Skeptics' Guide - Episode #18

Recording Date: November 2nd, 2005

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Panelists (in order of appearance)

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

Interesting Facts

- First time use of new opening theme - Theorem by Kineto - Listen to it on their MySpace Page - Jim Shelton of the New Haven Register published an article on October 30th, 2005 about the NESS entitled "Skeptical Society Wants Residents to Breathe Easy" - Read article here - Bob hosted Science or Fiction in this episodes - Perry used a 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4 - Perry plays a lot of online gaming - No one won Science or Fiction - First instance of Steve's second version of the end credits - Download here

Science or Fiction**

- Perry (4/12) - Evan (3/11) - Steve (0/1)

Funny Quotes

1. Bob (about the article for the T-Rays): "Let's see we have Zhang and Schmutenmeier." Perry: "Didn't we beat those guys in World War II?" 2. Perry: "What do these supercomputers run? Windows?" Steve: "They're not powerful enough for Windows" 3. Steve (about Bob Marks' Astrology for Skeptics): "He tried to out-skeptic the skeptics." 4. Evan (about no one knowing EXACTLY their time of birth): "Plus they have to account for daylight savings." 5. Evan (about Bob Marks' arguments): "It's the logical fallacy called 'idiocy'."

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