Skeptics' Guide - Episode #68

Recording Date: November 8th, 2006

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Panelists (in order of appearance)

- Steven Novella - Bob Novella - Rebecca Watson - Perry DeAngelis - Jay Novella

Interesting Facts

- Theme for Science or Fiction this week is Stem Cells - There are 4 items in Science or Fiction this week - Rebecca works in marketing - Jay once performed a cold-reading on a co-worker and she believed in his power - 12th time Steve stumps everyone at Science or Fiction - Evan wasn't in this episode, but he did record himself doing the skeptical puzzle - No Randi Speaks this episode.

Science or Fiction**

- Perry (14/46) - Bob (25/48) - Rebecca (15/29) - Jay (7/27)

Funny Quotes

1. Perry (about Wesley Snipes refusing to pay his taxes): "Wesley Snipes, yeah, they're trying to hunt him down right now. He's overseas." Rebecca: "You can't catch Wesley Snipes didn't they see the Fugitive part 2? The dude is unstoppable. Tommy-Lee Jones is hunting his ass down." 2. Jay (about people not paying taxes): "Yeah because this country is run on snowflakes." 3. Bob (about Kent Hovind being in jail): "His dance card's gonna be filled every night." 4. Rebecca: "I've been to the beach and that's why I'm technically a marine biologist." Steve: "And I know how to swim so I'm an expert on the Loch Ness Monster." 5. Jay (about the doctor that believes in bigfoot): "He's writing cheques that his science can't cash." 6. Rebecca: "I just enjoy his imagery of everybody having a brain stimulator next to their bed. I don't know if I have enough room in my nightstand." Bob: "You got other stimulators there right?" 7. Perry: "I bet you Mr. Hovind would have an answer for that." Steve: "Yeah.... Oh Yeah?!" 8. Bob (about turning on the gene to regenerate limbs): "Shouldn't we just be putting like three billion dollars into that research? I mean how awesome would that be?" Download 9. Rebecca: "Baby you put the 'dope' in dopamine." Steve: "Something about moanin' for seratonin." 10. Bob: "Protecting against lung cancer in mice? Well I mean first off, how do you get mice to smoke cigarettes?" 11. Steve: "Ok let's talk about the blind mice. This is also science." Bob: "Were there three?" 12. Bob (about stem cells): "Why isn't Bill Gates putting 10 billion dollars into this stuff?" Download 13. Rebecca (about the mice with lung cancer): "Did they give the mice tiny cigarettes?"

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