SGU Episode 929

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SGU Episode 929
April 29th 2023
"The second deepest blue hole in the world has been discovered off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The giant, underwater cavern is around 900 feet deep and spans 147,000 square feet."
SGU 928                      SGU 930
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
It would be useful if the concept of the umwelt were embedded in the public lexicon. It neatly captures that idea of limited knowledge, of unobtainable information, of unimagined possibilities.
David Eagleman, American neuroscientist
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Introduction, SGU almost turns 19, Changes in multimedia tech

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

News Items

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Starship Launch (5:07)

• How to watch SpaceX's 1st Starship space launch live online today (April 20)

False Belief Systems (20:52)

• The Key to Debunking False Beliefs Is by Addressing Underlying Belief Systems

Ashwagandha (39:08)

• Ashwagandha – An Herbal TikTok Sensation

The Evolution of Eukaryotes (55:09)

• Exploring metabolic compatibility as a possible limiting factor to prokayrotic endosymbioses

Blue Holes (1:06:38)

• Surprise discovery of world's 2nd deepest blue hole could provide window into Earth's history

Who's That Noisy? (1:12:52)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Bird call of a greater sage-grouse

New Noisy (1:1:56)

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:21:50)

Question #1: P-Values

When you all where talking about the full moon and suicide study last week kara said that “p-values as we know are pretty mean goes as they tell us a little bit more about the analysis than the actual (pause). That’s why effect sizes matter”. Could you please elaborate on this and the sentence kara stop herself from finishing accidentally? How are p values better for understanding the analysis and what are then effect sizes better for? This seems like a really important statistical concept to grasp for us skeptics so I wanted to ask this.
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Science or Fiction (1:29:53)

Theme: Artificial intelligence Item #1: Chat GPT-4 was able to pass the Uniform Bar Exam, scoring in the 90th percentile. Item #2: The US Copyright Office has issued guidance that registrants must disclose any AI-generated material in their work and it will not issue copyrights for content created using artificial intelligence software. Item #3: An amateur Go player, without any computer assistance, beat the best Go-playing AI in 14 out of 15 matches.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Amateur Go player vs AI
Science	Chat GPT-4's Bar Exam
Science	Copyrights for AI content

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Evan	Copyrights for AI content
Cara	Amateur Go player vs AI
Bob	Amateur Go player vs AI
Jay	Copyrights for AI content

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:48:40)

It would be useful if the concept of the umwelt were embedded in the public lexicon. It neatly captures that idea of limited knowledge, of unobtainable information, of unimagined possibilities  – David Eagleman (1971-present), American neuroscientist, Baylor College of Medicine

Signoff

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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