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Evan Bernstein

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Yeah.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Nope.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

You do remember it, Steve.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Whoa.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

And would you agree that this is highly contested, debated?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

That's right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

And I'm glad you brought up the chicken in this because the other scientists have touched on that as well.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Post-doctoral researcher and fossilized protein experts at the University of Turin.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Name is, oh gosh, I only have the last name, Decker.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

My apologies for not having your first name, but Professor Decker and their team quoted, "...what they have done is create synthetic collagen using an AI model trained on a variety of different species, mainly chickens."

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

It's a very interesting development in itself, but it's not a dinosaur.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

In fact, it's more chicken than anything else.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

So that is what we're dealing with here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

So pretty much right off the bat, this thing is not what it's cracked up to be.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Look, I get what they're trying.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

In a sense, I kind of get what they're trying to do.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

They're coming up with an alternative, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Lab-grown leather toy.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

So you're not harming animals or anything else, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1089 - May 23 2026

Yeah, that's different.