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Offline Steven Novella

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Episode #353
« on: Apr 22, 2012, 08:02:57 AM »
This Day in Skepticism: The Surgeons Photo
News Items: Life on Mars, Indian Skeptic Charged with Blasphemy, Multitasking, Monkeys Recognize Words, Cosmic Superwinds
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Titanic Correction, Advanced Dinosaurs
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #1 on: Apr 22, 2012, 08:15:00 AM »
Thanks! i was getting desperate for my SGU fix!
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #2 on: Apr 22, 2012, 08:25:18 AM »
WTN-45 min

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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #3 on: Apr 22, 2012, 09:18:30 AM »
Thanks for the podcast and the community. Been here all night. Can now sleep. Thanks again! Zzzzzzzzzz
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #4 on: Apr 22, 2012, 09:39:11 AM »
Quote from: dmb on Apr 22, 2012, 08:25:18 AM
WTN-45 min

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Only fair to point out that mddawson already got it in the "unofficial" episode thread:

http://sguforums.com/index.php/topic,41399.msg9206123.html#msg9206123
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #5 on: Apr 22, 2012, 09:50:20 AM »
I wonder why Steve sounded so derisive about the name "Underhill". It's a perfectly normal name and certainly nowhere near as odd as some US names like, say, "Baumgartner" (naturally pronounced "Bum gardener"). We have much odder ones, like "Featherstonehaugh" (pronounced "Fanshaw"), "Cholmondeley" (pronounced "Chumley") or "Ramsbotham" (pronounced "Sheep's ass").
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #6 on: Apr 22, 2012, 10:39:31 AM »
Trinoc, you obviously don't know your Lord of the Rings........

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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #7 on: Apr 22, 2012, 10:39:43 AM »
Because it's the name Bilbo Baggins used to disguise his true identity in Bree?

Also - lipophilic, not oilophilic.
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #8 on: Apr 22, 2012, 10:41:52 AM »
Quote from: Anders on Apr 22, 2012, 10:39:43 AM
Because it's the name Bilbo Baggins used to disguise his true identity in Bree?



OMG MORE LOTR FAIL!!!!!!!   We are revoking your nerd creds.

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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #9 on: Apr 22, 2012, 10:49:17 AM »
Quote from: Belgarath on Apr 22, 2012, 10:39:31 AM
Trinoc, you obviously don't know your Lord of the Rings........

I'm happy to say that I don't. I have never read, listened to or watched a single word of it.

Correction: I once listened all the way through a certain Leonard Nimoy song. I'd prefer not to do it again.
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #10 on: Apr 22, 2012, 10:54:44 AM »
Quote from: Belgarath on Apr 22, 2012, 10:41:52 AM
Quote from: Anders on Apr 22, 2012, 10:39:43 AM
Because it's the name Bilbo Baggins used to disguise his true identity in Bree?



OMG MORE LOTR FAIL!!!!!!!   We are revoking your nerd creds.

I'm tired.

Regarding multitasking - take a mug full of coffee and walk from one end of the room to the other without spilling. Now try to do the same thing while also counting backwards from 100. It is considerably more difficult.
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #11 on: Apr 22, 2012, 11:01:18 AM »
Quote from: Trinoc on Apr 22, 2012, 10:49:17 AM
I'm happy to say that I don't. I have never read, listened to or watched a single word of it.

That's right, wear your ignorance as a badge of honor.

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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #12 on: Apr 22, 2012, 11:16:26 AM »
I wonder if Trinoc thinks 'YOU CANNOT PASS!!!!' is a phrase on U.S. rodeway signs..... :)

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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #13 on: Apr 22, 2012, 11:24:49 AM »
Multitasking folks would seem to have an advantage driving a car or flying a jet.
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Re: Episode #353
« Reply #14 on: Apr 22, 2012, 11:27:55 AM »
Quote from: seaotter on Apr 22, 2012, 11:24:49 AM
Multitasking folks would seem to have an advantage driving a car or flying a jet.

I suck at it.  Multitasking, that is.  But I guess that all depends on how you define 'multitask'

Driving can be broken down into a lot of smaller tasks, or it can be considered one big 'task'

This is the same as flying an airplane. 
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