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The Skeptics Guide #912 - Dec 31 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is There a Generational Shift in Detail?

In 1922 Walter Hurt and Bruno Tesh developed hydrogen cyanide as a pesticide under the brand name, the cyclon B. Cyclon B was the gas that was used in gas chambers in the concentration camps. And then of course later on we developed recombinant insulin. Basically, I think it's yeast. We have yeast cranking out insulin. Yeah. So absolute revolution, absolute revolution. Oh my God. That must be so amazing.

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