
Evan
 Dyed brown
Jay
 Baker's dozen
Cara
 Baker's dozen

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Bread
Item #1: The US Government banned presliced bread in 1943, but the ban lasted only several months due to widespread protest.[7]
Item #2: In the US some products sold as wheat bread are just white bread dyed brown with caramel coloring.[8]
Item #3: A “baker’s dozen” is 13, originally used as a marketing ploy, as 13 is prime and cannot be easily divided, encouraging purchase of the full “dozen.”[9]

David's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #_n_

Steve Explains Item #_n_

Steve Explains Item #_n_

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.
– Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

Signoff/Announcements ()

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[10]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ Neurologica: No Benefit from Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
  2. ↑ Neurologica: Low Accuracy in Online Symptom Checkers
  3. ↑ Space.com: SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA
  4. ↑ The Conversation: Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running
  5. ↑ GE: U.S. Department of Energy Awards Two Advanced Reactor Projects Utilizing the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Design
  6. ↑ This Sneaky Fox Steals A Woman’s Phone, Runs Away While It’s Still Recording, Tries To Bury It
  7. ↑ Mental Floss: The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread
  8. ↑ SF Gate: Brown Bread Vs. Whole Wheat
  9. ↑ The meaning and origin of the expression: Baker's dozen
  10. ↑ [url-for-TIL publication: title]

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