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SGU Episode 899
October 1st 2022
899 nuclear rocket.jpg

Artist depiction of a nuclear rocket[1]

SGU 898                      SGU 900

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

TD: Tim Dodd, American science communicator

Quote of the Week

This job is a great scientific adventure.
But it's also a great human adventure. Mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very little compared to what we still have to know.

Fabiola Gianotti, Italian experimental particle physicist

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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Hurricane Ian, new SGU Book

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

Forgotten Superheroes of Science (14:37)

  • Raye Jean Montague, American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Are Fake Meats Sustainable? (19:39)

Why Go Back to the Moon? (38:08)

Interview with The Everyday Astronaut (53:10)

Science or Fiction (1:24:55)

Theme: Past Inventions that Utterly Failed

Item #1: In 1983, in response to the Sony Walkman craze, Audio Technica released the Sound Burger, a portable record player, complete with earbuds.[4]
Item #2: In 1981 a Swedish company marketed an all-plastic bicycle, the Itera, which turned out to be expensive to produce but failed mostly because the weak frame made it too wobbly to ride.[5]
Item #3: In the 1930s architect Buckminster Fuller designed a pre-fab house designed to be inexpensive, quick to build, and ecofriendly, made mostly out of waste cow bones from the beef industry.[6]
Item #4: In 1964, Claus Scholz of Vienna invented a phone-answering robot; however, its ability was limited to picking up and hanging up the phone.[7][8]

Answer Item
Fiction Cow bones pre fab house
Science Portable record player
Science
All-plastic bicycle
Science
Phone-answering robot
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 All-plastic bicycle
Bob
 Portable record player
Jay
 Cow bones pre fab house
Cara
 Cow bones pre fab house

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

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Cara's Response

Viewers' Responses

Steve Explains Item #4

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:32)

This job is a great scientific adventure. But it's also a great human adventure. Mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
– Fabiola Gianotti, Italian experimental particle physicist

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[9]
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Notes

References

  1. ↑ Popular Mechanics: NASA's Nuclear Thermal Engine Is a Blast From the Cold War Past
  2. ↑ Ars Technica: How sustainable are fake meats?
  3. ↑ Phys.org: Why go back to the Moon?
  4. ↑ Museum of Failure: Sound Burger – portable vinyl player
  5. ↑ Museum of Failure: Itera – the plastic bicycle
  6. ↑ Wikipedia: Dymaxion house
  7. ↑ British Pathé: Austria: Inventor Shows Robot "Servants"
  8. ↑ Cybernetic Zoo: 1957-73 – "MM6", "MM7 SELEKTOR" & "MM8 CONTINA" SELEKTOR – CLAUS SCHOLZ (AUSTRIAN)
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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