SGU Episode 785
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| SGU Episode 785 |
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| July 25th 2020 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella
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| Quote of the Week |
Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality. |
Sheri S. Tepper, American novelist |
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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
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Human Curiosity ()
Twitter Bans QAnon ()
Uncuttable Material ()
Bunny "Ebola" ()
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: Yoshi vocalizations
New Noisy ()
[brief, vague description of Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()
Question #1: Shellenberger Letter ()
Science or Fiction ()
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| Fiction | Goosebumps |
| Science | Mammal brains |
| Science | Rock shape |
| Host | Result |
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| Rogue | Guess |
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Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Item #1: A new analysis of 130 mammalian species finds that brain overall connectivity and connection efficiency are conserved across all species tested.[6]
Item #2: Scientists have discovered that goosebumps are conserved in humans because they protect the skin from frostbite.[7]
Item #3: Researchers have found that the average shape of natural rock fragments is a cube.[8]
[Rogue’s] Response
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[Host] Explains [Item #]
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[Host] Explains [Item #]
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
– Sheri S. Tepper (1929-2016), American novelist
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[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ Live Science: Why are humans so curious?
- ↑ NBC News: Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown
- ↑ SciTechDaily: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable
- ↑ Popular Science: What to know about ‘Bunny Ebola,’ the rabbit virus sweeping the Southwest US
- ↑ Epoch Times: Environmentalist Issues Apology for Misleading 'Climate Alarmism'
- ↑ Nature: Conservation of brain connectivity and wiring across the mammalian class
- ↑ HSCRB: The real reason behind goosebumps
- ↑ PNAS: Plato’s cube and the natural geometry of fragmentation
- ↑ publication: [url-for-TIL title]
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