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=== Next trip: Solar Eclipse 2024 ===
=== Next trip: Solar Eclipse 2024 <small>(15:22)</small>===


{{w|Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|_text_about_eclipse_}}
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== Book Update <small>(16:42)</small>==


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* [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/european-space-chief-says-continent-will-lead-in-space-based-solar-power/ Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power]<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/european-space-chief-says-continent-will-lead-in-space-based-solar-power/ Ars Technica: Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power]</ref>
   
   
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=== Theory of Decision-Making <small>(32:43)</small> ===
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* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-decision-making/ Do We Need a New Theory of Decision Making?]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-decision-making/ Neurologica: Do We Need a New Theory of Decision Making?]</ref>


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SGU Episode 894
August 27th 2022
894 italy trip.jpg

SGU book goes to Italy

SGU 893                      SGU 895

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

Quote of the Week

What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist & anthropologist

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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Steve's family vacation to Italy

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Next trip: Solar Eclipse 2024 (15:22)

_text_about_eclipse_

Book Update (16:42)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Space-Based Solar Power (19:29)

Theory of Decision-Making (32:43)

Urban Crops (52:29)

Protons Have Charm (1:02:07)

Who's That Noisy? (1:11:26)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Synthesizing human voice by successively adding overtones


New Noisy (1:18:57)

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short_text_from_transcript

Announcements (1:20:09)

Dumbest Thing of the Week (1:21:44)

Science or Fiction (1:26:49)

Theme: Florence, Italy

Item #1: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was named after the city of her birth, Florence, Italy.[5]
Item #2: When the Nazis were fleeing Italy during WWII, Hitler ordered all the bridges of Florence to be destroyed to slow the Allied advance. However, the private tasked with setting the charges on the Ponte Vecchio deliberately failed to make a proper connection, sparing the bridge.[6]
Item #3: In 1527 anti-Medici rioters dropped a bench from a parapet, striking Michelangelo’s David and breaking off his left arm in three pieces.[7]

Answer Item
Fiction Nazi private saved bridge
Science Nightingale's namesake
Science
Rioters broke m.b.'s David
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Cara
 Nazi private saved bridge
Bob
 Rioters broke m.b.'s David
Jay
 Nazi private saved bridge

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
– Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist & anthropologist (1825-1895), English biologist & anthropologist

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.

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Today I Learned

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

References

  1. ↑ Ars Technica: Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power
  2. ↑ Neurologica: Do We Need a New Theory of Decision Making?
  3. ↑ American Geophysical Union: Urban crops can have higher yields than conventional farming
  4. ↑ Space.com: Weird quantum experiment shows protons have more 'charm' than we thought
  5. ↑ Wikipedia: Florence Nightingale
  6. ↑ (No link! This is the fiction item.)
  7. ↑ Ponte Commedia: David's Broken Arm
  8. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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