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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 238 - 2/3/2010
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, LLC - dedicated to promoting critical thinking, reason, and the public understanding of science through online and other media. The first episode of the SGU podcast went online on May 4th, 2005. It soon became a popular science/skeptical podcast, and remains one of the most popular science podcasts on iTunes.
SGU Podcasting Awards: SGU on XM: You can listen to the SGU on America's Talk XM 166 every Saturday night from 8-9pm Eastern.
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Podcast
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February 03, 2010
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Interview with Simon Conway Morris
News Items: Fusion Breakthrough, Andrew Wakefield Rebuked, Return of Death Cat
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Lady Gaga Illuminati
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Segment: Your Questions and E-mails
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Question #1 - Lady Gaga Illuminati
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Dear beloved rogues,
I heard something recently that I felt I just HAD to let you guys about. I listen to a popular radio morning show in Minnesota despite living in Connecticut; thanks to the internet I can listen to it live online. A few weeks ago one of the DJs of this popular morning show went off on a tangent about how Lady Gaga was a member of the Illuminati. That particular DJ is usually understood to be a bit of a conspiracy nut-burger so I merely laughed and thought nothing of it, that is, until a large number of people starting calling and texting the radio station to say that they believed it as well. It became apparent that a lot of people believe that the Illuminati is real and that Lady Gaga is a part of that mass conspiracy. I did a little digging and found the primary articles which started the conspiracy theory:
http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=1676
http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=2614
Unfortunately it seems that a large number of people actually believe in this crap. My question is, could you guys please lay the skeptic smackdown on this incredibly inane conspiracy theory before a bunch of yahoos get all bent out of shape over something that doesn't exist? Thank you so much and keep up the amazing podcast!
Jacquelyn
Norwalk, Connecticut
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with Simon Conway Morris
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge
Best known for his work on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian fauna
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at age 39
Author of The Crucible of Creation
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."
- Delos B. McKown
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