Segment: News Items
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Sanskrit Incantations
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I think that the joking and laughing about what the Tantric was saying was a little misguided. To the western ear, it does indeed sound silly; however I believe that he was speaking Sanskrit, and his audience will have been very used to hearing the language spoken as it is widely used in Eastern religious (Hindu\Buddhist etc.) ceremonies*.
So even if it was just mumbo jumbo, it plays psychologically on his target audience. It's actually a piece of clever manipulation; think what would happen to a devout catholic if his priest cursed him in Latin (IIRC catholic mass is still said in Latin) and made it known that he was cursing in Latin; you'd get a similar effect to what he was trying to do there.
VJ
From the SGU Boards
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with Yau-Man Chan
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Yau-Man was one of the fan's favorite contestants on Survivor - partly due to the fact that he how brains can win out over brawn. He is also a cast member on the pilot episode of The Skeptologists
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Question #1  Science
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New research finds that naturally occurring trans-fats actually reduce risk factors for heart disease.
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Question #2  Fiction
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New DNA analysis shows that the first humans in North America, the Clovis, were not the ancestors of later American Indians and may have come from Northern Europe.
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Question #3 Science
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New NSF data shows that the supply of science, engineering, and health workers in the US is increasing, as are new graduates who also contain more than 50% women.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote
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"De omnibus dubitandum."
All is to be doubted.
- Rene Descartes
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Segment: Announcements
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