SGU Episode 854
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| SGU Episode 854 | |
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| November 20th 2021 | |
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| SGU 853 | SGU 855 |
| Skeptical Rogues | |
| S: Steven Novella | |
| B: Bob Novella | |
| C: Cara Santa Maria | |
| J: Jay Novella | |
| E: Evan Bernstein | |
| Guest | |
| GH: George Grab, American musician & podcaster | |
| Quote of the Week | |
| Trust in science has a critical role to play with respect to increasing public support for science funding, enhancing science education, and separating trustworthy from untrustworthy sources. However, trust in science does not fix all evils and can create susceptibility to pseudoscience if trusting means not being critical. | |
| Dolores Albarracín, American psychologist | |
| Links | |
| Download Podcast | |
| Show Notes | |
| Forum Topic | |
Introduction[edit]
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Saturday, September 4, 2021, and this is your host, Steven Novella. (applause) Joining me this week are Bob Novella...
B: Hey, everybody!
S: Cara Santa Maria...
C: Howdy.
S: Jay Novella...
J: Hey, guys.
S: ...and Evan Bernstein.
E: Hello, everyone!
S: And, we have a special in-studio guest with us, George Hrab!
COVID-19 Update (6:59)[edit]
News Items[edit]
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B:
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J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Kilometers-Long Spaceship (14:00)[edit]
Social Media and Kids (25:05)[edit]
Trust in Science (38:39)[edit]
Embryo Research (59:01)[edit]
Bionic Arms (1:08:25)[edit]
Quickie with Bob: Caves on Mars (1:15:00)[edit]
Mystery Quotes (1:18:27)[edit]
Science or Fiction (1:22:35)[edit]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | yuzu largest culinary fruit |
| Science | jabuticaba berries |
| Science | pawpaw: rotting flesh, neurotoxic |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Bob | yuzu largest culinary fruit |
Jay | yuzu largest culinary fruit |
George | jabuticaba berries |
Cara | yuzu largest culinary fruit |
Evan | yuzu largest culinary fruit |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Fruit
Item #1: Jabuticaba berries, native to Brazil, are the size of plums but taste like grapes and grow directly on the trunk of the jabuticaba tree.[6]
Item #2: The pawpaw is a sought-after tropical fruit relative native to the eastern United States with flowers that smell like rotting flesh and fruit that contains a high concentration of neurotoxin.[7][8]
Item #3: The Yuzu is an Asian tree fruit that is the largest culinary fruit in the world, with long tubular fruit weighing over 80 pounds.[9]
Bob's Response[edit]
Jay's Response[edit]
George's Response[edit]
Cara's Response[edit]
Evan's Response[edit]
Listeners' Top Response[edit]
Steve Explains Item #1[edit]
Steve Explains Item #2[edit]
Steve Explains Item #3[edit]
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:31:32)[edit]
Trust in science has a critical role to play with respect to increasing public support for science funding, enhancing science education and separating trustworthy from untrustworthy sources. However, trust in science does not fix all evils and can create susceptibility to pseudoscience if trusting means not being critical.
– Dolores Albarracín, director of the Science of Science Communication Division and the Social Action Lab at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Signoff/Announcements (1:33:30)[edit]
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[edit]
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[10]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Phys.org: China wants to build a spaceship that's kilometers long
- ↑ Discover: Please, Please Like Me! Social Media Poses Unique Danger to Kids, Experts Say
- ↑ Neurologica: Trust in Science May Lead to Pseudoscience
- ↑ Nature: What’s next for lab-grown human embryos?
- ↑ Neurologica: Bionic Arms
- ↑ NatGeo: What are jabuticaba berries? Six things you need to know
- ↑ Cornell CALS: Pawpaw – A "Tropical" Fruit for Temperate Climates
- ↑ Neurotoxicology: Annonacin in Asimina triloba fruit: implication for neurotoxicity
- ↑ White on Rice Couple: What is Yuzu Citrus? Japanese Lemon?
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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