The Skeptics Guide #827 - May 15 2021 (Ad Free)
Added 2021-05-15 02:31:37 +0000 UTCInterview with Julia Galef; News Items: Brain Implant Interprets Writing, SARS-CoV-2 May Enter Genome, Hypersonic Jets, Sequestering Carbon; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Energy Density; Science or Fiction
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Loved the interview with Julia Galef. I always thought there was something different about me. I am about as much as a scout that someone can be, while it is true I will hod on to beliefs hard (Just try to convince me that Earth is flat - JUST TRY IT - NOT GONNA HAPPEN!), but that is because I have a mountain of facts that I know to be true (objects disappear over the horizon bottom first, stars rotate around one point north of the equator, another point south of the equator, and so on) that would be wrong if the belief was wrong, and, most importantly, I know WHY these facts are true. If the facts are unclear so is my opinion. Classic example "Top Two" primaries like the one on the 2020 FL ballot - I voted no because I was suspicious over why we couldn't simply have open primaries like other states have without "Top Two". It sounded like a dirty trick in the making, it just did not look right to me. What were the true motivations behind the backers? I did not want something on the FL Constitution I was uneasy about. And, that's what I told people, and I did say I might be wrong.
Ted Apelt
2021-05-15 17:23:02 +0000 UTCOh neato, I didn't know we get the show ~12 hours early!
Brendan Ridley
2021-05-15 02:47:22 +0000 UTC
