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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 170 - 10/22/2008
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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
170
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October 22, 2008
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Interview with Phil Plait
News Items: Psychology of Superstition, Another Solar Breakthrough, UK UFO, Announcing SkepticBlog
Your Questions and E-mails: Blacklight Free Energy
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Segment: Interview
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Science
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A new study demonstrates that synaesthesia can be induced in normal subjects through hypnosis.
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Item #2 Science
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Scientists have discovered how to selectively and safely erase specific memories and have demonstrated this in mice.
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Item #3  Fiction
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Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers were able to implant an image directly into the visual cortex of a subject.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.” - Enrico Fermi
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