SGU Episode 956

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SGU Episode 956
November 4th 2023
Concept art example of a Generation Ship. Artist unknown.
SGU 955                      SGU 957
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
CH: Christian Hubicki, professor of Robotics
Quote of the Week
The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It's not that there's something new in our way of thinking – it's that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.
Carl Sagan, American astronomer
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Introduction, Live from DragonCon 2023

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

News Items

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

Augmented Reality Interactions (31:16)

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Recent Mission to the Moon (54:43)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Different Types of Mass (1:04:23)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Star May Become a Magnetar (1:15:11)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Special Report: Global Warming Policy (1:25:14)

Electric vehicles

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Science or Fiction (1:43:23)

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Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve	sweep

Rogue	Guess
Christian
Bob
Jay
Evan
Audience

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:55:50)

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

Robotics in 30 years, Signoff (1:57:36)

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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