Skeptic Check, Beast Of

Published: Oct. 3, 2011, 7 a.m.

b"Zombies, aliens, Bigfoot, oh my!! We've covered - or rather uncovered - them all and more on Skeptic Check, our monthly look of critical thinking. And now we've collected enough strange encounters to assemble a sordid retrospective of sorts.\\nSharpen your brain, it's Skeptic Check, Beast Of. But don't take our word for it!\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nPhil Plait - Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine\\u2019s blog, badastronomy.com\\n\\n\\n\\nBruce Hood - Cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and author of The Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs\\n\\n\\n\\nSusan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason\\n\\n\\n\\nSteve Silberman - Contributing editor, Wired Magazine, author of \\u201cThe Placebo Problem\\u201d in the September 2009 issue\\n\\n\\nMary Pope-Handy - Estate Agent, Silicon Valley and keeper of the website hauntedrealestate.com\\n\\n\\n\\nJim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West \\u2013 Los Angeles\\n\\n\\nPaul Offit - Pediatrician, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children\\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, and author of Autism\\u2019s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure\\n\\n\\n\\nStephen Schneider - Climate scientist, Stanford University\\n\\n\\nBrendan Riley - Assistant professor of English, Columbia College, Chicago\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"