SGU Episode 955

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SGU Episode 955
October 28th 2023
Artist illustration of the black hole M87* wobbling on its axis. (Image credit: Yuzhu Cui et al. 2023, Intouchable Lab@Openverse and Zhejiang Lab)
SGU 954                      SGU 956
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
This is the age of health misinformation. It is everywhere. It is in our social media feeds, promoted by celebrities and influencers, and permeates the legacy news media. We are bombarded with advertisements pushing unsupported therapies and practices. Health misinformation has also worked its way into TV shows, movies, and books. And, increasingly, it is embraced and promoted by prominent politicians.
Jonathan Stea and Stephen Hupp, Canadian and American clinical psychologists, resp.
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Introduction, Bob's Haunt, safe chocolate

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

What's the Word? (8:48)

• Word_Topic_Concept

News Items

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C:

J:

E:

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

Age of the Moon (13:09)

• Age of the Moon Revised

CVS and Homeopathy (27:38)

• CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they’re useless

Black Holes Do Spin (36:35)

• Scientists just proved that 'monster' black hole M87 is spinning — confirming Einstein’s relativity yet again

Paranormal Investigators and Police (50:50)

• Texas paranormal investigator helped investigate a Schertz murder case

Human Epoch (56:54)

• Analysis supports demarcation of new epoch characterized by human impact on planet

Who's That Noisy? (1:04:34)

Answer to previous Noisy:

_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:08:02)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

what this weeks Who's That Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Email #1: Driverless Cars (1:09:37)

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Email #2: Home Air Filters (1:19:19)

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Science or Fiction (1:21:40)

Item #1: A new study finds that interactions on Zoom have essentially the same brain activity typical of social interaction and facial processing as face-to-face interactions. Item #2: Researchers have developed and tested "acoustic touch" glasses that convert visual information to sonic information to assist people who are blind or have low vision. Item #3: A new model finds that adding crushed rock to global agricultural soil would result in the removal of 215 billion tons of carbon dioxide over the next 75 years (the equivalent of almost 6 years of CO2 at current levels).

Answer	Item
Fiction	Zoom vs F2F interactions
Science	"acoustic touch" glasses
Science	Crushed rock CO2 removal

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Cara	Zoom vs F2F interactions
Jay	Zoom vs F2F interactions
Evan	Zoom vs F2F interactions
Bob	Crushed rock CO2 removal

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:36:29)

This is the age of health misinformation. It is everywhere. It is in our social media feeds, promoted by celebrities and influencers, and permeates the legacy news media. We are bombarded with advertisements pushing unsupported therapies and practices. Health misinformation has also worked its way into TV shows, movies, and books. And, increasingly, it is embraced and promoted by prominent politicians.  – Jonathan Stea and Stephen Hupp, Canadian and American clinical psychologists, resp., from Investigating Clinical Psychology: Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies

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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