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Offline Steven Novella

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Episode #279
« on: Nov 19, 2010, 08:28:31 AM »
Interview with D.J. Grothe
News Items: NASA Discovers Mysterious Bubbles, Exploiting "Psychic" Kids, More Homeopathy Spin
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Lunar Weather Predicting, Caffeine and Sperm Count
Science or Fiction

Show is up early because we will be traveling tomorrow to Vancouver then Sydney.
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #1 on: Nov 19, 2010, 08:39:35 AM »
WTN starts at 25:42.

Congrats, FanMan.

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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #2 on: Nov 19, 2010, 08:43:50 AM »
The WTN is Dr Doofenschmirtz in Phineas and Ferb.  OK - I confess - I just Googled it.
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #3 on: Nov 19, 2010, 09:12:44 AM »
Hmm .. sneaky early release .. and you managed to get Thomas Crapper into the show!

I was about to correct you that Crapper didn't invent the first flush -- I think even the Romans had something like that -- but you mentioned the siphon so I'll accept that. Hang on, though .. it looks like that wasn't his invention either, though he did invent the ball-cock valve.

It's unfortunately a myth that "crap" was named after him (yes, I know you didn't say it was), so it's a case of Nominative Determinism.

CRAP is also the acronym for Contrived Ridiculous Acronym Phenomenon, which makes it a contrived ridiculous acronym.

(OK, enough crap from me for now.)
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #4 on: Nov 19, 2010, 01:47:04 PM »
I knew Dr. Doofenschmirz and I didn't need to Google it.  I've got kids.  ;D
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #5 on: Nov 19, 2010, 01:53:12 PM »
Me too, and my kids are 17 & 21.  ;)  That's a funny cartoon.
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #6 on: Nov 19, 2010, 02:01:48 PM »
I think that there is one big difference between the experience of a consultation with a Real Doctor vs. a Homeopath or other woo peddler aside from the time that they spend.

The "alternative practioners" often project a much stronger sense of certainty than the medical doctors (the good ones at least) because they are not bound by scientific thinking and complexity.  Their cures all seem to work on a level of simplicity that doesn't exist in nature.

For some people, this kind of black-and-white thinking gives them a lot of comfort and helps them buy into the "cure".
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #7 on: Nov 19, 2010, 03:12:43 PM »
CAM practitioners can spend more time with their suckers because they don't have to waste time doing research, reading MRIs and X-rays, consulting a specialist, etc.
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #8 on: Nov 19, 2010, 03:27:47 PM »
I cheated who's that noisey and googled it, is that allowed?

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Early Episode
« Reply #9 on: Nov 19, 2010, 04:38:24 PM »
Bugger. My last drunken effort before bed was to down load my podcasts. Now that SGU is up I have to stay up and listen whilst drunk interneting. Curse you.... interneting is a word right?
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #10 on: Nov 19, 2010, 10:44:51 PM »
Sneaky. Thanks for the podcast!

Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Fineas and Ferb. You bastard! I put in hours with my eight year old just for this moment and you googled it :argh:

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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #11 on: Nov 20, 2010, 03:00:04 AM »
I'm too late to win, but I am now singing "Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc."
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Re: Episode #279
« Reply #12 on: Nov 20, 2010, 07:53:55 AM »
holy crap. earliest new ep. upload ever.

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Re: Early Episode
« Reply #13 on: Nov 20, 2010, 08:00:35 AM »
Quote from: Angelhil on Nov 19, 2010, 04:38:24 PM
Bugger. My last drunken effort before bed was to down load my podcasts. Now that SGU is up I have to stay up and listen whilst drunk interneting. Curse you.... interneting is a word right?

I HAD to play another poker tournament till one in the morning and I think I'll have to listen again cause it's all a bit hazy. Seems like a mixture of Disney channel, full metal jacket and giant black holes.
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Re: Early Episode
« Reply #14 on: Nov 20, 2010, 10:23:28 AM »
Quote from: seaotter on Nov 20, 2010, 08:00:35 AM
it's all a bit hazy. Seems like a mixture of Disney channel, full metal jacket and giant black holes.

Don't forget Tycho Brahe and his ragtag band of curiosities! Screw the political correctness... He had a clairvoyant dwarf named Jepp, dammit, and that dwarf was - I'm sure - proud to call himself Brahe's dwarf! Who wouldn't be?
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