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Segment: This Day in Skepticism
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March 12, 1923
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Phonofilm presented
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Who's That Noisy
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Answer to last week: Roger Penrose
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Segment: Questions and Emails
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Question #1 - What is a Skeptic?
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I've recently started listening to your podcast including some of the back issues. I have found Steven Novella's stance on arguments to match my own eerily well and am wondering if I am indeed a skeptic. Perhaps a you may be a skeptic if list would be humourous, however I am specifically interested in where your panel of skeptics comes down on the definition of a skeptic. I believe I am safe in saying that skeptics believe in logical consistency, are empiricists, and accept ideas that are reached through inductive reasoning based on empirical evidence. Does skepticism -in your opinions- have a stance on realism vs instrumentalism in science and is being cohesive with evidence and generally accepted theory grounds for `proof` or merely a requirement to warrant further study.
If this issue has already been discussed in an earlier episode I would appreciate episode number.
Fraser Hogg
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Segment: Interview
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Segment: Skeptical Quote of the Week
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Skeptical Quote of the Week
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"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."
- Ferdinand Magellan
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