Summary: <p>We’ve all had an “oops” moment. Scientists are no exception. Sometimes science stumbles in the steady march of progress. Find out why cold fusion is a premier example why you shouldn’t hold a press conference before publishing your results. Also, how to separate fumbles from faux-science from fraud.</p> <p>Plus, why ignorance is what really drives the scientific method.</p> <p>And our Hollywood skeptic poses as a psychic for Dr. Phil, while our Dr. Phil (Plait) investigates the authenticity of a life-bearing meteorite. </p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.phil_plait.html">Phil Plait</a></strong> – Skeptic and author of Slate Magazine’s blog <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html">Bad Astronomy</a> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/history/people/display_person.xml?netid=mgordin%20">Michael Gordin</a></strong> – Historian of science at Princeton University, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226304426/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0226304426&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0226304426" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/">David Goodstein</a></strong> – Physicist, California Institute of Technology</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty-data/stuart-firestein/faculty.html">Stuart Firestein</a></strong> – Neuroscientist, chair of the biology department, Columbia University, and author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199828075/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199828075&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">Ignorance: How It Drives Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0199828075" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/speakers/underdown_james/">Jim Underdown</a></strong> – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-metidas-de-pata-cientificas/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>
