SGU Episode 971
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SGU Episode 971 |
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February 17th 2024 |
"The Future Circular Collider (FCC) study has looked into various collider designs, envisaging a research infrastructure housed within a 100km underground tunnel. This ambitious project is promising a physics program that will take high energy research into the next century." [1] |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
G: George Hrab |
Quote of the Week |
Starving brains can hallucinate, but even well-fed minds can convince themselves they feel something that simply isn't there. |
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Show Notes |
Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Pennsylvania and Lent
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
George's concert; D&D (3:40)
Quickie with Bob: Metalenses (10:05)
- Engineers make the largest metalens ever[2]
(Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)
News Items
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B:
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Flow Batteries (12:17)
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Green Roofs (31:48)
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- Green roofs save energy in cities and fight regional climate change[5]
(Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)
LEGO MRI Scanner (42:16)
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- The LEGO Foundation to donate LEGO® MRI Scanners to hospitals globally[7]
(Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)
Mayo Clinic and Reiki (49:25)
- Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki[9]
(Note: Mayo Clinic Press quickly took down the article "My journey from energy work skeptic to Reiki practitioner", even before it could be archived online)
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The Circular Collider (1:03:44)
B:...as in meatballs...
Who's That Noisy? (1:18:34)
New Noisy (1:26:13)
[whopping, laser-like shots/wobbling sounds]
J:...what this week's Noisy is
Announcements (1:26:54)
Name That Logical Fallacy (1:30:24)
- _Fallacy_Topic_Event_
Science or Fiction (1:36:55)
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | Billboards = highest crash risk |
Science | Elderly more vulnerable |
Science | Corrective statements |
Host | Result |
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Steve | clever |
Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Corrective statements |
Bob | Billboards = highest crash risk |
Jay | Elderly more vulnerable |
George | Billboards = highest crash risk |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
George's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Trusting the data in Bethlehem, PA (1:54:34)
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:59:06)
Starving brains can hallucinate, but even well-fed minds can convince themselves they can feel something which simply isn't there.
– Template:Jonathan Jarry, Canadian science communicator, McGill University Office for Science and Society
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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[13]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Universe Today: CERN Wants to Build an Enormous New Atom Smasher: the Future Circular Collider
- ↑ Chemical & Engineering News: Engineers make the largest metalens ever
- ↑ Neurologica: Flow Batteries – Now With Nanofluids
- ↑ University of New South Wales: Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy
- ↑ Nature Cities: Green roofs save energy in cities and fight regional climate change
- ↑ My Modern Met: LEGO MRI Scanner Sets Are Donated to Hospitals To Help Children Cope With These Procedures
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 LEGO: The LEGO Foundation to donate LEGO® MRI Scanners to hospitals globally
- ↑ Hearing Like Me: LEGO adds minifigure with a hearing aid
- ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki
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