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The Skeptics Guide #908 - Dec 3 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Rules Around Clarifying Questions During Science or Fiction

There are no stakes but bragging. Whatever it makes the segment the most compelling or interesting for the listener is my guiding light there. If the first or second person to go has clarifying questions about terms, I almost always will just answer those straight up. But I'm less likely to answer questions as the game goes on because then I figure it's unfair if I'm answering questions for the fourth person to go that the first three people didn't have the benefit of hearing before they gave me their answer. So anyway, those are the guidelines. And you know I answer questions from the rogues pretty much every week, you know pretty much.

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