SGU Episode 770

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SGU Episode 770
April 11th 2020
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SGU 769                      SGU 771
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
KPH: Kevin Peter Hand
Quote of the Week
Who are stakeholders in that heritage? That pretty much means every single person on earth. Everyone has some attachment to the moon.
Alice Gorman, Australian space archaeologist
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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

What’s the Word? ()

• Fomite

consider using block quotes for emails and definitions read aloud in this segment

News Items

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B:

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J:

E:

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

5G and COVID-19 ()

• Neurologica: COVID-19 Is Not Due to 5G

The TP Thing [rename?] ()

• Washington Post: Flushing out the true cause of the global toilet paper shortage amid coronavirus pandemic

Mining Space ()

• ZME Science: Trump gives signal for moon mining with new decree

Comet ATLAS ()

• Astronomy: Comet ATLAS may soon be visible to the naked eye

Who's That Noisy? ()

• Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

Interview with Kevin Peter Hand ()

• JPL Science: Kevin Peter Hand - Deputy Project Scientist, Europa

Science or Fiction ()

Answer	Item
Fiction	Childhood amnesia
Science	Fake crime memory
Science	True/false memory

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess
Jay
Bob
Evan
Cara

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

Theme: Memory
Item #1: In a 2015 study researchers were able to generate rich false memories of subjects having committed a crime in 70% of cases with just suggestive interviews.
Item #2: A recent study finds that subjects were no better than chance at identifying false memories from true memories in others.
Item #3: Infantile or childhood amnesia, the inability of adults to remember events prior to about 3 years of age, has been linked to the relative underdevelopment of language.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

Who are stakeholders in that heritage? That pretty much means every single person on earth. Everyone has some attachment to the moon.
– Alice Gorman, Australian space archaeologist

Signoff/Announcements ()

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
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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