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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 359 - 6/2/2012
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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.
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Podcast
359
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June 02, 2012
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Interview with Debbie Feldman
This Day in Skepticism: Bridget Bishop
News Items: Medical Zombies, Science of Reruns, Leakey on Evolution
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Local Darkmatter Followup
Science or Fiction
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Segment: This Day in Skepticism
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June 2, 1692
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Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
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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: L Ron Hubbard
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Segment: Questions and Emails
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Question #1 - Local Darkmatter Followup
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Dear Rouges,
Thought you might find this paper http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4033 interesting given your use of the Moni Bidin paper's claims of finding no evidence for nearby dark matter in science or fiction.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, a more thorough analysis of the data actually shows evidence for dark matter in quantities consistent with current models.
I enjoy the show very much.
Cheers,
Paul Hatchman
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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 greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge."
- Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1914-2004)
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