<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_508" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pot_growing_tennessee1.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-508" data-attachment-id="508" data-permalink="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/consilience-episode-66-learning-to-grow-weed-holy-water-stampeed-and-nigeria-ruins-it-for-the-rest-of-us/pot_growing_tennessee1/" data-orig-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pot_growing_tennessee1.jpg" data-orig-size="400,236" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Pictured: your living room.&lt;/p&gt;
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The 66th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 <a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience66/Consilience66.mp3" target="_blank">here</a> (30mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is <a href="https://archive.org/details/Consilience66" target="_blank">here</a>. Starring
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105508007778297515329/about" target="_blank">Owen Swart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/113577206759908368232" target="_blank">Patrick Till</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fjordsofafrica.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Chris Sham</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/102924936102799083682/about" target="_blank">Suzanne Patterson</a></li>
</ul>
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 
<ul>
<li><a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d16e-9993-8a29-7696b447cc55" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip">1945: Operation Paperclip steps into high gear</a>.</li>
</ul>
 Guest Segments 
<ul>
<li>Patrick&#8217;s News Headlines
<ul>
<li><a href="//news360.com/article/185008184" target="_blank">Climate change caused early humans to flourish</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/184880488" target="_blank">Adverts target rhino horn consumers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/184964410" target="_blank">Local leader blames negligence in South Africa circumcision deaths</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/184709261" target="_blank">Dubai police in new crackdown on ivory smuggling</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/184845460" target="_blank">Lesotho, South Africa collaborate to develop $1.3bn hydro project.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/184887330" target="_blank">Language and the two schools of thought</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Soo&#8217;s &#8220;I learned on the Internet&#8230;&#8221;
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.growweedeasy.com" target="_blank">growweedeasy.com</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
 News
<ol>
<li><a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d173-f103-fa11-c92f9dbac839" href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/05/07/british-study-shows-false-rape-claims-are-complicated-matters/">False rape claims usually aren’t</a></li>
<li><a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d173-a084-8b4d-6e4c07ab50ca" href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/somalia-records-its-first-wild-polio-case-since-2007.html">First case of polio reported in Somalia since 2007</a></li>
<li><a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d173-80b1-1b7a-c3fd9ee163a5" href="http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/05/20/four-die-in-ghana-church-stampede/">Lethal stampede for magic water in Ghana</a></li>
</ol>
 Announcements
<ol>
<li>Joburg
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/ch8vll2l27tqt7bqpeqdsip4gs4?partnerid=gplp0">Sceptics in the Park &#8211; Joburg. Sunday 26th May, 13:00. Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, Emmerentia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/105652068560459756529" target="_blank">Rumble in the Pub &#8211; Joburg. Thursday 30th May, 18:30. Venue TBA</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/105652068560459756529">Sceptics in the Pub &#8211; Joburg. Wednesday 5th June, 19:00. Pizaevino, The Wedge, Morningside.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c9f19u95srjgkutg7ne2qtbob38">Sceptics in the Pub &#8211; East Rand. Tuesday 11th June, 19:00. Grandslam Sports Diner, Edenvale</a>.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
 Link of the week
Soo: <a href="http://www.nemogould.com/" target="_blank">Nemogould</a>
Chris: <a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d175-5f9d-dfe5-a359ff63cebf" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/19/daniel-dennett-intuition-pumps-thinking-extract">Daniel Dennett’s seven tools for thinking</a>
Patrick: <a href="http://www.news360.com" target="_blank">News360</a>
Owen: <a id="docs-internal-guid-77690889-d176-f9c6-a732-37ab1a793b15" href="http://www.jhuger.com/kissing-hanks-ass">Kissing Hank’s Ass</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/download/Consilience66/Consilience66.mp3" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/download/Consilience66/Consilience66.mp3</a>

<description>The 66th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (30mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Suzanne Patterson Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1945: Operation Paperclip steps into high gear. Guest &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/consilience-episode-66-learning-to-grow-weed-holy-water-stampeed-and-nigeria-ruins-it-for-the-rest-of-us/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The 66th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (30mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Suzanne Patterson Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1945: Operation Paperclip steps into high gear. Guest &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;

Consilience – Episode #66: Learning to Grow Weed, Holy Water Stampeed and Nigeria Ruins It for the Rest of Us

<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_502" style="width: 268px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-502" data-attachment-id="502" data-permalink="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/consilience-episode-65-malagasy-locusts-cellphone-losers-and-dirty-hippie-stoners/andry-rajoelina31/" data-orig-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg" data-orig-size="345,401" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Andry Rajoelina" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Let my people go.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg?w=258" data-large-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg?w=345" class="size-medium wp-image-502" alt="'Let my people go.&quot;" src="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg?w=258&#038;h=300" width="258" height="300" srcset="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg?w=258 258w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg?w=129 129w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/andry-rajoelina31.jpg 345w" sizes="(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px" /></a>&#8216;Let my people go.&#8221;</div>
The 65th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 <a href="https://archive.org/download/Consilience65/Consilience65.mp3" target="_blank">here</a> (19mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is <a href="https://archive.org/details/Consilience65" target="_blank">here</a>.
Starring
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105508007778297515329/about" target="_blank">Owen Swart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/113577206759908368232" target="_blank">Patrick Till</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fjordsofafrica.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Chris Sham</a></li>
</ul>
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 

<ul>
<li>1796 &#8211; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner">Edward Jenner</a> administers the first successful smallpox vaccine.</li>
</ul>
 
News
<ol>
<li><a href="http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/locust-plague-ravages-madagascar-130509.htm">Locust plague in Madagascar</a></li>
<li><a style="line-height:1.5;" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510075502.htm">Dementia striking more people, earlier</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/us-usa-sanfrancisco-cellphones-idUSBRE9470I720130508?">San Francisco morons lose cellphone case</a>.</li>
<li><a style="line-height:1.5;" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513152840.htm">A new trick for spotting exo-planets works</a></li>
</ol>
Sci-fi/Fantasy Quote
&#8220;Speculation is not evidence.&#8221; 
&#8211; Lt.Cdr Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager, S6e09 &#8220;The Voyager Conspiracy&#8221;
Announcements
<ol>
<li>Joburg
<ol>
<li><a style="line-height:1.5;" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c27k8ublm76d3bviee67rfnqsrc">Sceptics in the Pub &#8211; West Rand. Wednesday 15th May, 18:00. Green &amp; Gold pub, Roodepoort</a>.</li>
<li><a style="line-height:1.5;" href="https://plus.google.com/events/ctvc3q30lr5rv5o1fgb1eb918tg">Rumble in the Pub &#8211; Midrand. Thursday 16th May, 18:30. Dros, New Rd.</a></li>
<li><a style="line-height:1.5;" href="https://plus.google.com/communities/105652068560459756529">Sceptics in the Pub &#8211; Joburg. Wednesday 5th June, 19:00. Pizaevino, The Wedge, Morningside.</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Durban
<ol>
<li>Sceptics in the Pub. Thursday 16th of May, 18:00. Pizetta.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
 
Link of the week
Chris: <a href="http://www.planetary.org">The Planetary Society</a>
Patrick: <a href="http://drive.google.com">Google Drive</a><a href="http://eol.org/" target="_blank"> 
</a>
Owen: <a href="http://www.startalkradio.net/">StarTalk Radio</a><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/104652571159038456928"> 
</a>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience65/Consilience65.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://archive.org/download/Consilience65/Consilience65.mp3</a>

<description>The 65th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (19mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1796 &amp;#8211; Edward Jenner administers the first successful smallpox vaccine. &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/consilience-episode-65-malagasy-locusts-cellphone-losers-and-dirty-hippie-stoners/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The 65th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (19mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1796 &#8211; Edward Jenner administers the first successful smallpox vaccine. &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;

Consilience – Episode #65: Malagasy Locusts, Cellphone Losers and Dirty Hippie Stoners

<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_499" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-499" data-attachment-id="499" data-permalink="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/consilience-episode-64-citation-needed-false-prophets-and-fake-crap/gambia_2408573b1/" data-orig-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg" data-orig-size="620,387" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Crazy eyes and a fancy hat&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=620" class="size-medium wp-image-499" alt="Crazy eyes and a fancy hat" src="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=187" width="300" height="187" srcset="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=600 600w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gambia_2408573b1.jpg?w=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Crazy eyes and a fancy hat</div>
The 64th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 <a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience64/Consilience64.mp3" target="_blank">here</a> (26mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is <a href="http://archive.org/details/Consilience64" target="_blank">here</a>.
Starring
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105508007778297515329/about" target="_blank">Owen Swart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/113577206759908368232" target="_blank">Patrick Till</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fjordsofafrica.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Chris Sham</a></li>
</ul>
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 

<ul>
<li>1839 &#8211; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype">Dageurreotype photography announced</a>.</li>
</ul>
 
Guest special segments 

<ol>
<li>Patrick: News headlines from Around the world in 5 minutes
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-20830020#TWEET469721" target="_blank">Alexandra Hospital neglect: Jeremy Hunt &#8216;disgusted&#8217;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20957763" target="_blank">New strain of winter vomiting bug norovirus: Sydney 2012</a></li>
<li><a href="http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-78101357733018/" target="_blank">National Cathedral to have same-sex marriages</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9789786/Grandfather-saves-family-by-sheltering-in-the-sea-to-escape-lethal-Tasmania-wildfire.html" target="_blank">Grandfather saves family by sheltering in the sea to escape lethal Tasmania wildfire</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/09/zombie-planet-rogue-orbit-around-star-shocks-scientists/" target="_blank">Zombie planet Formanhaut b &#8220;shocks&#8221; scientists</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/09/milder-temperatures-reduce-wildfire-danger-across-southern-australia-as-scores/" target="_blank">Milder temperatures reduce wildfire danger across southern Australia as scores of blazes burn</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/un-at-least-million-domestic-workers-worldwide/article_28687e07-efa1-553c-8fa7-8461ee0aae11.html" target="_blank">UN rings alarm over conditions of domestic workers</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Chris: Citation Needed
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130106145751.htm" target="_blank">Today’s link: Wide Binary Stars Wreak Havoc in Planetary Systems</a></li>
<li>Next time’s link: &#8216;<a href="www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108132053.htm" target="_blank">Tricorder&#8217; Closer to Reality</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
 
News
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/9774973/Gambia-to-open-hospital-to-treat-Aids-patients-with-herbal-medicine.html">Gambia to slaughter AIDS patients</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/162859368" target="_blank">Labrador-sized dinosaurs walked Earth &#8220;243 million years ago&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news360.com/article/162854829" target="_blank">Study shows lion population plummeting as habitat disappears</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.manicapost.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=26606:fake-prophet-rapes-woman&amp;catid=46:crime-a-courts&amp;Itemid=138#.UO11vr6R98G">Zimbabwean prophet uses power of Jesus to rape woman</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108201651.htm" target="_blank">Fake Crap</a></li>
</ol>
&nbsp;
Sci-fi/Fantasy Quote
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been around long enough to know how ignorant I am. I don&#8217;t assume the universe obeys my preconceptions. Huh! But I know a frelling fact when it hits me in the face!&#8221;~Rygel, Farscape.
Announcements
&nbsp;
<ol>
<li>Pretoria
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/coeqmltckt0o4hmes2j1oa6jpr8?authkey=COLigd2r7PaziAE">Sceptics in the Pub</a>. Saturday 26th January, 12:30. Venue TBD.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
 
Link of the week
Chris: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D">Alb</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D">ert</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D"> Bartl</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D">ett’s</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D"> population growth lecture</a>.
Patrick: <a href="http://eol.org/" target="_blank">Encyclopedia of Life</a>.
Owen: <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/104652571159038456928">Gauteng Skeptics Google+ Community</a>
<a href="http://archive.org/details/Consilience64" rel="nofollow">http://archive.org/details/Consilience64</a>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience64/Consilience64.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://archive.org/download/Consilience64/Consilience64.mp3</a>

<description>The 64th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (26mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1839 &amp;#8211; Dageurreotype photography announced. Guest special segments Patrick: News headlines &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/consilience-episode-64-citation-needed-false-prophets-and-fake-crap/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The 64th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (26mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Chris Sham Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1839 &#8211; Dageurreotype photography announced. Guest special segments Patrick: News headlines &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;

Consilience – Episode #64: Citation Needed, “False” Prophets and Fake Crap

<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_496" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-496" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="496" data-permalink="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/consilience-episode-63-toenails-for-rhinos-grass-eating-hominins-and-monogamy-hormones/toenail/" data-orig-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg" data-orig-size="500,433" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="toenail" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg?w=500" class="size-medium wp-image-496" title="toenail" alt="" src="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg?w=300&#038;h=259" height="259" width="300" srcset="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/toenail.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Pictured: rhino horn</div>
The 63rd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 <a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience63/Consilience63.mp3" target="_blank">here</a> (20mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is <a href="http://archive.org/details/Consilience63" target="_blank">here</a>.
Starring
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105508007778297515329/about" target="_blank">Owen Swart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/113577206759908368232" target="_blank">Patrick Till</a></li>
</ul>
 
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History
<ol>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton" target="_blank">1765 &#8211; Birth of Robert Fulton Jr, American inventor</a>.</li>
</ol>
 
Updates.
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1896-jref-staff.html">Leo Igwe appointed JREF fellow</a>.</li>
</ol>
 
Discussion
<ol>
<li><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/11/13/top-ten-amazing-higgs-boson-facts/" target="_blank">Top Ten Higgs Boson Facts</a></li>
</ol>
News
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-safrica-rhinos-campaign-idUSBRE89N14Z20121024">SA film-maker launches campaign to substitute rhino horn with human toenail clippings</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22494-our-ancestors-dined-on-grass-35-million-years-ago.html">Our ancestors took to eating grass earlier than previously thought</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22495-oxytocin-changes-partnered-mens-behaviour.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news">Exposure to oxytocin causes partnered men to back away from other hot chicks</a>.</li>
</ol>
 
Sci-fi/Fantasy Quote
&#8220;The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. 
This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.&#8221; Chapter 1, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) &#8211; by Douglas Adams
 
Announcements
<ol>
<li>Durban
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/495343667164745/">Sceptics in the Pub</a> &#8211; Thursday 15th November, 18:00. Pizetta</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Pretoria
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/369480106477479/">Sceptics in the Pub</a> &#8211; Saturday 17th November, 12:30. Venue to be decided.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Johannesburg
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c6k8be89iu7p2hlaa6cusdeolps">Sceptics in the Park </a>&#8211; Sunday 18th November, 13:00. Johannesburg Botanical Garden, Emmerentia</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/118578711525896/">Rumble in the Pub</a> &#8211; Thursday 22nd November, 18:30. Venue to be advised.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>West Rand
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cccso09f6pkcukp824kd3cquv0g">Sceptics in the Pub</a> &#8211; Wednesday 21st November, 19:00. Green &amp; Gold Pub, Roodepoort</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
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Want to tell us about an event we should announce on the show? Post it in the comments or on either of these social media sites:
<ul>
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</ul>
 
Link of the Week
Patrick: <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks" target="_blank">The Religion of Peace &#8211; Attacks</a>
Owen: <a href="http://io9.com/5925206/10-reasons-why-oxytocin-is-the-most-amazing-molecule-in-the-world">10 Reasons Why Oxytocin is the Most Amazing Molecule in the World</a><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/" target="_blank"> 
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<description>The 63rd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 here (20mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1765 &amp;#8211; Birth of Robert Fulton Jr, American inventor. Updates. Leo Igwe &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/consilience-episode-63-toenails-for-rhinos-grass-eating-hominins-and-monogamy-hormones/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The 63rd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 here (20mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1765 &#8211; Birth of Robert Fulton Jr, American inventor. Updates. Leo Igwe &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;

Consilience – Episode #63: Toenails for Rhinos, Grass-eating Hominins and Monogamy Hormones

<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_490" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-490" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="490" data-permalink="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/consilience-episode-62-census-results-population-explosions-and-a-real-tractor-beam/black-mamba-3/" data-orig-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg" data-orig-size="500,376" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Black-Mamba-3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Doctor will see you now.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg?w=500" class="size-medium wp-image-490" title="Black-Mamba-3" alt="" src="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" height="225" width="300" srcset="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-mamba-3.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>The Doctor will see you now.</div>
The 62nd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 <a href="http://archive.org/download/Consilience62/Consilience62.mp3">here</a> (27mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is <a href="http://archive.org/details/Consilience62">here</a>.
Starring
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.owenswart.org" target="_blank">Owen Swart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/113577206759908368232" target="_blank">Patrick Till</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.deonbarnard.net/" target="_blank">Deon Barnard</a></li>
</ul>
 
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History
<ol>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini">1926 &#8211; The death of Harry Houdini</a>.</li>
</ol>
 
Discussion
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/census_2011">2011 South African Census Results</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Whites-earn-6-times-more-than-blacks-20121030" target="_blank">Whites earn 6 times more than blacks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Less-than-a-third-in-SA-have-matric-20121030" target="_blank">Less than a third of South Africans have finished high school</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/13m-households-without-pipped-water-20121030" target="_blank">1.3 million households without piped water</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/More-TVs-than-fridges-in-SA-homes-20121030-3" target="_blank">More TVs than fridges in SA households</a>.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
News
<ol>
<li><a href="http://nerdapproved.com/misc-weirdness/physicists-demonstrate-an-actual-working-star-trek-tractor-beam/" target="_blank">A working Star Trek tractor beam</a>! Kinda!</li>
<li><a href="http://www.onthebox.us/2012/10/words-of-comfort-einstein-was-not.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Einstein was not an atheist&#8221; &#8211; Some Idiot</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.spaceandmotion.com/albert-einstein-god-religion-theology.htm" target="_blank">Referenced quotes</a>.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v490/n7421/full/nature11494.html" target="_blank">Black Mamba venom is good for you</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/10/previously-unknown-population-explosion-of-human-species-40000-years-ago-discovered-.html" target="_blank">DNA analysis finds previously unknown human population explosion</a>.</li>
</ol>
 
Sci-fi/Fantasy Quote
&#8220;We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.&#8221; &#8211; Douglas Adams.
 
Announcements
<ol>
<li>Johannesburg
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cjcoal4i0quriqqhb3ha3sd3ehs">Sceptics in the Pub </a>&#8211; Wednesday 7th November, 19:00. Brazen Head Pub, Sandton</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/118578711525896/" target="_blank">Rumble in the Pub</a> &#8211; Thursday 8th November, Details TBA.</li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c6k8be89iu7p2hlaa6cusdeolps">Sceptics in the Park </a>&#8211; Sunday 18th November, 13:00. Johannesburg Botanical Garden, Emmerentia</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>East Rand
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c4da00g8mpfnlnbij5uvd7hlg84">Sceptics in the Pub</a> &#8211; Tuesday 13th November, 19:00. Grandslam Sports Diner, Edenvale.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>West Rand
<ol>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cccso09f6pkcukp824kd3cquv0g">Sceptics in the Pub</a> &#8211; Wednesday 21st November, 19:00. Green &amp; Gold Pub, Roodepoort</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
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Want to tell us about an event we should announce on the show? Post it in the comments or on either of these social media sies:
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</ul>
Link of the Week
Patrick: <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/" target="_blank">Sceptical Science</a> &#8211; the climate change resource.Deon: <a href="http://www.globalrichlist.com/" target="_blank">Global Rich List</a>
Owen: <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/" target="_blank">Rbutr</a>
<a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-ridiculous-things-people-believe-about-god-particle/" target="_blank"> 
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<description>The 62nd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 here (27mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Deon Barnard Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1926 &amp;#8211; The death of Harry Houdini. Discussion 2011 South African &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="https://consiliencecast.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/consilience-episode-62-census-results-population-explosions-and-a-real-tractor-beam/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The 62nd episode of Consilience is out! You can download the mp3 here (27mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here. Starring Owen Swart Patrick Till Deon Barnard Teaching Angela to Appreciate History 1926 &#8211; The death of Harry Houdini. Discussion 2011 South African &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;

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