Skeptics Guide #797

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #797 October 14th, 2020 Special Guest Brian Wecht Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Excess Deaths from Pandemic https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/excess-deaths-from-pandemic-higher-than-official-numbers/ News Item #2 – When Satellites Collide https://www.newsweek.com/russian-satellite-chinese-rocket-space-collision-1538954 News Item #4 – Humans Evolving Extra Blood Vessel https://www.livescience.com/extra-blood-vessel-found-humans-evolving.html Segment #2: Who’s That Noisy Segment #3: Interview with Paul Thibado Segment #4: Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Time I send this information to journalists/editors worldwide and I hope that you will share it as well, the students/public/governments don't realize that millions of physicists are fooling humanity. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 is the second Nobel Prize in Physics for something that cannot exist (gravitational wave and a massive black hole), and that is a disgrace. Even a layman can see that the following is correct, nobody will be able to refute this. I can claim that gravity affects you because I can see or detect you, because I know what you are, because I know that you exist. If I cannot see or detect you then I cannot claim that gravity affects you, that claim would be a lie. Physicists cannot see or detect time, they don't know what time is, and that means that they don't even know if time exists. So physicists must not claim that gravity affects time, that is a lie. Millions of physicists/astronomers claim that spacetime is a merger of space and time while they don't even know what time is, so can physicists explain and prove what time is? (NO). Look around you, milions of physicists know that they cannot see or detect time. So they cannot know what time is and they cannot know if time exists, and that means that physicists must not claim that time dilates or that spacetime exists. Many theories and millions of papers are incorrect if time doesn't dilate and if spacetime doesn't exist, and a lot of research is based on those incorrect/fraudulent papers. Einstein didn't know what time was, he used clocktime and that is not real. Physicists claim that many experiments prove that time dilates, but that is impossible if they don't know what time is. When a clock runs faster in an experiment then physicists claim that time dilates, but when I ask them if time stops if I remove the battery during that experiment then they are silent. They realize that a clock doesn't represent real time, a clock represents non-real time. So theories like Einstein's theory of gravity and general/special relativity (including E=mc2), time dilation, spacetime, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, MASSIVE BLACK HOLES, string theory, dark matter, etc are incorrect if time doesn't dilate and if spacetime doesn't exist, a lot of research and education is based on incorrect/fraudulent theories (for more than 100 years). Investigate my claim, it only takes one simple question. Ask physicists if they can explain and prove what time is, that is impossible because they cannot detect time. Millions of physicists are lying because they act as if they know what time is, but they lie because they were brainwashed with fraudulent claims/theories when they were a student. So it's important that physicists admit that they don't know what time is for the sake of the students and humanity, they need to break that devastating vicious circle. Physicists/universities/institutes purposely ignore me, they are silent because the truth undermines their interests but their silence undermines the interests of humanity. Don't fool yourself, nobody knows what time is. Best regards, Peter Raktoe. EU Question #2: Traffic I am a Traffic Engineer and love your podcast. Listening to your last podcast regarding electric cars and impact of traffic on climate change, and the possible use of loan cars as part of the solution made me cringe a bit. Especially the optimistic view of self drive and timeframe of these vehicles being widely used. I suggest you do a deep dive into the world of traffic as I think you will be surprised and find it quite interesting. Wayne Amos Mackay, Queensland, Australia Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Traffic #1) Careful examination of traffic patterns reveals that, on average, 30% of all traffic in New York City is cruising for a parking space. #2) Multiple studies indicate that increasing road capacity does not reduce traffic in the long run and in some cases may worsen it. #3) Research shows that self-driving cars as a service would significantly increase traffic congestion. Answer: Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “In any 'big science' enterprise, like planetary exploration, where you must work in big teams of similarly driven people, it is important also to know how to work alongside others even when they may be your fiercest competitors.” - Carolyn Porco