The Effects of the Moon on Our View of the World

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I wonder what that would be like to have a stream of people going there and taking their pictures and putting them up on Instagram. It's hard to imagine. There are astronauts who have spoken of this, who are like, that's it. That's all that. They have a very psychedelic experience just by peering at it. And I don't like to predict how people react because I'm not good at that. But in this case, certainly, maybe one day we'll find out, but it's an interesting thing to think about.

Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his new book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would be like (through human eyes and real physical experiences) to actually travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars. Also, we discuss the recent surge in UFO sighting as well as his famous talk at The Amazing Meeting more than a decade ago in which he asked all science communicators and critical thinkers to approach those who believe in pseudoscience with empathy and respect instead of scorn and vitriol. And, we run through the history of James Randi's popularization of the big-S Skeptic movement.

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