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Cara Santamaria

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
272 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It's just misleading people.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Or somebody without expertise, not knowing, not having the skills and the training to read a scientific paper.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

You're kidding.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So now, yeah, now it is 1.1%, as opposed to 30%.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I think it's the fish, but for a different reason.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Because in reading this... Okay, so I'll just go through them.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Potential method for reducing atmospheric methane involving volcanic ash and seawater.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I don't know what that method could be, but I'm with Evan on the fact that, yeah, you could combine the two when there's an underwater explosion or just maybe...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Somebody happened upon this in some sort of like model.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I have no idea with the material science one.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I hope it's true.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I feel like we need this.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

We need to figure out how to reduce the total energy consumption of data centers.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So I can imagine that a lot of very smart people are working on this right now.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

The one that does bother me, and it's because of the wording, so I'm just going to read it verbatim here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

In a recent extensive survey of Arctic fish, okay, I buy that, researchers found the first example of a fish, the snailfish, that is able to use its tail fin for backward propulsion.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I cannot imagine that that is true.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And maybe I am misunderstanding fish fins here, but I've seen... Have you ever seen those ghost knife fish?