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Segment: This Day in Skepticism
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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: Martin Fleischman
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Segment: Questions and Emails
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Question #1 - Here Comes the Metric System
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Just a quick question. I often wondered why America kept the Imperial system for measurements, miles, inches etc. Do you think it would be better (for science teaching in particular), if you switched to the metric system, and what problems do you think it would create? Thanks for the great show.
Liz. Scotland
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Segment: Name That Logical Fallacy
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Name That Logical Fallacy
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From the comments to NeuroLogica
"natural selection (or selection in general) explains how two horses can become all the different breeds we have today- including zebras.
This is also how the finches of Darwin fame have longer beaks some years and shorter beaks other years…
Everyone knows this happens.
The question is this– does that explain how a single celled life form could become an elephant? Some question that it does. (I would be one who questions- BTW)
This is called micro-evolution vs. macro-evolution– aka the development of species or kinds vs. the development of breeds.
To make an analogy– Everyone knows you can make a ladder to the roof of the house. Does that mean you can make a ladder to the sun?"
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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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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers.”
-Bernhard Haisch
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