SGU Episode 952

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SGU Episode 952
October 7th 2023
This artist's rendering shows LuSEE-Night atop the Blue Ghost spacecraft scheduled to deliver the experiment to the far side of the Moon. (Firefly Aerospace)
SGU 951                      SGU 953
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
LM: Lars Martin, TRIUMF Canada's national particle accelerator centre physicist
Quote of the Week
Reality denied comes back to haunt.
Phillip K. Dick, American sci-fi writer
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Bob's Halloween season

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

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (4:59)

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (12:29)

• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Nobel Prize in Physics (23:57)

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

Radio Telescope on the Moon (34:39)

• Mission to Put a Radio Telescope on The Moon Planned to Launch in 2025
   (Note: The SciAlert article from the shownotes page sources the original UT article, which is a bit cleaner and has more multimedia.)

FEMA Alert Conspiracy (41:22)

• Anti-Vaxxers Think an Emergency Phone Alert Will Cause a Zombie Apocalypse

Who's That Noisy? (54:04)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Peter Popoff, American televangelist, charlatan, debunked clairvoyant, and faith healer

New Noisy (1:02:37)

[crackling/clacking, as of a track]

J:...what this week's Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:05:47)

Email #1: Red Dye and ADHD

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Interview with Lars Martin (1:14:49)

• Anti hydrogen experiments with Lars Martin, TRIUMF

  Canada's national particle accelerator centre

  physicist

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Science or Fiction (1:32:12)

Theme: The Nobel Prize Item #1: Four Nobel laureates won their award while they were imprisoned. Item #2: The 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Johannes Fibiger was the only one ever to be rescinded – he discovered that round worms cause cancer in mice and rats, but a mere three years after the award was given his findings were completely refuted. Item #3: The Following people never won a Nobel Prize: Dmitri Mendeleev, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Jules-Henri Poincaré, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Only Nobel rescinded
Science	Laureates from prison
Science	Surprising non-winners

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Evan	Only Nobel rescinded
Bob	Surprising non-winners
Jay	Only Nobel rescinded
Cara	Only Nobel rescinded

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:45)

Reality denied comes back to haunt.  – Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), American science fiction writer, from Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

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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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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