Skeptics' Guide - Episode #66
Recording Date: October 25th, 2006
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Bob Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
Interesting Facts
- Bob's favorite holiday is halloween
- Steve was on the History Channel on October 28th, 2006 at 3pm on the Decoding the Past episode entitled Exorcizing the Devil
- Science or Fiction theme is Common Science Myths
- Rebecca grew up around farms
- 5th time everyone wins Science or Fiction
Randi Speaks - Topic
People in Space
Interviewee
Michael Stebbins
Science or Fiction**
- Bob* (25/46)
- Rebecca* (14/27)
- Perry* (13/44)
- Evan* (15/39)
Funny Quotes
1. Rebecca: "I'm so glad our bright ray of sunshine Perry is back. Welcome back Perry. We missed your shining light of skepticism."
2. Rebecca: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute how do you debunk a zombie? Zombies are real. Everybody knows that. Right? I love zombies. I don't think I could live in a world without zombies."
3. Perry (quoting Ed Warren): "That's what we call ghost cold!"
Evan: "Yeah that's from Ed Warren, may he rest in peace."
Steve: "See that cold? That's what we call ghost cold. You see that light? That's a ghost light."
Rebecca: "See that pair of rollerblades? That's what we call ghost rollerblades."
4. Rebecca (about the argument that vampires would take over the world if they were real): "Ok Steve that's not true. Because according to Buffy, you can kill a person without turning them. Like a vampire can suck someone's blood without turning them into a vampire."
Evan: "Oh good, freedom of choice, I like that."
Rebecca: "See? I've debunked the debunking article, I'm sorry to have done that."
Steve: "You are correct, he did make a couple of assumptions. I mean just to illustrate the point that the human population probably could not support a vampiric population. Feeding off of it. But, uh, you're right this assumes that your turning every victim into a vampire. It also assumes that no one's running around, there's no Buffy: The Vampire Slayers running around slaying the vampires and keeping their population in check."
Rebecca: "Exactly. And what kind of theory doesn't account for the Buffy phenomenon."
Steve: "The Buffy Factor. Right."
Evan: "A bad theory, that's what."
5. Rebecca: "Don't tell me that hollywood is not reality ok? Cuz I know better."
6. Rebecca: "So in other words the dinosaurs had a really bad week as opposed to just like.."
Steve: "A bad day."
7. Perry: "I live for our listeners to correct us on email."
8. Perry (about aliens giving away their technological secrets): "How about your secrets on optics so we can take clear photographs."
9. Bob: "You'd think they would offer like the solution to some mathematical proof that no one's ever solved to say 'hey, I wanna get your attention here, look at the solution.' And you know every mathematician in the world will be 'holy crap how'd they do that?'"
Evan: "That's what Carl Sagan wrote."
Bob: "He got that idea from me."
10. Perry (about cold meteorites): "You take a bite of it you could get a cold headache."
Steve: "Meteor-head?"
11. Perry (about the skeptical puzzle): "What's the gay thing here? I'm looking at my palm."
Rebecca: "Are you holding a penis?"
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12. Perry (about this week's skeptical puzzle): "Evan just tell me the truth. Is this a possible cure for my homosexuality?"
Rebecca: "Way to ruin the puzzle Perry."
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** - As of the conclusion of this episode's game. (wins/times played)
* - won this week's game