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Our guest this week is Cara Santa Maria, contributor to Al Jazeera America's science show\xa0TechKnow, and the host of the podcast\xa0Talk Nerdy. This neuroscientist, science educator, producer, writer, and television personality has brought her intelligence and insights to the\xa0Huffington Post\xa0as its former senior science editor, was the co-host and producer of\xa0TakePart Live\xa0on Pivot TV, and has appeared countless times on CNN, FOX, BBC, among many others.\n\nPoint of Inquiry\u2019s Josh Zepps sat down with Santa Maria for a conversation about growing up Mormon in Texas (and the associated postmortem planetary inheritance), the scourge of false equivalency in modern journalism, and the appeal of \u201cwoo\u201d from the metaphysical to the pseudoscientific. And just what are our prospects for scientific advancement, and who will benefit most? This is an episode full of fun and eye-opening insights.