The Reality Check

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This week the regular crew discuss the trouble with astrology, the double standard applied to scientific medicine with respect to prevention, and we reexamine the claim that sea captains can perform marriages. This episode we’re trying a shorter format, please let us know what you think.

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This week Adam, Cat, Darren, Jon, and Xander discuss calorie restricted diets, wedding superstitions, bisphenol A, and the world of unlucky numbers. Due to time constraints no logical fallacy of the week was discussed.

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We discuss genetically modified foods (aka “franken-foods”) and find out if there’s anything to worry about, the growing in popularity Brazilian fruit called the acai (a-sa-ee), and the latest release of UFO documents from a major government (in this case it’s the UK).

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_11_-_2008-10-23.mp3

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In this episode Adam discusses a Fisher-Price doll that apparently says some ‘shocking’ things, Darren shares with us an essay he wrote about energy (and it’s misuse), and Jonathan discusses the psychological theory of cognitive dissonance. We then finish with the logical fallacy of the week and the science myth of the week.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_10_-_2008-10-16.mp3

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On this week’s show we discuss a news report that vitamin C may interfere with chemotherapy drugs’ ability to fight cancer, a dog that can supposedly do math, and the announcement of a new study that will figure out if out of body experiences are more than just hallucinations.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_9_-_2008-10-09.mp3

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On this week’s show we discuss Ogopogo (Canada’s own Loch Ness monster), the recent survey that claimed that Canadians believed that it was more likely that scientists would discover Bigfoot than politicians would keep their promises, and the health benefits of spirulina (a type of algea that is gaining in popularity). We then tackle the logical fallacy and science myth of the week.

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