SGU Episode 841

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SGU Episode 841
August 21st 2021
SGU 840	SGU 842
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
Quote of the Week
The goal of science is to make the wonderful and complex understandable and simple – but not less wonderful.
Herbert A. Simon, American economist, political scientist and cognitive psychologist
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Introduction

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

News Items

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Science or Fiction (1:29:37)

Answer	Item
Fiction	saturn has a rocky core
Science	auditory cortex's process
Science	covid college drinking

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Steve	win

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Jay	saturn has a rocky core
Bob	auditory cortex's process
Evan	saturn has a rocky core
Cara	saturn has a rocky core
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Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Item #1: Neuroscientists find that the auditory cortex processes linguistic and non-linguistic sound in parallel, rather than serial hierarchical processing as previously believed.
Item #2: A study of seismic activity within Saturn that ripples through its gas layers indicates that Saturn has a large, mostly solid rocky core.
Item #3: A new survey finds that alcohol drinking among college students actually decreased during the COVID pandemic.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

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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