Episode 10

Skeptics' Guide - Episode #10

Recording Date: August 23rd, 2005

Panelists (in order of appearance)

- Steven Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
- Bob Novella

Interesting Facts

- Science or Fiction theme this week - Our solar system
- The NESS has advocated keeping scientific skepticism seperate from religious issues
- This episode has a great discussion between the panelists about skepticism vs secular humanism in the first 15 minutes
- No one was correct on Science or Fiction
- Evan has a two-year old (at the time of this episode's recording) daughter named Rachel
- Steve has 2 daughters, a 6 year old named Julia and a 2 year old (at the time of this episode's recording)
- Perry does not have children
- Steve gave a lecture to high school science teachers
- Steve and his wife are both agnostic
- Bob is an agnostic while his wife is a theist (non-practicing christian)
- Bob's daughter's name is Ashley

Science or Fiction **

- Perry (2/8)
- Evan (2/7)
- Bob* (5/8)

Funny Quotes

1.	Evan (about a planet 3 times farther from our sun than pluto keeping orbit): "How can it keep orbit?" Bob: "Gravity sucks Evan, gravity sucks!"
2.	Evan: "So you're saying that when Han Solo flew through the asteroid belt he wasn't flying through OUR asteroid belt." Steve: "Well it was a galaxy far, far away now, don't forget."
3.	Bob (about the rings of Saturn having an atmosphere): "I have a problem calling it an 'atmosphere'." Steve: "Well, send an email to NASA."
4.	Steve (about the fiction item of Science or Fiction): "Maybe next week we will discover [active volcanoes on Titan] and I'll add another notch to my prophecy belt."
5.	Perry (After Evan explained that Santa Claus, the tooth fairy etc. are not jewish-based): "There's no Hannukah Harry?"

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** - As of the conclusion of this episode's game. (wins/times played)
* - won this week's game