Skeptics' Guide - Episode #91
Recording Date: April 18th, 2007
Link to the Official Episode Notes
Official Episode #91 thread on the forums
Episode #91 Skeptical Puzzle thread on the forums
Download Episode #91 MP3
Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Jay Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
Interesting Facts
- Dr. Michael Egnor wrote a blog entry on the Discovery Institute's website in direct response to this entry on NeuroLogica Blog - Read Egnor's entry here - Read Steve's response here
- Everyone wins Science or Fiction in this Episode
- First time an audio Skeptical Puzzle is used
- Opcn was announced as the winner of last week's Skeptical Puzzle
Interviewee
Susan Blackmore
Science or Fiction**
- Bob* (37/69)
- Perry* (21/63)
- Rebecca* (33/50)
- Evan* (23/60)
- Jay* (16/46)
Funny Quotes
1. Steve: "March 29th, 2006 was a very important day for the Skeptics' Guide, you guys remember what happened on that day?"
Rebecca: "Oh ya, Jay lost his virginity."
2. Steve: "So you guys remember the neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor who is the latest mouthpiece for the intelligent design people The Discovery Institute."
Jay: "Egnor him!"
3. Evan (about Dr. Egnor): "He went to the Neal Adams School of Science."
4. Perry (about Science or Fiction item #1 - protein sequences reconstructed from a dinosaur fossil): "The first one, the protein sequence, I saw that in a movie, that's true. Jurassic Situation."
5. Rebecca (about the collagen reconstructed from a dinosaur fossil): "Did the T-Rex have great big lips?"
6. Jay (about the reconstructed protein from the dinosaur fossil): "Steve, the real question here is, can they use it to build another one, can they grow one?"
Steve: "No, it's not genetic information, it's not DNA."
Jay: "Christ. The whole world is waiting, we're waiting for this."
7. Steve: "They were able to make comparisons between the sequence of amino acids in the T-Rex and the sequence of amino acids in the same protein in chickens."
Evan: "Tic-Tac-Toe chickens."
8. Rebecca (about Bob taking his time to answer Science or Fiction): "Bob does that everytime. Come on! You'd be like true or false, the sky is blue. He would take 20 minutes, looking at the sunsets and the sunrises."
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** - As of the conclusion of this episode's game. (wins/times played)
* - won this week's game