Episode 70

Skeptics' Guide - Episode #70

Recording Date: November 21st, 2006

Official Episode #70 thread on the forums

Panelists (in order of appearance)

- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Evan Bernstein
- Jay Novella

Interesting Facts

- 9000 listeners as of this episode
- Ranked 8th on iTunes in the Science category as of this episode
- Steve listens to Are We Alone, Scientific American, Point of Inquiry and Skepticalty podcasts
- Rebecca listens to Ricky Gervais and Penn Radio podcasts
- The panel were asked what their choice for the greatest scientific wonders:
    1. Bob: Quantum Mechanics
    2. Rebecca: Nebulae
    3. Jay: Aurora Borealis & The Big Bang
    4. Evan: The fact the universe is made up of 90% hydrogen
    5. Steve: Black holes and the fact that life can create such complexity from a single cell
- The panel were also asked their choice for the most significant scientific discovery:
    1. Evan: Keplar's Laws
    2. Jay: Evolution and computers
    3. Bob: Calculus and nanotechnology
    4. Steve: Theory of general relativity
- Theme for Science or Fiction is scientific predictions
- There are 4 items in Science or Fiction this episode

Randi Speaks - Topic

Courage

Science or Fiction**

- Rebecca* (17/31)
- Bob (26/50)
- Jay (8/29)
- Evan (16/41)

Funny Quotes

1.	Jay (in a funky accent): "Oh I like a sexy time."
2.	Jay (about Global Orgasm Day): "What do they do? Do they have like uh, at 9:30 everybody get it on. You know like what happens?" Rebecca: "They actually don't even specify a specific time. Apparently it's come as you will."
3.	Jay: "Evan do you know alot about fake orgasms?" Evan: "I know nothing of them." Steve: "As far as you know."
4.	Jay: "What I'm worried about is if everyone has an orgasm at the same time it might push the earth off it's orbit around the sun. Gotta be careful."
5.	Rebecca: "Cuz really, nothing gets me off like Ghandi."
6.	Rebecca: "I say we forget about that and a month later after that shows to have no result, we have 'screw for science day'."
7.	Jay (about Global Orgasm Day being done to promote world peace): "So basically the theme is 'grab a piece for world peace'."
8.	Rebecca: "I have data that's gonna completely change the world and I have evidence that show that we are in imminent danger of attack from aliens. But you're gonna have to wait until Harper Collins is releasing it in September."
9.	Rebecca (about what we would look like trying to attack extra terrestrials): "He's got a board with a nail in it!"
10.	Bob: "I think the Global Orgasm Day should be renamed the 'Big Bang'." Rebecca: "Best bang since the big one."
11.	Steve: "One cool thing about the big bang is that Stephen Hawking speculated that it's possible that the big bang never happened." Jay: "He sucks."
12.	Jay: "Hey, buffalo wings. You know?" Evan: "Buffalos don't have wings Jay, we've been over this."
13.	Rebecca: "I think the first message sent over the internet was 'Show me your boobs.'"
14.	Jay (choosing for Science or Fiction): "I'm definitely gonna take the brain and your spine and ass are an antenna." Bob: "What's the knob then Jay?" Jay: "Well, I'll show you that later Bob."	Download
15.	Steve: "Lets go on to number 4, I'm gonna bounce around a little bit." Bob: "You bastard."
16.	Steve (about someone predicting we will be able to read animal's minds): "And then he further predicts that if we did do that, that it would make everybody a vegetarian cuz nobody would want to eat an animal if you could feel what it's feeling." Rebecca: "On the contrary, I think we'd find out what a bunch of assholes animals are and we'd all eat them." Jay: "You know if I find out that my dog is deliberately shitting in the house I'm gonna kill him."

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