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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe

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Podcast 368 - August 04, 2012

Interview with Brian Wecht
This Day in Skepticism: First Fax
News Items: Superstition Fund, Curiosity's Sky Crane, Anti-Fluoridation News Fail, Bat-Winged Monkey Bird
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
August 4 1921     First fax sent

Segment:   News Items     
Superstition Fund     http://abcnews.go.com/Business/superstitious-fund-loses-money-month/story?id=16887184#.UBicErQQu85
Curiosity's Sky Crane     http://phys.org/news/2012-07-strange-true-curiosity-sky-crane.html
Anti-Fluoride News Fail     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/anti-fluoride-propaganda-as-news/
Bat-Winged Monkey Bird     http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2012/07/introducing-britains-bat-winged-monkey.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Sigmund Freud

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Brian Wecht     http://necss.org/speakers/brian-wecht/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Researchers claim evidence of an unknown species of hominid not from fossils but from the dna of hunter-gatherers from Cameroon and Tanzinia. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342711/title/DNA_hints_at_African_cousin_to_humans
Item #2     Study finds that brain imaging can predict how intellient you are. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-brain-imaging-intelligent.html
Item #3     Theory shows that Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are likely caused by the collision of 3 or more super-massive black holes.

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Yes, there is a conspiracy, indeed there are a great number of conspiracies, all tripping each other up… the main thing that I learned about conspiracy theories is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in the conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy, or the grey aliens, or the twelve-foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control, the truth is far more frightening; no-one is in control, the world is rudderless." - Alan Moore

Segment:   Announcements     
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