SGU Episode 960

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SGU Episode 960
December 2nd 2023
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SGU 959                      SGU 961
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
John Dewey, American philosopher
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction

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

Quickie with _Rogue_ (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News Items

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J:

E:

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

News_Item_1 (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_2 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_3 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_4 ()

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News_Item_5 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Who's That Noisy? (1:20:33)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Ridged Navi trap scout locator _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:23:38)

[Deep, airy pulses]

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:26:25)

Question_Email_Correction #1: _brief_description_ ()

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Science or Fiction (1:35:06)

Theme: Mushrooms 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	win

Rogue	Guess
Evan
Bob
Cara
Jay

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:52:26)

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.  – John Dewey (1859-1952), American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

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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