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You\u2019re right: it\u2019s a show about ESP. And, correct again: we\u2019re excited about the publication of a paper that claims precognition exists. You\u2019ve already divined what our paranormal investigator says about the paper, whether the statistics that it cites are significant, and what the editor-in-chief of a major scientific journal has to say on the tricky matter of publishing such a result at all.\nYou\u2019re not surprised that Brains on Vacation takes on the matter of Armageddon-by-exploding-star, because, you knew that. You also knew that it will be an excellent show. But, tune in anyway \u2013 consider it a repeat.\nGuests:\n\n\nBruce Alberts \u2013 Editor-in-chief of Science\n\n\n\nJim Underdown \u2013 Executive Director, Center for Inquiry \u2013 Los Angeles\n\n\nJeff Rouder \u2013 Quantitative psychologist, University of Missouri\n\n\nPhil Plait \u2013 Skeptic and keeper of the website badastronomy.com\n\n\n\nSteve Macknik \u2013 Neuroscientist, author of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions\xa0\xa0\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices