{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Skeptics Guide #1002","description":"Check out Surfshark! https:\/\/surfshark.com\/sgu The Skeptic\u2019s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1002 September 18th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve Earth\u2019s Minimoon https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/earth-welcomes-a-new-mini-moon-later-this-month Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 \u2013 Dead Internet Theory https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/what-is-the-dead-internet-conspiracy News Item #2 \u2013 Classroom CRISPR https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-09-kit-classroom-crispr-accessible.html News Item #3 \u2013 SCAM Market https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2024\/09\/13\/2946197\/0\/en\/Complementary-and-Alternative-Medicine-Market-Size-to-Reach-USD-664-Billion-by-2033-Says-The-Brainy-Insights.html News Item #4 \u2013 ADHD Increasing https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/why-is-adhd-on-the-rise\/ Segment #3. Who\u2019s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Changing Names Dear Skeptics Guide cast, Congrats on 1000 episodes! I\u2019ve listened to about 1-2 hundred of them but haven\u2019t emailed before. In the 1000th episode, there was some discussion about fringe movements changing their name in an attempt to legitimize themselves, such as UFOs changing to UAPs or cold fusion becoming \u201clow energy nuclear reactors.\u201d It was mentioned that this is a good giveaway that something fishy is going on. I agree with this, but it did remind me of a part of climate denialist rhetoric. I know some would respond that this is exactly what happened when \u201cglobal warming\u201d changed to \u201cglobal climate change.\u201d Some would say global warming was unpopular so they changed it just to be more palatable. Or they\u2019d say \u201cglobal warming wasn\u2019t happening, so they had to change the name,\u201d equating that with \u201cUFOs weren\u2019t real, so they had to change the name.\u201d I think we as skeptics have a good idea why the climate name change is different, but I would love to hear it vocalized on the show why exactly this is different from, e.g., UFOs changing to UAPs. Congrats again on 1000 episodes! Best, Kolton Question #2: Net Metering Follow Up Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake \u2013 and you can play along. Theme: Extinct Birds Item 1: Pelagornis sandersi was the largest flying bird to ever live, with a wingspan of 6.4 meters, more than twice as long as a modern albatross. Item 2: Kelenken guillermoi, a member of the terror bird family of South America, is the largest bird to have ever lived, at up to 10 feet tall and 350 kg. Item 3: Homo floresiensis, the hobbit-sized human cousins, shared the island of Flores with a giant meat-eating stork that would have towered over them at 6 feet tall. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Quackery gives birth to nothing; gives death to all things." Thomas Carlyle ","author_name":"The Skeptics Guide To The Universe","author_url":"https:\/\/www.theskepticsguide.org","html":"