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The Skeptics Guide #930 - May 6 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Origins of Catacoustics

The word catacoustics is derived from the Greek word catak, K-A-T-A meaning down. The term was coined in the 17th century by the English physician and scientist Robert Hook to describe the study of echoes. "I feel like even from a literary perspective, the cataphonics of one's voice sort of something, it is quite lovely," says GPT.

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