Comments on: Skeptics with a K: Episode #089

By: zim

zim — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:23:06 +0000

ive just listened to this episode and i came accross somthing which was a little odd which you might not of thought about.

I was thinking about when you talking to your friend about the lottery and his answer was that doing the same numbers which had came out before had no chance of comming out again.
You may have offered your friend the wrong advice .
Given that the number are supposed to be random there might acctualy be a combination of balls which has no chance of comming out.

A example of this could be in order to get the required combination numbers, the mixing of the balls at the bottom of the lottery machine would need to last 10mins59.09 secs, but this part of the lottery only lasts for a few minutes
even if this is only a single chance no matter how small a chance and even if this effect is only possible on a single lottery machine and all other machines have no effect .
It would probably be better to do a combination of number which has been proven to come out in the time provided.
at least then you have a equal chance to win compaired to any other combination and if there is a combination that cant come out your chance to win could only improve.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:05:19 +0000

I found a funny site done by the Halifax Skeptics, spoofing the “Melanie’s Marvellous Measles” by promoting the fake books “Mark’s Magnificent Meningitis”, “Paul’s Pleasant Polio”, and “Susie’s Sensational Smallpox”.
https://sites.google.com/site/blissfulblightbooks/

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:36:37 +0000

Speaking of Texas and Austin, we’ve also got the Atheist Community of Austin, the Atheist Experience and Matt Dillahunty. ^^

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:28:32 +0000

Interesting article on the dogs detecting illness. I was especially interested in the mentions of the diabetic detecting dogs. In this article here http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/3940440/Worlds-first-dog-to-be-a-lifesaver-for-two-diabetic-owners.html the family are friends of mine and I have seen the dog in action. I know this is not proof but the dog starting reacting to the son and when he was tested his blood sugar was wrong. I know the dog has been trained a lot to reach this stage but it was nice to see it work (at least in this one instance). I am sure if you want any more information on it I can find out for you.

By: Pip

Pip — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:24:30 +0000

I think if the scientologists wanted to be seen from space, they should have made the crop circles bigger.

Maybe Tom Cruise didn’t have an Escher Sketch as a child and is making up for it now.

Anyways, to find it on Google maps.
Coordinates: 35°31′28.56″N 104°34′20.20″W

By: HappyEvilSlosh

HappyEvilSlosh — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:54:14 +0000

I enjoyed your Tolkien heavy intro and had two comments. First is that you’re totally right, especially if you can make it through the Silmarillion, that the elves are complete children and just generally horrible people. Secondly there’s an ‘unofficial sequal’, The Last Ringbearer, to the Lord of the Rings by a Russian author. I haven’t read it but I really like the premise. In this book apparently based on the premise that the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit was written by the victors. In The Last Ringbearer however Morder is described as a peaceful country on the verge of an industrial revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:43:16 +0000

It’s actually been quite cold here in Texas for about the past month. And if you go to a city like Austin the people aren’t as terrible. And there’s plenty of woo to make fun of: organic and gluten-free food pushers, reiki, reflexology, the scientologist church… Not too many snakes either.

By: Jaska

Jaska — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:13:55 +0000

A better, but horrific: http://youtu.be/D0-YsHc_5bM

By: Jaska

Jaska — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:12:23 +0000

PS. Greetings from Finland, a huge fan. (A crappy example of chokes: http://youtu.be/xEXjdipWsQ8)

By: Jaska

Jaska — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:11:07 +0000

Oi! You talked about James Bond choking someone under water: this is done not by restricting airflow (aka “rapechoke”), but by restricting blood flow to the brain. Look up Brazillian Jiu jutsu or judo for reference, maybe try it It takes only few seconds to black out from a proper choke.