The Reality Check

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This week Jon delivers the pain by discussing the ‘nocebo effect’, Darren cuts to the point by discussing whether circumcision helps prevent HIV transmission, and Adam demystifies breakfast by debunking the myth that eggs are chicken fetuses.

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This week Darren examines the controversy over the sun’s colour, Adam debunks the latest Atlantis sighting from Google Maps, and Jon debunks the myth that the Great Wall of China is the only man made object visible from space (or moon).

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This week Darren explains that scientific progress is not an illusion, Xander discusses an alarming video about the world’s financial system, and Jon buries the myth that lemmings commit suicide.

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In celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday we discuss three evolution related topics: the evolution of evolution, how fossils are dated, and the return of the segment “As if you needed any more evidence for evolution”.

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This week Xander talks about the real Iron Man (a guy who made armour for fighting bears, and can see through walls), Darren impresses everyone by describing all the evolution books he has read, and Adam tears down the pernicious myth that you cannot read in a dream.

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This week we discuss the health effects of poverty, why it is that people fear synthetic chemicals, and debunk the myth that black belts need to register their fists as deadly weapons.

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This week we discuss whether or not we should worry about a cancer epidemic, what the deal is with acupressure, and we debunk the myth that it takes 7 years to digest chewing gum. If you would like to see this episode’s show notes, with links to websites or articles we discuss, please visit ottawaskeptics.org. While your there, send us an email, we’d love to hear from you.
We apologize for our tardiness in the uploading of this week’s episode, as payback, we shall upload next week’s episode early!

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_23_-_2009-01-22.mp3

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This week we discuss he discrepancies between Pharmaceutical submissions to the FDA and to medical journals, the plausibility of intelligent aliens looking like us, and the myth that people need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. If you would like to see this episode’s show notes, with links to websites or articles we discuss, please visit ottawaskeptics.org. While your there, send us an email, we’d love to hear from you.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_22_-_2009-01-15.mp3

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Back for the new year, the gang discusses a supposed Christmas miracle involving an angel, pseudoscience promoted by celebrities, and the myth that people who sleep with their mouth open ingest 8 spiders a year.

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For our inaugural X-mas episode, the gang discusses the true origins of Christmas, discuss with a mom the dilemma of telling kids that Santa Claus is real, and we dispel the myth that suicides rates are higher in the holiday season.

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