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b'We\\u2019ve all had an \\u201coops\\u201d moment. Scientists are no exception. Sometimes science stumbles in the steady march of progress. Find out why cold fusion is a premier example why you shouldn\\u2019t hold a press conference before publishing your results. Also, how to separate fumbles from faux-science from fraud.\\nPlus, why ignorance is what really drives the scientific method.\\nAnd our Hollywood skeptic poses as a psychic for Dr. Phil, while our Dr. Phil (Plait) investigates the authenticity of a life-bearing meteorite.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Phil Plait \\u2013 Skeptic and author of Slate Magazine\\u2019s blog Bad Astronomy\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Michael Gordin \\u2013 Historian of science at Princeton University, author of The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0David Goodstein \\u2013 Physicist, California Institute of Technology\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Stuart Firestein \\u2013 Neuroscientist, chair of the biology department, Columbia University, and author of Ignorance: How It Drives Science\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jim Underdown \\u2013 Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'