Episode #302

News Items

Who's That Noisy

  • Answer to last week: Firesign Theater

Interview with Seth Shostak

  • Seth work with the SETI Institute – the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and comes on to discuss their recent funding problems.

Science or Fiction

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we are naturally endowed with the ability to think clearly and logically—without learning how, or without practicing… People with untrained minds should no more expect to think clearly and logically than people who have never learned and never practiced can expect to find themselves good carpenters, golfers, bridge-players, or pianists.’ Alfred Mander, psychologist (1947)