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== Name That Logical Fallacy <small>()</small> ==
== Name That Logical Fallacy <small>()</small> ==
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<blockquote>'''Item #1:''' In the first instance of honey bees using a tool, they have been found to deliberately cover their nest entrance with animal feces in order to repel giant hornets.<ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/honeybees-use-tools-dung-repels-giant-hornets NatGeo: Honeybees found using tools, in a first—to repel giant hornet attacks]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' In a new study of canine language ability, dogs demonstrated the ability to differentiate even words that differ by a single phoneme.<ref>[https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-may-not-actually-understand-us-as-much-we-think-brain-scans-reveal ScienceAlert: Dogs Probably Don't Understand Us as Well as We Think, Brain Scans Reveal]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' In a breakthrough study, a genetic therapy for an inherited mitochondrial eye disorder found that injecting the gene vector into one eye improved vision in both eyes.<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262327-gene-therapy-injected-in-one-eye-can-travel-to-the-other-eye/ NewScientist: Gene therapy injected in one eye can travel to the other eye]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Item #1:''' In the first instance of honey bees using a tool, they have been found to deliberately cover their nest entrance with animal feces in order to repel giant hornets.<ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/honeybees-use-tools-dung-repels-giant-hornets NatGeo: Honeybees found using tools, in a first—to repel giant hornet attacks]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' In a new study of canine language ability, dogs demonstrated the ability to differentiate even words that differ by a single phoneme.<ref>[https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-may-not-actually-understand-us-as-much-we-think-brain-scans-reveal ScienceAlert: Dogs Probably Don't Understand Us as Well as We Think, Brain Scans Reveal]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' In a breakthrough study, a genetic therapy for an inherited mitochondrial eye disorder found that injecting the gene vector into one eye improved vision in both eyes.<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262327-gene-therapy-injected-in-one-eye-can-travel-to-the-other-eye/ NewScientist: Gene therapy injected in one eye can travel to the other eye]</ref></blockquote>


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=== Evan's Response ===


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=== Bob's Response ===


=== _Rogue_ Response ===
=== Jay's Response ===


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=== Steve Explains Item #1 ===


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=== Steve Explains Item #2 ===


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== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==

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SGU Episode 805
December 12th 2020
Yeager.jpg
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SGU 804                      SGU 806

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

That which parents should take care of (here) is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.

John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education


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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]

Chuck Yeager Dies at 97 ()

The Smellicopter ()

COVID Anti-Vaxxers ()

Are We Ready for Aliens ()

Who's That Noisy? ()

  • Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_ with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –

Question_Email_Correction #1: Protein Folding ()

Name That Logical Fallacy ()

  • More on "Slippery Slope"

Science or Fiction ()

Answer Item
Fiction Dog language ability
Science Honey bees use a tool
Science
Inherited eye disorder
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Dog language ability
Bob
 Dog language ability
Jay
 Inherited eye disorder
Cara
 Dog language ability

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Item #1: In the first instance of honey bees using a tool, they have been found to deliberately cover their nest entrance with animal feces in order to repel giant hornets.[5]
Item #2: In a new study of canine language ability, dogs demonstrated the ability to differentiate even words that differ by a single phoneme.[6]
Item #3: In a breakthrough study, a genetic therapy for an inherited mitochondrial eye disorder found that injecting the gene vector into one eye improved vision in both eyes.[7]

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

That which parents should take care of (here) is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
– John Locke (1632-1704), from Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description


References

  1. ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune: Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break the sound barrier, dies at 97
  2. ↑ Tech Xplore: 'The Smellicopter,' an obstacle-avoiding drone that uses a live moth antenna to seek out smells
  3. ↑ NYT: Anti-Vaccine Doctor Has Been Invited to Testify Before Senate Committee
  4. ↑ Neurologica: I Think We’re Ready for Aliens
  5. ↑ NatGeo: Honeybees found using tools, in a first—to repel giant hornet attacks
  6. ↑ ScienceAlert: Dogs Probably Don't Understand Us as Well as We Think, Brain Scans Reveal
  7. ↑ NewScientist: Gene therapy injected in one eye can travel to the other eye
  8. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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