Skeptics' Guide - Episode #74
Recording Date: December 20th, 2006
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Official Episode #74 thread on the forums
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
- Rebecca Watson
- Jay Novella
Interesting Facts
- First time all 6 panelists do the podcast together due to an upgrade in Skype, the software they use.
- About 20 years ago, Perry and Jay were at Barnes and Noble where a local psychic was going a book signing. Perry asked her questions about a job he was applying for. After giving her answers, Perry revealed that he was lying all along and exposed her for a fraud.
- New Randi Speaks intro done by Sheryle - Download here
- Theme for Science or Fiction is the best science news items that were not covered by the SGU in 2006
- Perry was given a rorschach inkblot test when he was in kindergarten
Randi Speaks - Topic
Special Expertise
Science or Fiction**
- Rebecca* (20/35)
- Bob (28/54)
- Evan* (17/45)
- Perry (14/48)
- Jay (8/32)
Funny Quotes
1. Perry (about winter and summer): "The difference in temperature, by the way, has to do with the angle of the sun, not nearness or farness."
Steve: "You've mastered gradeschool science, great."
Jay: "Somebody get Perry an extra cookie."
2. Rebecca (about Sylvia Browne): "You should try seeing her in person. It's like a million hot pokers in your eyeballs."
3. Rebecca: "But Sylvia stops her, and she says: 'I'm telling you something's wrong with his head. Cuz he keeps showing me his head. How did he die?' And the woman says 'He had cancer.... uh.. he had colon cancer.'"
Perry: "So he had his head in his ass?"
4. Perry (about vegetarians being smarter): "I'll crawl through life with 101 IQ if it means that I can eat my filet mignon."
5. Perry: "What is Posh Spice?"
Rebecca: "From the Spice Girls. She's married to David Beckham."
Perry: "Oooooh. It's a person."
6. Jay (about Tom Cruise): "I hate that bastard. I totally despise him. Oh god, I just can't wait for this ridiculous movie to come out for that guy to fall flat on his stupid freakin' face. Continue. Oh god he's such an ass. Download
7. Steve: "I never say anything which indicates that I believe or disbelieve in Santa Claus. I usually will just reflect back what they're saying at them. 'So you think this about Santa.'"
Rebecca: "Cuz the kids are probably recording these and they'll check them later and they'll see. 'Oh, very clever dad.'"
8. Steve: "No matter what you do, what you think is going on in their head. They're living in a total fantasy world."
Rebecca: "Like Jay, now."
9. Bob (about anti-matter): "It's like millions and millions of dollars per ounce. Or Trillions of dollars per ounce."
Jay: "More than pleather Bob?"
10. Evan: "I'm gonna agree that this one's the winner. Because the words dairy and miscarry rhyme. And if you go back folks and check all the old science or fictions, every time there's been two words rhyming in the answer it's been false 84% of the time."
Steve: "You've cracked my code Bernstein!"
11. Jay (about Science or Fiction): "I can't win this game. I just can't win this game. I can't win this game."
12. Bob: "Steve that's ridiculous, it's so expensive. They're making anti-matter to test this?"
Evan: "Yeah, they're selling it over at Wal-Mart now Bob, so you can get it at discount prices."
13. Rebecca (about PET Scans): "Oh yeah, it's like a CAT scan, only more general."
14. Jay: "See I would have used this on dates, I could've loosened up these girls with the rorschach test."
Rebecca: "Yeeaaah. Unless the rorschach were printed on hundred dollar bills, I don't think that's gonna work for you Jay."
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* - won this week's game