Episode #730
News Items
Question #1: Lactic Acid
- Hi, my name is Ryan, I’m a long time listener and huge fan of the show. I never thought I’d be one to email a correction but after listening to the most recent episode I noticed that you briefly touched on on each of the more pervasive fitness misconceptions. Lactic Acid was for a long time thought to be the source of soreness but most of the recent research seems to point to that not being the case. I won’t do justice to trying to explain it but it this might be a great chat about one of the most common fitness misconceptions. Anyway, keep up the great work, love the show. Ryan George New York
- I have listened to your podcast for a year and really appreciate all that you do. I just listened to your most recent episode and I am confused on one thing: what’s the difference between climate change and global warming? Annika L Jorgensen (Anne- I- ka jor- gen- sin) Utah
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Gerard Kuiper did not predict nor discover the Kuiper belt. In fact if anything he predicted that there would be nothing where the eponymous belt of objects was later discovered. http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jewitt/kb/gerard.html
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Item #2
Science
The Avogadro number was not discovered or calculated by Amedeo Avogadro, but 50 years later by Johann Josef Loschmidt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant
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Item #3
Fiction
Bernoulli’s Law of Fluid Dynamics was actually discovered by John Dalton, who worked out all the math, but Bernoulli only later applied the principles. https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘The knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the most extraordinary events to arise from their concurrence, than admit a violation of the laws of nature.’ David Hume Scottish Philosopher