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The Skeptics Guide #837 - July 24 2021 (Ad Free)

COVID Update: Vaccine Hesitancy; News Items: Plastic Tipping Point, Balloon Telescope, AI Creativity, More Space Tourism; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

 The Skeptics Guide #837 - July 24 2021 (Ad Free)

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It’s a description of the errors of a measurement. Often used in surveying

Andrew Lindsay

That’s what I thought it meant too. But many fields reuse the same initialisms, so I wasn’t sure

Curtis Renwick

RMS - root mean square.

Andrew Lindsay

My comment is about the email Steve quoted where SGU was accused of government propaganda. That criticism is not fair. You have been an “equal opportunity” critic of anti-science, e.g., anti-nuclear (left) and climate denialism (right). HOWEVER, during the pandemic, it seems to me that you have reserved your criticism for the right. I know that Trump presented an incredibly target rich environment. And I understand that you have to pick your battles when venturing into discussions that touch politics. Still, as a resident of a blue bubble where the local school officials and unions grossly politicized, unnecessarily delayed, and emphatically *did not* follow science when it came to school reopening, I would have appreciated if SGU scratched that itch for me 😆

Svetbek

This podcast made me breathe manually 😔

Ellie O'Daire


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