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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