SGU Episode 945

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SGU Episode 945
August 19th 2023
One of the five large antennas, called Deep Space Stations (DSS), at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, part of the NASA Deep Space Network. The DSS-43 antenna is the only antenna on Earth that can send commands to Voyager 2.
SGU 944                      SGU 946
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
Brian Greene, American theoretical physicist
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Introduction, Cara's dissertation, Maui wildfires

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

News Items

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E:

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

Deep Space Network (6:49)

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Identifying Misinformation (19:00)

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Regret and Gender Affirming Care (49:07)

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Localizing Hidden Consciousness (1:01:32)

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Ice Baths (1:18:37)

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Who's That Noisy? (1:29:15)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Bread crackling out of the oven

New Noisy (1:36:23)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

what this week's Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:39:58)

Question_Email_Correction #1: _brief_description_

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Science or Fiction (1:41:23)

Theme: Medieval jesters Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve	clever

Rogue	Guess
Cara
Bob
Jay
Evan

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:58:03)

The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.  – Brian Greene (1962-present), American theoretical physicist and mathematician

Signoff (2:02:24)

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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