{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e5bb446df501a0b22943a06/5e5bb49f13b6828a4aaadd84?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Skeptic Check: ESP or Think Again","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e5bb446df501a0b22943a06/2305032cef4b82498c5af05395865adf.jpg?height=200","description":"<p></p>\n<p>You’re right: it’s a show about ESP. And, correct again: we’re excited about the publication of a <a href=\"http://www.dbem.ws/FeelingFuture.pdf\">paper</a> that claims precognition exists. You’ve 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.</p>\n<p>You’re 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 – consider it a repeat.</p>\nGuests:\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><a href=\"http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/labs/alberts/\">Bruce Alberts</a> – Editor-in-chief of <em><a href=\"http://www.sciencemag.org/\">Science</a></em></li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><a href=\"http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm\">Jim Underdown</a> – Executive Director, Center      for Inquiry – Los Angeles</li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><a href=\"http://psychology.missouri.edu/rouderj\">Jeff Rouder</a> – Quantitative psychologist,      University of Missouri</li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><a href=\"http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html\">Phil Plait</a> – Skeptic and keeper of the      website <a href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/\">badastronomy.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><a href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/\"></a><a href=\"http://www.sleightsofmind.com/about-the-authors/\">Steve Macknik</a> – Neuroscientist, author of <em><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805092811?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805092811\">Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions</a></em>  </li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>","author_name":"Seth Shostak, Molly Bentley, SETI Institute"}