SGU Episode 966
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| SGU Episode 966 |
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| January 13th 2024 |
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Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal: a particularly active sun will make for spectacular viewing and science opportunities [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
I'm not sure why I enjoy debunking. Part of it surely is amusement over the follies of true believers, and partly because attacking bogus science is a painless way to learn good science… Another reason for debunking is that bad science contributes to the steady dumbing down of our nation. Crude beliefs get transmitted to political leaders and the result is considerable damage to society. |
Martin Gardner, American mathematician |
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Introduction, winter sicknesses[edit]
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Dumbest Thing of the Week (9:22)[edit]
- [url_from_show_notes _article_title_][2]
News Items[edit]
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Dual Sympathetic Reset (17:10)[edit]
Peregrine Moon Mission (29:27)[edit]
Solar Eclipse (36:44)[edit]
Boy Beats Tetris (57:17)[edit]
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Who's That Noisy? (1:12:43)[edit]
New Noisy (1:15:46)[edit]
[Echoey squeaking with some musicality?]
Announcements (1:16:26)[edit]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:18:15)[edit]
Email #1: Dimensional Weight[edit]
Science or Fiction (1:21:45)[edit]
Theme: Positive global trends Item #1: Cigarette smoking has decreased dramatically among US teens between 1991 and 2021, with daily use declining from 9.8% in 1991 to 0.6% in 2021, a greater than 16-fold decline.[6]
Item #2: The global literacy rate has almost tripled since 1990, from around 30% to 89%.[7]
Item #3: Extreme poverty is on the decline – there are over a billion fewer people living below the international poverty line today than in 1990.[8]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Global literacy rate tripled |
| Science | US teen cigarette smoking |
| Science | Extreme poverty declining |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | swept |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Bob | Global literacy rate tripled |
Evan | Global literacy rate tripled |
Cara | Global literacy rate tripled |
Jay | Global literacy rate tripled |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
E: "Good news everyone!"
S: (in Professor Farnsworth voice) "Good news, everyone!"
Bob's Response
Evan's Response
Cara's Response
Jay's Response
Steve Explains Item #1[edit]
Steve Explains Item #2[edit]
Steve Explains Item #3[edit]
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:00)[edit]
I'm not sure why I enjoy debunking. Part of it surely is amusement over the follies of true believers, and partly because attacking bogus science is a painless way to learn good science… Another reason for debunking is that bad science contributes to the steady dumbing down of our nation. Crude beliefs get transmitted to political leaders and the result is considerable damage to society.
– Martin Gardner (1914-2010), American mathematician
Signoff[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[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Science News: Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal
- ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
- ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Dual Sympathetic Reset for PTSD
- ↑ NASA: Peregrine Mission 1 (TO2-AB)
- ↑ IFL Science: 13-Year-Old Boy Becomes The Only Human To Ever Complete Tetris
- ↑ Ochsner Journal: Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among United States Adolescents
- ↑ Statista: Global adult literacy rate aged 15 years and older from 1976 to 2022 by gender
- ↑ Our World in Data: Poverty
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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